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Manage your DNS: TXT records

Definitions

TXT (Text) records are a type of DNS record that lets you add text notes into your DNS settings, which can be used to provide information to external online sources.

DNS (Domain Name System) records are like an address book entry that tell the internet where to find and how to interact with your domain, subdomain, email, and other online services.

Before you start

✅ You can manage your TXT records from the DNS Zones tool within your hosting control panel only if you use our nameservers.

⚠️ To manage your TXT records, your domain must be registered, connected to your hosting account, and use our nameservers.

🚨 If you use an external DNS or CDN provider (e.g., Cloudflare), manage your TXT records on your provider’s user dashboard, they are controlled from there.

❗Three very common types of TXT records are SPF, DMARC, and DKIM. To activate or manage those TXT records, go to their respective guides.

ℹ️ Updates to TXT records may take up to 24 hours to propagate across the internet.

Step by step

Access your TXT records

1. Log in to your hosting control panel

2. From the top right, click the down arrow ∨ and choose the domain you want to access the TXT records for

3. Click on the DNS Zones button

4. Under the Type column, look for TXT entries, these are your TXT records. You will see a few different ones.

Edit a TXT record

Use these steps to edit any of your existing TXT records.

1. Go to the TXT record entry you want to edit

2. Click on the pencil icon on the right-hand side

3. You’ll get an Edit Record popup. Depending on the TXT record, you may need to check Edit Manually to apply changes, or you can edit it directly.

  • ➡️ To show you an example, we will change the SPF TXT record value for infoceptor.com to a fictitious value. You’ll notice you have to check the box next to Edit Manually in this example.
  • ➡️ To show you another example, we will change the x._domainkey DKIM TXT record values to ficitious ones. You’ll notice you can edit this one directly.

Add a TXT record

Use these steps to add a new TXT record.

1. Click the Add Record button

2. On the Add Record popup, complete the fields and click Add:

  • Record Type: Select TXT
  • Name (your TXT record hostname)
  • Value (your TXT record text value)
  • ➡️ To show you an example, we will add a TXT record for the hostname config and point it to the fictitious value version=1.2.3; environment=production; api_key=abcdef123456

❌ Note: When you create TXT records for hostnames, they are not subdomains.

Delete a TXT record

Use these steps to delete any of your existing TXT records.

1. Go to the TXT record entry you want to delete

2. Check the box to the left of it

3. Click the Delete button

4. Click the Confirm button

  • ➡️ To show you an example, we will delete our config TXT record entry.