WHOIS Lookup
Look up domain registration details, registrar info, expiration dates, and name servers.
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Enter a domain and click Lookup to query WHOIS records.
What WHOIS reveals (and what GDPR hides)
WHOIS is the public directory of domain registration records, maintained by the registrar of each domain. Before 2018, typical WHOIS output included:
- Registrar (the company where the domain was purchased).
- Creation date, last update, expiration date.
- Nameservers.
- Registrant name, organisation, street address, email, phone.
- Admin and technical contacts (often same as registrant, often different).
GDPR (May 2018) changed this. For any registrant in the EU, ICANN now requires registrars to redact personal information. Today's typical WHOIS response for a GDPR-covered domain:
- Still public: registrar, dates, nameservers, registration status, organisation if business registrant.
- Redacted: registrant name, email, phone, address (shown as "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY" or similar).
- Contact: a proxy email or form provided by the registrar, forwarded to the registrant.
For non-EU TLDs (e.g. .co.in, many ccTLDs) the redaction rules vary. Our WHOIS Lookup shows whatever the registry exposes — redactions included.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I do a WHOIS lookup on a domain?
Enter the domain (example.com). The tool returns registrar, creation and expiration dates, nameservers, registrant contact (where public), and registry status. Covers all major TLDs including .com, .net, .io, .dev, .app and country-specific ones.
Why is some WHOIS data redacted or missing?
GDPR (2018) and registrar privacy services hide personal registrant info by default. Registrar and dates stay public. For abuse or legal reporting, registrars disclose details through official channels — check the registrar's abuse contact.
How do I check when a domain was registered or expires?
WHOIS output always includes creation date and expiration date. Near-expiry domains (within 30 days) are flagged — useful for preempting renewals on domains you own, or waiting for desired domains to drop.
What's the difference between WHOIS and RDAP?
WHOIS is the older port-43 text protocol (still dominant). RDAP (Registration Data Access Protocol) is the newer JSON-based replacement mandated by ICANN. Our tool falls back to RDAP automatically for TLDs that have migrated, so results are consistent.
Can I find the owner of a domain through WHOIS?
Sometimes. Pre-2018 public registrations and non-EU TLDs often show registrant name, email, phone. Post-GDPR .com/.net/.org usually show "Redacted for Privacy." WHOIS is one signal among many — pair with domain history sites for investigative work.
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