{"id":953,"date":"2022-05-13T12:16:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T12:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2022\/05\/13\/6215812-how-to-reset-your-domain-s-dns-zone-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:08","slug":"6215812-how-to-reset-your-domain-s-dns-zone-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6215812-how-to-reset-your-domain-s-dns-zone-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset Your Domain&#8217;s DNS Zone at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain is currently <b><a href=\"\/support\/1863967-how-to-point-domain-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">pointing to Hostinger<\/a><\/b> and <b><a href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">fully propagated<\/a><\/b>, you can easily reset the DNS zone on hPanel.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Resetting the DNS zone will revert all records to their <b>default values<\/b>. This can be helpful in situations like stuck propagation, when records aren&rsquo;t displaying, or to ensure your domain has all necessary record values to work with your Hostinger hosting account.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">There are two methods to access your domain&rsquo;s DNS zone, depending on where you registered your domain:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_995a0df308\">For Domains Registered at Hostinger<\/h2><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Go to the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/domains\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Domains<\/a> <\/b>section and click on <b>Manage<\/b> next to the domain:<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/05\/29b40bd4-d300-4be9-9378-1dab38e3e581.jpg\" alt=\"The Domains section on Hostinger Members Area showing how to access the domain management options\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">On the left menu, go to the <b>DNS\/Nameservers<\/b> subsection:<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/05\/2f0acacd-e92f-44e0-a705-b3eb42e8cd02.jpg\" alt=\"The DNS\/Nameservers option in the Domains sidebar\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Once on the <b>DNS Zone<\/b>, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on <b>Reset DNS Records<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/05\/54af6204-0aef-46e4-b645-1f0922ef7045.jpg\" alt=\"The Reset DNS records button\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Read the confirmation message and click on <b>Reset<\/b> to proceed. After <b>24 hours<\/b>, your domain&rsquo;s DNS zone will be fully <b><a href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">propagated<\/a><\/b> worldwide<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><hr><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_d8f912e952\">For External Domains<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If you have a domain purchased elsewhere <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583214-how-to-add-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">added to your hosting plan<\/a><\/b> and <b><a href=\"\/support\/1863967-how-to-point-a-domain-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">pointing to Hostinger by nameservers<\/a><\/b>, follow these steps:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">In the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/domains\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Domains<\/a> <\/b>section, scroll down to the list of <b>External domains<\/b> and click on <b>Manage<\/b> next to the domain:<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/05\/87903b29-f9e3-4db1-be19-8d098b982928.jpg\" alt=\"The External domains section and how to reach domain management.\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">On the <b>DNS Zone <\/b>page, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on <b>Reset DNS Records<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/05\/8d171ed5-e2d1-4db2-8a12-a4dfb6cc73be.jpg\" alt=\"The Reset DNS records button\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Read the confirmation message and click on <b>Reset<\/b> to proceed. After <b>24 hours<\/b>, your domain&rsquo;s DNS zone will be fully <b><a href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">propagated<\/a><\/b> worldwide<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain&rsquo;s nameservers point to another provider, you need to <b><a href=\"\/support\/4410887-how-to-change-dns-records-in-other-registrars\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">manage your DNS zone from there<\/a><\/b>, even if records are displayed in this section &#128161; <\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resetting the DNS records of domains pointing to 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-953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dns-zone-management-at-hostinger"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6215812-how-to-reset-your-domain-s-dns-zone-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/6215812-como-restablecer-la-zona-dns-de-un-dominio-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/6215812-comment-reinitialiser-la-zone-dns-d-un-nom-de-domaine-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/6215812-cara-reset-dns-zone-domain-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/6215812-como-redefinir-a-zona-dns-do-dominio-na-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953","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=953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3871,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953\/revisions\/3871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}