{"id":24235,"date":"2022-02-02T14:25:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/whm-how-do-i-change-the-primary-domain-of-a-hosting-account\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T12:09:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T12:09:51","slug":"whm-how-do-i-change-the-primary-domain-of-a-hosting-account","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/whm-how-do-i-change-the-primary-domain-of-a-hosting-account\/","title":{"rendered":"WHM: How do I change the Primary domain of a hosting account?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote data-identifyelement=\"464\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This article provides you with steps to change the primary domain name of a cPanel hosting account via WHM.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1 data-identifyelement=\"465\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Before you start<\/span><\/h1>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"466\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Before changing the primary domain of your account, there are some important steps to follow to safeguard your account and ensure a smooth transition.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-identifyelement=\"467\">\n<li data-identifyelement=\"468\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We recommend that you take a backup of the website content and databases and download them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"469\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CMS installations (like WordPress\/Joomla) can break when you change your primary domain. Make sure you have a proper backup of the content and database.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"470\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you have added the new domain name as an Alias or Addon or Parked domain, you need to delete it before using this domain name. Ensure you take a backup of any content before deleting it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 data-identifyelement=\"471\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Change the domain name in the cPanel<\/span><\/h1>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"472\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; background-color: #fefefe;\" data-identifyelement=\"474\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\" data-identifyelement=\"475\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-identifyelement=\"476\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px;\" data-identifyelement=\"477\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\" data-identifyelement=\"478\">Step 1<\/strong>&#8211; Login to WHM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 4px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; line-height: 17px; list-style: outside disc; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #fefefe;\" data-identifyelement=\"479\">\n<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 20.8px; margin: 0px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif !important;\" data-identifyelement=\"480\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\" data-identifyelement=\"481\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000;\" data-identifyelement=\"482\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;\" data-identifyelement=\"483\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please see article on how to login to WHM<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #2753d7; text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/whm-how-do-i-login\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-identifyelement=\"484\">here<\/a><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;\" data-identifyelement=\"485\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-identifyelement=\"486\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\" data-identifyelement=\"487\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000;\" data-identifyelement=\"488\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-identifyelement=\"490\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\" data-identifyelement=\"491\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000;\" data-identifyelement=\"492\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;\" data-identifyelement=\"493\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; background-color: #fefefe;\" data-identifyelement=\"495\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\" data-identifyelement=\"496\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000;\" data-identifyelement=\"497\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; background-color: #fefefe;\" data-identifyelement=\"499\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\" data-identifyelement=\"500\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-identifyelement=\"501\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px;\" data-identifyelement=\"502\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\" data-identifyelement=\"503\">Step 2<\/strong> &#8211; Click on <strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\" data-identifyelement=\"504\">List Accounts<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; background-color: #fefefe;\" data-identifyelement=\"505\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\" data-identifyelement=\"506\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000;\" data-identifyelement=\"507\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; background-color: #fefefe;\" data-identifyelement=\"509\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\" data-identifyelement=\"510\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000;\" data-identifyelement=\"511\"><a class=\"image-enlarge-link\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #2753d7; text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33038825426\/original\/gxAQgRRU9QS6wLR9HKfk4u7FDpgc7Nv2PQ.png?1585321631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-identifyelement=\"512\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; border: 1px solid #cccccc; vertical-align: top; max-width: 100%; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) 0px 1px 3px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16) 0px 1px 1px 1px; position: relative; margin: 5px auto; display: block; float: none; cursor: pointer; width: 441px; height: 258px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33041084922\/original\/GBK_CGFGZt5QabTO0Bi5wpnKuRJODY2hnA.jpeg?1590389613\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33041084922\" data-identifyelement=\"513\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; background-color: #fefefe;\" data-identifyelement=\"514\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; background-color: #fefefe;\" data-identifyelement=\"516\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-identifyelement=\"224\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\" data-identifyelement=\"225\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\" data-identifyelement=\"226\">Step 3\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Click the \u00a0<strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\" data-identifyelement=\"227\">&#8220;+&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\" data-identifyelement=\"228\">\u00a0<\/strong>next to relevant domain name to expand options<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-identifyelement=\"229\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-identifyelement=\"231\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib inline-image fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; border: 1px solid #cccccc; vertical-align: top; max-width: 100%; position: relative; cursor: pointer; margin: 5px auto; display: block; float: none; width: 492px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33041085297\/original\/gpZSyBogCF1JmJ8PrnGrY9sp4kG_LC8llA.jpeg?1590390170\" height=\"248\" data-identifyelement=\"232\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33041085297\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-identifyelement=\"231\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"224\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\" data-identifyelement=\"225\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\" data-identifyelement=\"226\">Step 4\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Click on <strong>Modify Account<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-identifyelement=\"231\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-identifyelement=\"231\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 507px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33041087081\/original\/sgvwqBqpCwC1zHuVMzkxeQRpjJLIGImGtQ.png?1590393148\" height=\"294\" data-id=\"33041087036\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-identifyelement=\"231\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"224\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\" data-identifyelement=\"225\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\" data-identifyelement=\"226\">Step 5 \u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Update Primary domain name\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scroll all the way down the page and click save<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-identifyelement=\"231\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; 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word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-identifyelement=\"231\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-identifyelement=\"231\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-identifyelement=\"231\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 462px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33041087322\/original\/CHlEUGwvqpx9TemQKD2aOhGlaZFyq9p_RQ.png?1590393541\" data-id=\"33041087298\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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Before you start Before changing the primary domain of your account, there are some important steps to follow to safeguard your account and ensure a smooth transition. 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