DNS Lookup

Look up the DNS records of any domain. See A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, CNAME and SOA records instantly.

What is DNS, and what belongs in the answer?

DNS links a readable name to the technical destinations published for a service. A DNS query can return an IPv4 or IPv6 address, a receiving mail server, an authoritative name server, verification text, an alias or zone metadata. Each answer also carries a TTL, which tells resolvers how long they may cache that value.

Leave “All” selected for a broad DNS lookup. Choose A or AAAA after moving a website; use MX when mail delivery is the problem. TXT is where SPF and many ownership checks live. DMARC normally sits at _dmarc.example.com, while DKIM needs the provider's selector before _domainkey. CNAME is useful when checking a subdomain that points elsewhere.

A DNS record checker shows one resolver's current answer, not every cache on the internet. This page asks Google Public DNS first and falls back to Cloudflare DNS if that connection fails. Different networks can therefore show the old and new values at the same time until their cached TTL expires.

You may paste a bare domain, a complete web address or an internationalized name. The input is reduced to its hostname, converted to DNS-safe form when needed, and kept separate from the results. Underscore-prefixed names used by email records are accepted. Copy the returned records when you need to compare a provider panel with the public response.

Frequently Asked Questions About the DNS Lookup

A DNS query returns the records published for a name through the resolver being used. Depending on the selected type, that may be an IP address, mail server, authoritative name server, verification text, alias or zone metadata. A missing type does not mean the whole domain is unavailable.

Use an MX record lookup when mail is not arriving or while moving email providers. The answer lists receiving servers and their priorities; a lower preference number is tried first. SPF, DKIM and DMARC are separate TXT records, so check those names independently.

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