Cloudflare created 1000 DNS records

[balayev92]

Hello. While trying to connect my site to Cloudflare, 1000 DNS records were created. How can I delete them? Thanks.

[neiljay]

@balayev92

1000 DNS records were created. How can I delete them?

Using the api, you may delete the records. Here’s the info:
https://api.cloudflare.com/#dns-records-for-a-zone-delete-dns-record

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