Manage-dns-records

The Zone Editor within cPanel allows clients to manage their A, CNAME, MX and TXT records. Within Zone editor a client can add, edit or remove their records, along with seeing a list of all domains and records created. To begin managing records, you can follow the guide below:

• Enter cPanel - If you don't know how, you can follow this guide.
• On the Tools page, in the Domains section, click Zone Editor:

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   Under Domains, locate the domain for which you want to add a record, and then click Manag
   
2. Next to Add Record, click the down arrow, and then click the type of record you want to add:
   
3. In the Name text box, type the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) for the record.
4. In the TTL text box, type the time-to-live value in seconds.

If you are unsure of the value to specify, type 14400 , which is four hours.

1. Confirm that the Type list box contains the type of record that you want to add.
2. In the Record text box, type the value for the record.

• If you are adding an A record, type the IP address to associate with the domain name that you selected in step 2.
• If you are adding a CNAME record, type the associated canonical name for the domain name that you selected in step 2.
• If you are adding a TXT record, type the data for the TXT record.

1. Click Add Record. cPanel adds the record.

Editing a record

To edit a record using the Zone Editor, follow these steps:

1. Log in to cPanel.

If you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account, please see this article.

• On the Tools page, in the Domains section, click Zone Editor:
  
• Under Domains, locate the domain for which you want to add a record, and then click Manage:
• Locate the record you want to edit, and then under Actions, click Edit:
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• Modify the value or values you want to change, and then click Save Record. cPanel updates the record.