SOLVED (I'M AN IDIOT) CF Won't allow me to add WWW CNAME Record

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What is the issue you’re encountering

Can’t Add CNAME Record

What steps have you taken to resolve the issue?

So I messed up a bit and can’t seem to figure out how to fix it. I have a new domain/website hosted on Cloudways/Vultur HF. Domain is registered via Namecheap. DNS via Cloudflare (obviously).
For whatever stupid reason, I had added the WWW CNAME record before I added the A record. Then I tried adding the A record, and Cloudflare gave an error saying I couldn’t add the A record with the existing CNAME record. So I deleted the CNAME record, added the A record (pointing to my Vultr HF server). When I tried adding the WWW CNAME record back, it gives me this error:
An A, AAAA, or CNAME record with that host already exists. “For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/.../records-with-same.../
Any ideas on how I can fix this? The URL that Cloudflare said to use to troubleshoot the issue is of absolutely no help whatsoever.

Screenshot of the error

I’m an idiot. I’ve added the WWW CNAME record countless times before. I guess I hade a “senior moment”.

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