A TXT record, as the abbreviation suggests, is a record, which keeps info in human-readable form and not code. It may be created for a domain address or a subdomain for many different purposes. Search engines, for instance, have different ways of making sure you are the owner of a particular domain and one of them is in fact by creating a TXT record with certain text that they provide and that you will need to use as the record value. The same verification method is used by some analytics platforms that check the traffic to your sites as well. Of course, in this situation the content of the record is going to be read by a robot, but it'll still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is furthermore employed if you enable the so-called SPF protection for your e-mails in order to protect them from being forged. In this case, the record contains data showing that a particular electronic message is sent from a trusted and authorized mail server. You may use a TXT record for any kind of other information also, just like your business details, for instance.

TXT Records in Web Hosting

When you have a web hosting account and you want to set up a TXT record for any purpose for a domain or a subdomain hosted within it, you'll be able to achieve that with a few clicks inside the Hepsia CP. The new record will be live shortly after that, so a search engine, for example, can pick it up to verify that you are the owner of a particular site within a few minutes. You can set up the TXT record using the DNS Records section of your CP where you shall also find all the other records for your domains. All you will need to do will be to select the domain address or subdomain and also the record type through drop-down menus, enter the text content and save the change. If you aren't sure how to handle it, you can also check our step-by-step guide, which you will find in the Help section of your account, or you could also get in touch with our tech support to help you with the creation of the new record.