DNS Lookup
Resolve a domain's DNS records - A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, TXT, SOA - over encrypted DNS-over-HTTPS, with TTLs and support for any record type.
Updated September 2026 · Written and verified by Akash Pandey
DNS Lookup
How to use the DNS lookup
- Enter a domain name.
- Choose the record type - A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, TXT, SOA, or "any".
- Click Look up and inspect answers, TTLs and the resolver that answered.
Frequently asked questions
What is DNS?
The Domain Name System - the directory that turns domain names into the IP addresses servers actually use. Records define which IPs serve a domain and how email is routed.
Which record types are supported?
A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, TXT, SOA and SRV, plus "any" to return everything available.
How is the lookup performed?
Through Cloudflare's public DNS-over-HTTPS API (application/dns-json over HTTPS), which is encrypted, so queries are not visible to network observers.
Why do results differ from my registrar's panel?
You are seeing a live resolver answer rather than your zone's configured values. Different resolvers can lag propagation by minutes to hours; TTLs show how long each answer is cached.
Could this help check propagation?
Yes - repeated lookups let you watch new records appear as TTLs and caches expire.
What DNS record types can I query?
You can query A (IPv4), AAAA (IPv6), CNAME (canonical alias), MX (mail exchange), TXT (SPF/verification), NS (nameservers), and SOA records.
What is DNS TTL (Time To Live)?
TTL specifies how many seconds DNS resolvers and caches are allowed to store the record before requesting an update from authoritative nameservers.
What does an NXDOMAIN response mean?
NXDOMAIN (Non-Existent Domain) means the queried domain name is not registered or has no active DNS zone.