DNS lookup
Look up A, AAAA, MX, TXT, and NS records for any domain.
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Enter a domain and choose a record type. Queries are resolved via Cloudflare's DNS-over-HTTPS service, with Google as a fallback.
About this tool
Domain Name System (DNS) records map human-readable names to the machines and services behind them. This tool lets you query any domain's DNS records — A (IPv4), AAAA (IPv6), MX (mail servers), TXT (verification / SPF), NS (nameservers), CNAME, SOA, and CAA — directly from your browser. Queries go to Cloudflare's DNS-over-HTTPS service, so you see authoritative answers rather than whatever your ISP's resolver has cached. Useful for debugging DNS propagation, checking mail routing, and verifying domain ownership records.
Frequently asked questions
Why use this instead of `dig` or `nslookup`?
No local install required, and the results come straight from Cloudflare's public resolver rather than whatever your OS has cached. Useful when you're on a phone, on a locked-down work machine, or quickly sharing a DNS result with someone.
Why do I see a different IP here than I got from my ISP's DNS?
DNS is cached at many layers — your router, your ISP, the authoritative server. This tool queries a fresh resolver at Cloudflare, which usually has more up-to-date answers during a propagation window (a change can take minutes to hours to appear everywhere).
Is the domain I look up sent to Cloudflare?
Yes — any DNS resolver needs to receive the query to answer it. Cloudflare's public resolver is privacy-respecting (they state they don't log the querying IP beyond 24 hours for abuse prevention), but the query itself is necessarily sent to them. If that's a concern, run `dig` locally instead.