.symantec domain extension

.symantec is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) that was intended for Symantec Corporation, the cybersecurity company. It was operated by Symantec itself. The domain was never actively used in the internet's root zone, meaning it never worked as a website ending. It was granted to Symantec in 2015 but the company never put it into service. The IANA record shows it was revoked in July 2020, just under five years after it was registered. This makes .symantec one of the few gTLDs that was delegated but later pulled back. The revocation likely came after Broadcom acquired Symantec's enterprise security business in 2019, though the IANA record doesn't give a reason. Today the TLD is essentially dead.

.symantec was delegated to Symantec Corporation in December 2015 as part of ICANN's new gTLD program. The company had applied for its own brand TLD to secure its online identity. But Symantec never activated the domain in the root zone, so no websites or email addresses ever used it. In July 2020, IANA revoked the delegation, removing the TLD from the root zone permanently. The exact cause isn't stated in the record, but it came after Broadcom's acquisition of Symantec's enterprise division, which may have led to the brand restructuring.