How to Legally Shut Down a Website (8 Steps)

Cancel your account with your Web hosting service. Once canceled, the company will delete your web pages from its server and your web pages will no longer be served to visitors.
Relinquish your domain name. Contact the company that registered your domain, such as Go Daddy, Cheap Domain or Yahoo, and ask that your domain name be canceled. Your domain name will be returned to the public pool and another user may purchase it.
Wait 48 hours and then navigate to your old website URL using your Web browser. Verify that the site no longer works. Depending on the domain service provider, an error page or an advertisement may be displayed.
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