---
title: "Delete a DNS record"
description: "Delete one A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, or SRV record from a domain on E2E DNS in MyAccount, and check that the name no longer answers."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "dns"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/dns/how-to/delete-a-dns-record/"
relationships: {"requires":["/myaccount/dns/how-to/add-a-dns-record/"]}
---

# Delete a DNS record

Delete a record you no longer need, or one you want to replace with a new host name or type. Only
that one record goes: if a host name has several values of the same type, such as two A records or
three MX records, the others stay.

## Before you begin

Check that nothing still uses the name. A deleted record stops answering on E2E's nameservers within
about 10 seconds, and visitors, mail, or services that use it stop reaching it once their cached
copy expires.

## Delete the record

Note the record's value from the records list before you delete it. To bring a record back later,
you add it again with that value.

1. In MyAccount, under **Network**, click **DNS**. In the domain's row, click **Actions**, then
   **Manage**.
2. On **Domain Name System Record**, in the record's row, click **Actions**, then **Delete**.
3. In **Delete Record**, which asks **Are you sure you want to delete record?**, confirm.

The message reads **The domain was deleted successfully.**, though only the record is gone; the
domain and its other records stay.

The SOA and NS records stay with the domain, so their **Actions** menu is not available.

## Check that the record is gone

About 10 seconds after you delete it, ask an E2E nameserver for the name and type:

```bash
dig @ns50.e2enetworks.net.in old.example.com A +short
```

An empty output means the record is gone. If the host name had other values of the same type, the
output lists only those.

To add a replacement, see
[Add a DNS record](/myaccount/dns/how-to/add-a-dns-record/).