{"id":1387,"date":"2019-02-08T10:36:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583664-how-to-manage-txt-records-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T15:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T15:04:14","slug":"1583664-how-to-manage-txt-records-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583664-how-to-manage-txt-records-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to manage TXT records at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">You can manage your DNS records via the <b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-dns-zone-editor\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583249-how-to-manage-dns-records-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DNS zone editor<\/a><\/b>. To add a new record, choose the type of record as <b>TXT<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12463\" src=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-13_12-08_1.png\/w=300,h=51,fit=scale-down\" alt=\"\" width=\"847\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-13_12-08_1.png\/w=300,fit=scale-down 300w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-13_12-08_1.png\/w=1024,fit=scale-down 1024w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-13_12-08_1.png\/w=768,fit=scale-down 768w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-13_12-08_1.png\/w=1536,fit=scale-down 1536w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-13_12-08_1.png\/w=1730,fit=scale-down 1730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 847px) 100vw, 847px\" \/><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTE<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain currently uses external nameservers, you can still manage CNAME records in Hostinger dashboard. The changes will be saved and applied once the nameservers are pointed back to Hostinger.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"what-to-use-as-a-host-\">What values to use?<\/h2><h3 id=\"h_f131b00608\">Name (Host)<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">If you are adding TXT records for your <b>domain<\/b>, insert <b>@<\/b> as host. For <b>subdomains<\/b>, insert the subdomain&rsquo;s name as a host. For example, for the subdomain <b>shop.domain.tld<\/b> you should enter <b>shop <\/b>as a host.<\/p><h3 id=\"h_b8574f2e47\">TXT Value<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">Enter the value you want to be added to your domain. Usually, TXT is used for adding <b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-spf-records\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583673-what-is-the-spf-record-for-hostinger-email\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPF records<\/a><\/b> or verification records, like when adding your domain to Google Search Engine. In these cases, your email provider or search engine will provide you with the exact record value.<\/p><h3 id=\"h_9ca6e9475f\">TTL<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">If you haven&rsquo;t received specific TTL requirements, you can use the default TTL value of <b>14400 seconds<\/b> (four hours).<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">After making any changes to your TXT records, consider <b>up to 24 hours<\/b> for them to <b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-fully-propagate\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fully propagate<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><h2 id=\"how-to-edit-or-delete-txt-records-\">How to edit or delete TXT records<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If you want to apply changes or remove an existing record, go to your domain&rsquo;s DNS Zone Editor and select accordingly:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12460\" src=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-13_12-08.png\/w=300,h=54,fit=scale-down\" alt=\"\" width=\"883\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-13_12-08.png\/w=300,fit=scale-down 300w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-13_12-08.png\/w=1024,fit=scale-down 1024w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-13_12-08.png\/w=768,fit=scale-down 768w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-13_12-08.png\/w=1536,fit=scale-down 1536w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-13_12-08.png\/w=1770,fit=scale-down 1770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/div><ol>\n<li class=\"no-margin\">Clicking this will show a confirmation prompt. Click <strong>Delete<\/strong> in the prompt to permanently remove the record.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Edit<\/b> a record<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adding new TXT records and managing already created TXT records at Hostinger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dns-zone-management-at-hostinger"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583664-how-to-manage-txt-records-at-hostinger","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583664-como-administrar-registros-txt-en-hostinger","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583664-comment-gerer-les-enregistrements-txt-chez-hostinger","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583664-bagaimana-cara-menambah-dan-menghapus-txt-record-di-hostinger","default":0},{"locale":"pt-BR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583664-como-adicionar-e-remover-registros-txt-na-hostinger","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583664-\u044f\u043a-\u043a\u0435\u0440\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0438-txt-\u0437\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u043c\u0438-\u0432-hostinger","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1387"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23300,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions\/23300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}