Country extension · Uruguay
.uy domain name
What you need to know about .uy: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .uy
- Country
- Uruguay
- Registry
- nameaction.com
- Registration period
- 1 year or 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 5 years
- Domain name length
- 2 to 62 characters
- Time to registration
- up to 7 working days
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 2
Features
- DNSSEC: no
- IPv6: no
- Special characters: no
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: yesIf you don't meet the local address requirement, you can use a trustee service.
Requirements
Who can register a .uy?
- The registrant, the administrative contact and the billing contact must all have a local address and phone number in Uruguay.
- If you don't have an address in Uruguay yourself, you can use a local address through a trustee service. Your own name will still be registered as the registrant.
- If you do have a physical office in Uruguay and want your own address to appear in the Whois, let WebOké know before you apply.
Good to know when registering
- The first registration period lasts 11 months, not a full year.
Owner
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- You can't cancel a .uy domain name straight away. If you want to get rid of it, let it expire at the end of the current period.
- Once a .uy domain name has been cancelled or has expired, you can't get it back.
Compiled from the registry's rules. Registries sometimes change their rules; if in doubt, the registry's terms take precedence. Updated on 11/11/2026.