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Domain endings / .no

A .no expires when its subscription isn't extended.
It goes offline on day 60 and is deleted on day 90; until then you can still save it.

A .no is a subscription that runs a year at a time and is extended through your registrar. If it isn't, Norid starts a 90-day deletion process: a reminder on day 30, out of DNS on day 60, deleted on day 90. You can extend it at any point before deletion.

When does a .no domain expire?

A .no expires at the end of its subscription period, normally a year from registration. Norid doesn't extend it by itself; your registrar does, by hand or with an auto-extend setting.

The date isn't public: Norid's WHOIS and RDAP show when the domain was created and last updated, not when it expires. Your registrar knows.

Is there a grace period for .no?

Yes. When the subscription isn't extended, Norid starts a 90-day deletion process, and you can extend through a registrar any time before the domain is deleted. It stays in DNS for the first 60 days.

What happens when a .no domain expires?

These are Norid's default steps, counted from the expiry date.

Deletion process startsDay 0
Norid emails the holder that the subscription hasn't been extended. The domain still works.
ReminderDay 30
A reminder if it still hasn't been extended.
QuarantineDays 60–90
The domain is taken out of DNS, so the site and email stop. Extending it through a registrar still saves it.
DeletedDay 90
The domain is deleted and can no longer be retrieved.

How long can you register a .no domain for?

A year at a time as standard; a registrar can choose a shorter period, at least one month. Norid states no multi-year option.

How do I look up a .no domain's expiry date?

Ask the registry's RDAP server, https://rdap.norid.no/, or type the name in the box above and nmspc asks the same server for you. IANA's RDAP bootstrap file lists that server for .no; if it doesn't answer, nmspc falls back to WHOIS at whois.norid.no.

The record won't show an expiry date: the .no registry doesn't publish one, so only your registrar knows it.

What else is different about .no?

Organisations need to be in the Norwegian register of legal entities, with a Norwegian postal address, and can hold up to 100 names directly under .no.

Private individuals must be over 18 and in the Norwegian population register, with a Norwegian postal address, and can hold up to 5.

A deleted name can't be registered again until at least 30 days after it left DNS.

Who runs .no?

Norid AS runs .no. You register and extend a .no through a registrar.

How nmspc keeps track

Add a .no domain and nmspc reads its renewal date from your registrar, when you connect it, then reminds you 60, 30, 14, 7 and 1 day before it runs out, and before its certificate does. Free for every domain. Open nmspc

Sources

Checked against these pages on 25 October 2026. Registries change their rules now and then; the source wins if it disagrees.