A TXT record, as the abbreviation indicates, is a record, which holds info in human-readable form and not code. It can be created for a domain address or a subdomain for various purposes. Search engines like Google, for example, have different ways of making sure that you are the owner of a certain domain and one of them is in fact by creating a TXT record with specific text that they provide and that you should use as the record value. The same verification method is used by some analytics platforms that monitor the traffic to your Internet sites as well. Of course, in this situation the content of the record will be read by a robot, but it'll still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is also used when you enable the so-called SPF protection for your e-mails so that you can prevent them from being forged. In this situation, the record contains info showing that a certain digital message is sent from a dependable and authorized mail server. You can use a TXT record for any other information as well, just like your company details, for example.

TXT Records in Shared Hosting

When you have a shared hosting account and you want to create a TXT record for any reason for a domain name or a subdomain hosted within it, you'll be able to do that with a few mouse clicks in your Hepsia CP. The new record is going to be active soon after that, so a search engine, for example, can pick it up to confirm that you are the owner of a given web site within a few minutes. You can set up the TXT record in the DNS Records section of your CP in which you will also find all the other records for your domains. All you will need to do shall be to choose the domain address or subdomain as well as the record type via drop-down menus, type the text content and save the change. If you're not sure what you should do, you can even check our step-by-step guide, which you'll find in the Help section of your account, or you can get in touch with our tech support team to help you out with the creation of the new record.