The DELETE operation is used to delete a domain name that was registered in error.

Guidelines

• If the specified domain has been paid for then the operation will be rejected.  Once a domain name has been paid for we will only accept the authority of the registrant directly to surrender the domain name.
• If the Delete operation is received after the seventh day of the calendar month following the month in which the domain was registered then an invoice will already have been issued.  The registration will be cancelled but the invoice will still stand and payment must still be made.
• If the specified domain has a tag change operation in progress (initiated by the registrant through the web site) then the operation will be rejected.
• Only the tag holder that submitted the original application can delete a domain name.  Domain names that have been retagged cannot be deleted.
• You can only delete domains that are on your tag.  If you attempt to delete a domain that is not on your tag then that may be considered abuse of the Automaton.
• You must not use the DELETE operation as part of any scheme where domains are intentionally registered, but cancelled before billing because their characteristics or attributes do not meet some requirement, or to benefit in any way from a brief period of registration without payment. This is a strict rule and there is no permitted acceptable level.
• You must not use this command in order to engineer a transfer to a third party and avoid the transfer process.

• Send to the appropriate address
  
• Use a subject line of TAG Delete (replace TAG with your tag name in capital letters)
• Use the template below to specify the domain you wish to delete
• You can specify up to 100 domain names in one message by separating each set of fields with a blank line
• Make sure the email is PGP-signed with a registered PGP key.

operation: delete
key:

1. The 'key' must specify a domain name on your tag.

Subject: Re: ACK TAG Delete

Your message has been processed by the UK NIC automated DNS
delegation system. The required additions/changes have been
made to the database and will become visible in the zone file within
thirty minutes.

The delegation for automaton-example.co.uk has been updated successfully.
To check the current state of the entry for automaton-example.co.uk
in the database, use the following command

% whois -h whois.nic.uk automaton-example.co.uk

Regards

Nominet

1. The TAG in the subject lines is replaced with your TAG, provided that you specified it in the original subject.

After processing your operation the Automaton produces and sends an automated reply.  If there is a problem with the operation then two different error condition may occur

• non-fatal errors (warning messages) may be appended to successful replies.
• fatal errors that prevents the operation from being carried out and so an error reply is generated.