ens:transfer

Transfer ownership of an ENS name. For unwrapped .eth names this hands over both the registrant NFT and the Registry controller (reclaim); transferring to the current registrant just reclaims the controller role.

Syntax

ens:transfer <name> <to> <newOwner>

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
name	string	ENS name (e.g. mydao.eth)
to	command	Keyword to
newOwner	address	New owner address

Examples

load ens

# Hand a name over to the DAO agent
ens:transfer mydao.eth to 0x1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678

# Reclaim registry control of a name you received without a reclaim
ens:transfer mydao.eth to @me

Notes

• Wrapped names transfer the NameWrapper ERC-1155 token; everything that is neither wrapped nor a .eth second-level name uses setOwner on the registry.
• Unwrapped .eth second-level names hand over both roles: the Registry controller (via reclaim) and the registrant NFT, in that order.
• Transferring an unwrapped .eth name to its current registrant is a pure reclaim: it resets the Registry controller without moving the NFT — useful after receiving a name from someone who didn't reclaim.

See Also

• @ens:owner — read the current owner