The delete command applies only to domain names. Accounts, contacts and nameservers cannot be explicitly deleted, but are automatically deleted when no longer referenced.

Domains

• This command will be rejected if we have received payment for the initial domain registration.
• If the request is received after the seventh day of the calendar month following the month in which the domain was registered, the cancellation will be made but the invoice generated will still stand and payment must still be made.
• This command will be rejected if a tag change initiated by the registrant is currently in process.
• A domain cannot be deleted if its tag has been changed.
• This command can only be used for domains on your tag, attempts to do otherwise may be considered abuse.
• You must not use this command 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. This is a strict rule and there is no permitted acceptable level.

<domain:delete> element

The <domain:delete> element contains the following child elements:

• A <domain:name> element.

Example of a domain deletion

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
      <epp xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp-1.0"
           xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
           xsi:schemaLocation="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp-1.0
           epp-1.0.xsd">
         <command>
           <delete>
             <domain:delete
              xmlns:domain="http://www.nominet.org.uk/epp/xml/nom-domain-1.0"
              xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.nominet.org.uk/epp/xml/nom-domain-1.0
              nom-domain-1.0.xsd">
               <domain:name>example.co.uk</domain:name>
             </domain:delete>
           </delete>
           <clTRID>ABC-12345</clTRID>
         </command>
       </epp>

Example of a successful domain deletion response

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
      <epp xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp-1.0"
           xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
           xsi:schemaLocation="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp-1.0
           epp-1.0.xsd">
         <response>
           <result code="1000">
             <msg>Command completed successfully</msg>
           </result>
           <trID>
             <clTRID>ABC-12345</clTRID>
             <svTRID>123456</svTRID>
           </trID>
         </response>
       </epp>