--- title: DNS records description: Manage DNS records for your Cloudflare zones. image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png --- > Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. [Skip to content](#%5Ftop) # DNS records DNS records contain information about your domain and are used to make your website or application available to visitors and other web services. Each DNS record belongs to a different type, and each type serves a different purpose. For background about the different types of DNS records, refer to the [Learning Center ↗](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/). To quickly find reference information about a specific type, refer to [DNS record types](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/). Depending on the providers you used to [get your domain name](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/manage-domains/#get-a-domain-name) and [host your website or application](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/manage-domains/#host-your-domain), it is expected that DNS records were automatically created on your behalf. According to your [setup](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/), you can use Cloudflare to manage your DNS records. ## DNS records table When managing your records at Cloudflare, besides the common record fields described below, you may also find an option for [Proxy status](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/proxy-status/) and [CNAME flattening](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/cname-flattening/). These are specific features offered by Cloudflare. Record fields * **Type**: Defines the purpose of a record. Different types of record require different information in their corresponding `Content` field. * **Name**: Identifies the resource that the record resolves to. Depending on the purpose of the record, the value you want to add to this field will also change. * **Content**: Contains the core value of a record, depending on the record type. * **TTL**: Controls how long each record is cached by DNS resolvers. Example DNS management for **example.com**: | Type | Name | Content | Proxy status | TTL | | ---- | ---- | --------- | ------------ | ---- | | A | blog | 192.0.2.1 | Proxied | Auto | In this example, an IP address resolution record of type `A` is indicating that the resources that correspond to the subdomain `blog.example.com` can be reached on the IPv4 address `192.0.2.1`. Also, as this record is [proxied](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/proxy-status/), Cloudflare automatically defines for how long this information should be cached by DNS resolvers. ## DNS records quota There is a limit to the number of records you can create on a single zone. * Free zones created before `2024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC`: 1,000 * Free zones created on or after `2024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC`: 200 * Pro: 3,500 * Business: 3,500 * Enterprise: 3,500 For more DNS records If you are an Enterprise customer and require more DNS records, contact your account team. Cloudflare can support millions of DNS records on a single zone. ## Resources ### How to * [ Manage DNS records ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) * [ Create zone apex record ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-zone-apex/) * [ Create subdomain records ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-subdomain/) * [ Set up email records ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/email-records/) * [ Import and export records ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/) * [ Batch record changes ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/batch-record-changes/) * [ Dynamically update DNS records ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/managing-dynamic-ip-addresses/) * [ Round-robin DNS ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/round-robin-dns/) * [ Delegate subdomains ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/subdomains-outside-cloudflare/) ### Reference * [ DNS record types ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/) * [ Time to Live (TTL) ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/ttl/) * [ Record attributes ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/record-attributes/) * [ Vendor-specific DNS records ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/vendor-specific-records/) * [ Wildcard DNS records ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/wildcard-dns-records/) ### Troubleshooting * [ Records with the same name ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/troubleshooting/records-with-same-name/) * [ Unexpected DNS records ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/troubleshooting/unexpected-dns-records/) * [ Exposed IP addresses ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/troubleshooting/exposed-ip-address/) * [ Verify a domain with CNAME ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/troubleshooting/cname-domain-verification/) * [ NS records already exist ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/troubleshooting/existing-ns-record/) * [ Stale response for upstream DNS resolution ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/troubleshooting/stale-response/) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/dns/","name":"DNS"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"/dns/manage-dns-records/","name":"DNS records"}}]} ```