.ae WHOIS Lookup
.ae is the country code extension of the United Arab Emirates, overseen by the regulator TDRA. Look up a .ae name to see its registrant, its registrar and its status.
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.ae WHOIS Lookup: Domain Records From the UAE
.ae belongs to the United Arab Emirates and was delegated to the root zone on 1 December 1992. The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) is responsible for the extension, and whois.aeda.net.ae answers its WHOIS queries on port 43. There is no RDAP service registered for .ae. The root zone carries no DS record for the extension either, which leaves .ae outside the DNSSEC chain of trust.
A .ae record holds eleven fields. The registrar appears with its ID and name, while status codes and name servers sit on lines of their own. The registrant and the technical contact each get a contact ID, a name line and an organisation line. No creation, last change or expiry date appears anywhere in the record. The whois.com.tr result screen fills six fields from this reply, the registrant and the technical contact among them. For a Gulf record that is shorter still, see the .sa WHOIS lookup.
About the .ae extension
- Extension
- .ae
- WHOIS server
- whois.aeda.net.ae
- RDAP endpoint
- This extension has no RDAP endpoint in the IANA bootstrap registry.
- Registry
- TDRA (Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority)
- In the root zone since
- 1 December 1992
- Published fields
- Registrar, registrant, technical contact, status, name servers
- Not published
- Creation, update and expiry dates; contact addresses
- Last checked
- 12 August 2026
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WHOIS FAQ
Who owns a .ae domain, and does WHOIS show it?
Yes, a .ae WHOIS record openly publishes the registrant's name and organisation. The technical contact is named the same way, so you can also tell who runs the domain on the technical side. Neither block includes a postal address, phone number or email. To reach the owner, write to the registrar named in the record or use the website on the domain itself.
How can I check when a .ae domain expires?
You cannot check it through WHOIS, because the .ae registry publishes no expiry date, creation date or last change date. Only the registrant or the registrar managing the name can confirm when its term ends. If you are waiting for a taken .ae name to become free, its WHOIS record will give you no advance warning.
What do clientDeleteProhibited and clientUpdateProhibited mean on .ae?
These two codes mean the registrar has locked the domain against deletion and against changes to its record. The client prefix shows that the registrar set the locks, so the registrar is also the party that can remove them. nic.ae, the registry's own name, carries both codes. If a name server change on a .ae domain is refused, ask the registrar to lift clientUpdateProhibited first.
What is the contact ID in a .ae WHOIS record?
The contact ID is the registry's reference number for a contact object, and for the registrant of nic.ae it reads CX364448T. The registrant and the technical contact each get their own ID, followed by a name line and an organisation line. Editing the name on a contact leaves its ID unchanged. Finding the same ID on two .ae domains tells you they share one contact entry.
Is the .ae zone signed with DNSSEC?
No, the .ae zone is unsigned, and DNSSEC validation cannot reach any .ae domain. Signing your own .ae name does not change that, because resolvers would need a DS record for .ae in the root to start the chain and none exists. The .ae WHOIS reply has no DNSSEC line of its own. The .to WHOIS lookup covers another extension without a DS record in the root.
What does an unregistered .ae domain look like in a WHOIS lookup?
An unregistered .ae name returns no registrar, contact or status lines, and the whois.com.tr result screen marks it as available. You can rely on that answer for .ae, since the reply for a free name is clearly different from the reply for a taken one. The name can then be registered through any registrar that sells .ae domains.