# Transfering domain **URL:** \ **Category:** Hosting Support\ **Created:** [February 20, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/transfering-domain/106292 "2025-02-20T16:03:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vybhav](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/vybhav/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Vybhav](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Vybhav)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/transfering-domain/106292/1 "2025-02-20T16:03:16Z")
Guys please help. First of all can i migrate my free website (www…aspirehub.lovestoblog.com) to hostinger through their migration process. When i tried hstingers free migration process, they asked to remove my site transfer lock. .How do i do that? ---
**Author:** ![Greenreader9](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/greenreader9/32/22847_2.png) [@Greenreader9](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Greenreader9)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/transfering-domain/106292/2 "2025-02-20T16:04:35Z")
You can only use free subdomains on free hosting or with a pass iFastNet account, you can’t use a free domain on an external hosting provider. ---
**Author:** ![EdwardSkunk](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/edwardskunk/32/66982_2.png) [@EdwardSkunk](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/EdwardSkunk)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/transfering-domain/106292/3 "2025-02-20T16:40:47Z")
I’d like to add that Hostinger’s migration tool seems to have trouble with InfinityFree even if you do have your own custom domain, because of the security system. > [@Browser Security System - Features and Limitations](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ensuring-only-web-browsers-can-access-your-website/49353): > > InfinityFree uses a security system on all free hosting accounts to ensure your website is accessed by real web browsers, not bots or automated scripts. While this protects your site from malicious traffic, it can affect certain types of access. How the security system works The system checks that visitors can execute JavaScript and accept cookies: features that all modern web browsers support. This verification happens automatically and most website visitors will never notice it. You may occa… You’re better off migrating your website yourself by taking a manual backup of it. > [@How to backup your website](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-backup-your-website/49304): > > Good website administration requires making backups of your account regularly and storing them somewhere safe yourself. You also need to download backups in order to migrate website to other hosting accounts. InfinityFree does not create or store any backups of free hosting accounts. It’s your responsibility to regularly create backups, and to store them somewhere safely. Backup your website files The best way to backup your website files is by downloading them using a desktop FTP client. Op… ---
**Author:** ![hacxxx](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/hacxxx/32/48404_2.png) [@hacxxx](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/hacxxx)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/transfering-domain/106292/4 "2025-02-21T09:23:59Z")
The process you are looking for is transfer a domain from one hosting site to another. Search for the dns page and change nameserver. If is a free subdomain you can’t do anything as the subdomain belong to Infinityfree, you will have to copy the files manually. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://infinityfree-forum-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/0/b024fd3fa88bae093c9576e55c2c94e33f890206.svg) [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/transfering-domain/106292/5 "2025-02-28T09:24:53Z")
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