How to Manage A Records

Adding new A records and managing already created A records at Hostinger

Updated over a week ago

You can manage your DNS records via the DNS zone editor. To add a new record choose the type of record as A:

If your domain is pointed elsewhere by nameservers, the DNS record needs to be set up at the platform to which your domain is pointed.

What Values to Use?

Name (Host)

What for

Value (Host)

Domain

@

Subdomain

subdomain (as in subdomain.domain.tld)

Wildcard

*

FTP

ftp (as in ftp.domain.tld)

Points to

Points to is for IP to which you want to point your domain. As a value, you can only add IPv4. If you want to point the domain to IPv6, you need to edit the AAAA record.

TTL

If you haven't received specific TTL requirements, you can use the default TTL value of 14400 seconds (four hours).

How to Edit or Delete A Records

If you want to apply changes or remove an existing record, go to your domain's DNS Zone Editor and select accordingly:

The DNS Zone Editor showing how to delete or edit a record
  1. Permanently delete a record

  2. Edit a record

After making any changes to your DNS records, consider up to 24 hours for them to fully propagate.

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