Delete not needed DNS entries (if you have +200)

[PM666]

Hello,

When I did add a .ch domain and a .app domain to my CF account both did “import” around +200 DNS entries. How is it possible to delete those I do not need (mass delete). I only need around 10 and so it is quite uncomfortable and confusing. Why is this with some domains and others not?

Thanks, PM666

[fritex]

Greetings,

Thank you for asking.

@PM666

Why is this with some domains and others not?

Might be due to the reason of having apex * (wildcard) DNS record at the zone from our ex-hosting provider. When you have a wildcard entry, any DNS query for your domain get a result.

More useful information about this:

Cloudflare adds 200 random records when adding a domain

The scanning tool is the best effort attempt at identifying existing DNS records, and whether it works is entirely dependent on your current Authoritative DNS provider’s response to DNS queries. Even if you did not create the records, the existing or former Nameserver provider responded to those queries with an IP address or CNAME value. Let’s say that you never created the FTP subdomain, ftp.example.com, but when we query for this record, the DNS provider responds with an IP of a parked/block…

@PM666

mass delete

There is a useful tool from my colleague @Cyb3r-Jak3:

GitHub - Cyb3r-Jak3/cloudflare-utils: Helpful Cloudflare utility program

Please delete all DNS records from my domain

I build a tool that uses the API to use it. Docs: https://cloudflare-utils.cyberjake.xyz/dns-purge/

[PM666]

Hello fritex,

Thanks a lot for the infos!

PM666