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title: Record attributes
description: Attributes and metadata for DNS records.
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# Record attributes

Use DNS record comments and tags to categorize and clarify the purpose of DNS records within Cloudflare.

Comments provide a unique descriptions for specific records, whereas tags group similar records into categories.

These attributes are particularly useful when:

* Multiple teams are managing DNS records within the same zone.
* Your zone contains a large number of DNS records.
* You want to filter your DNS records based on matching attributes (for example, when they are managed by the same team or used for the same application).

Note

The information in record attributes will not impact DNS record resolution or propagation timing and is only meant for your private reference. This information is only visible to [members](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/manage-members/manage/) of your Cloudflare account and is not visible publicly.

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## Availability

Comments and tags are only supported for [primary zones (full setup)](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) and [partial zones (CNAME setup)](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/).

### Record comments

| Free                | Pro | Business | Enterprise |     |
| ------------------- | --- | -------- | ---------- | --- |
| Availability        | Yes | Yes      | Yes        | Yes |
| Character limit     | 100 | 500      | 500        | 500 |
| Comments per record | 1   | 1        | 1          | 1   |

### Record tags

| Free                                               | Pro | Business | Enterprise |     |
| -------------------------------------------------- | --- | -------- | ---------- | --- |
| Availability                                       | No  | Yes      | Yes        | Yes |
| Name character limit (everything before the colon) | N/A | 32       | 32         | 32  |
| Value character limit (everything after the colon) | N/A | 100      | 100        | 100 |
| Tags per record                                    | N/A | 20       | 20         | 20  |

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## Add or edit record attributes

Create or edit record attributes just like any other aspect of DNS records, whether through the [dashboard](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) or [API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/create/).

You can also add or edit attributes by [exporting and re-importing](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#dns-record-attributes) your records, or using the [Batch record changes API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/batch-record-changes/#use-the-api).

When exporting and importing, special tags starting by `cf-` allow you to control specific Cloudflare configurations. On export, these tags are automatically added to reflect the current configuration for each record on your zone. Refer to [reserved cf- tags](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#reserved-cf--tags) for details.

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## Reference

### Comments

Comments are treated as [graphic Unicode characters ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic%5Fcharacter), meaning that they are case-sensitive and do not have any character limitations. However, comments do not support newline (`\n`) or carriage return (`\r`) characters.

### Tags

Tags are treated as an array of `name:value` pairs, meaning that tag names are not case-sensitive and can only contain letters, numbers, `-`, and `_`. For tag values, the same character restrictions apply as for comments.

```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"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@id":"/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/","name":"Reference"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@id":"/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/record-attributes/","name":"Record attributes"}}]}
```