How to re-enter second Cloudflare nameserver without getting an error?

Website, Application, Performance DNS & Network
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I have a CF account on my domain and just changed hosting companies, so I changed most DNS entries on CF. However, I accidentally deleted one of the two CF nameservers for my domain. Tried re-entering the second one, and I get this error message: DNS Validation Error (Code: 1004) Content for NS record is invalid. NS records at the apex must not overwrite assigned nameservers.

I know CNAME entries can sometimes cause conflicts and this error, but the only CNAME entry I have is the one that sends “www.domain.com” to my “domain.com.”

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

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You don’t enter nameservers on Cloudflare’s side. You have to do this at your registrar’s.

But with a domain on Cloudflare, you only handle the regular DNS entries and not nameservers.

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Thanks for the reply! So I can just remove the NS entries in my domain’s DNS settings? I thought CF automatically imported those entries with the other DNS entries when I first set it up for this domain, so figured they were required there too.

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No, Cloudflare only imports entries when you add the domain. After that you have to manage entries manually.

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