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Adding a TXT Record in Cloudflare

This is about where to paste a record — for what the record should actually say, see the guide for your mail provider (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365) or generate a DMARC record.

  1. Log into the Cloudflare dashboard and select the domain.
  2. Open DNS → Records in the left sidebar.
  3. Click Add record.
  4. Set Type to TXT.
  5. Set Name to whichever host the record belongs at — @ for the root domain (SPF), _dmarc for DMARC, or selector._domainkey for DKIM (the exact selector comes from whoever sends your mail).
  6. Paste the record's value into Content.
  7. Leave Proxy status set to DNS only (grey cloud) — the orange "proxied" option is for web traffic and doesn't apply to mail-related TXT/MX records anyway, but it's a common place people get confused.
  8. Click Save.

Changes are usually live within minutes on Cloudflare, though full propagation can occasionally take a few hours.

Once it's live, check it free to confirm it's reading correctly.