A TXT record, as the abbreviation suggests, is a record, which contains data in human-readable form and not code. It could be set up for a domain name or a subdomain for many different purposes. Search engines like Google, for example, have different ways of confirming you are the owner of a certain domain name and one of them is by creating a TXT record with specific text that they provide and that you will need to use as the record value. Exactly the same verification method is being employed by some analytics platforms that keep track of the traffic to your websites as well. Of course, in this case the content of the record will be read by a robot, but it will still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is also used if you activated the so-called SPF protection for your e-mails so that you can protect them from being forged. In such a case, the record contains data showing that a given digital message is sent from a dependable and authorized mail server. You may use a TXT record for any other information also, like your company details, for instance.

TXT Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account and you would like to set up a TXT record for any reason for a domain name or a subdomain hosted within it, you'll be able to do that with just a few mouse clicks in your Hepsia CP. The new record shall be active shortly after that, so a search engine, for example, can pick it up to verify that you're the owner of a particular site within a few minutes. You can set up the TXT record from the DNS Records section of your Control Panel where you shall also find all the other records for your domain names. All you will have to do shall be to pick the Internet domain or subdomain and also the record type from drop-down menus, input the text content and save the change. If you're not sure how to proceed, you could also check our step-by-step guide, which you'll find in the Help section of your account, or you can also contact our tech support team to assist you with the creation of the new record.