Unable to delete previous nameserver records to proceed with activating cloudflare

What is the name of the domain?

copenmachine.com

What is the error number?

delete previous nameservers

What is the error message?

delete your other nameservers bayan.ns.cloudflare.com and grace.ns.cloudflare.com

What is the issue you’re encountering

unable to activate cloudflare due to other nameserver entries pointed to cloudflare but that DNS registrar is no longer live and we cannot delete the previous nameservers

What steps have you taken to resolve the issue?

tried activating our cloudflare for the domain but it seems to be unable to activate as it thinks pre-existing nameservers are still being pointed to cloudflare from another DNS registrar, which no longer hosts that domain and so we are unable to go in and delete the previous nameserver records. The domain is now hosted at namecheap, we pointed the nameservers to luke and maria, and after 3 days of waiting, it still wouldn’t activate

Screenshot of the error

The nameservers are not set at Namecheap, you are still using Namecheap’s default registrar-servers.com nameservers…
https://cf.sjr.dev/tools/check?fbb28df802d24152b0d78467d92655d7#rdap

I’m not sure why Cloudflare shows 2 Cloudflare nameservers set, are you sure you have added the correct domain to Cloudflare? Or have you changed the nameservers back to Namecheap since that screenshot?

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