This article will teach you how to create, update and delete an A or CNAME record.
How to create an A or CNAME record
To create an A or CNAME record, follow these steps:
- Sign in to Google Domains.
- Click the domain that you want to update.
- Open the menu
.
- Click the DNS icon
.
- Scroll to the Custom resource records section. Set the custom resource record type that your web host requires.
- To create a specific type of record, follow these steps:
- For an A record, use these values:
- In the first field, enter '@' or the required subdomain.
- In the drop-down menu, select A.
- In the TTL field, enter '1H'.
- In the data field, enter the IP address or addresses from your web host.
- To add more fields, click
.
- To add more fields, click
- Click Add.
- For a CNAME record, use these values:
- In the first field, enter 'www' or the required subdomain.
- In the drop-down menu, select CNAME.
- In the TTL field, enter '1H'.
- In the data field, enter the data from your web host.
- Click Add.
- For an A record, use these values:
How to update an A or CNAME record
To edit resource records, follow these steps:
- Sign in to Google Domains.
- Click the domain that you want to update.
- Open the menu
.
- Click the DNS icon
.
- Scroll to the Custom resource records section.
- You can update the data in 2 ways:
- To edit the data, click Edit. This will make all the records in the set editable.
- To add data, click Edit and then the
icon to add a resource record.
- Click Save.
Depending on your location, DNS changes may take a propagation period of several minutes or up to 48 hours to take effect across the entire Internet.
How to delete a resource record
To delete resource records, follow these steps:- Sign in to Google Domains.
- Click the domain that you want to update.
- Open the menu
.
- Click the DNS icon
.
- Scroll to the Custom resource records section.
- You can either delete all records in the set or just a single record.
- To delete a single record:
- Click Edit.
- Click the
icon next to the record that you want to delete.
- Click Save.
- To delete all records in the set:
- Click Delete to delete all the records.
- On the pop-up, click Delete again to confirm.
- To delete a single record: