# Enabling or disabling automatic renewal for a domain
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When you want to change whether Amazon Route 53 automatically renews registration for a domain shortly before the expiration date, or you want to see the current setting for automatic renewal, perform the following procedure.

Note that you can't use Amazon credits to pay the fee for renewing registration for a domain.

**Note**  
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**To enable or disable automatic renewal for a domain**

1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the Route 53 console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/route53/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/route53/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Registered domains**.

1. Choose the name of the domain that you want to update.

1. On the **Details** section, in the **Actions** dropdown, choose **Turn on auto-renew** 

   In the **Turn on auto-renew for <domain name>?** agree to pay the yearly rate, and choose **Turn on**.
**Note**  
The price listed is for the current registration period, and can change. For more information, see [Amazon Route 53 Pricing for Domain Registration](https://d32ze2gidvkk54.cloudfront.net/Amazon_Route_53_Domain_Registration_Pricing_20140731.pdf).

1. To turn off auto-renew, select **Turn off auto-renew** in the **Actions** dropdown.

1. If you encounter issues while enabling or disabling automatic renewal, you can contact Amazon Support for free. For more information, see [Contacting Amazon Support about domain registration issues](domain-contact-support.md).