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How to Change Nameservers

1 min read16 Apr 202626 views

In this article

  • 1What Are Nameservers?
  • 2How to Change
  • 3Finding Your Hosting Nameservers
  • 4Propagation
  • 5Common Nameserver Formats

Changing Nameservers

What Are Nameservers?

Nameservers tell the internet where your website is hosted. Changing them points your domain to a different hosting provider.

How to Change

  1. Go to My Services > Domains > [domain]
  2. Click the Nameservers tab
  3. Replace existing nameservers with new ones
  4. Click Save

Finding Your Hosting Nameservers

Go to My Services > Hosting > [hosting] and look for the "Point Your Domain" section. Your nameservers are listed there.

Propagation

After changing nameservers, it takes 1-48 hours for the change to propagate worldwide. During this time, your website may be intermittently available.

Common Nameserver Formats

  • ns1.example.com / ns2.example.com
  • Usually provided as a pair (minimum 2 required)

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