{"id":3021,"date":"2021-10-13T13:17:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T13:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2021-10-13T13:17:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T13:17:57","slug":"how-to-add-and-delete-cname-records-in-whm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/how-to-add-and-delete-cname-records-in-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add and Delete CNAME Records in WHM?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial we will guide you with adding and deleting CNAME records in WHM<\/p>\n<p>Firstly lets see the steps to add CNAME in WHM:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Login to your\u00a0<strong>WHM<\/strong>\u00a0account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Click on the\u00a0<strong>Edit DNS Zone<\/strong>\u00a0under the\u00a0<strong>DNS Functions<\/strong>\u00a0section.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3022\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-1.png\" alt=\"cname-whm-1\" width=\"199\" height=\"215\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Click the domain for which you want to create the\u00a0<strong>CNAME<\/strong>\u00a0and then click the\u00a0<strong>Edit<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3023\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-2.png\" alt=\"cname-whm-2\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong>\u00a0Go to the bottom and find the section\u00a0<strong>Add New Entries Below this Line<\/strong>. Click the\u00a0<strong>Select<\/strong>\u00a0drop-down menu and select\u00a0<strong>CNAME<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3024\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-3.png\" alt=\"cname-whm-3\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong>\u00a0Enter your\u00a0<strong>CNAME<\/strong>\u00a0in the first field. In the image below, we are using\u00a0<strong>test<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6:<\/strong>\u00a0Next, enter your\u00a0<strong>Hostname<\/strong>\u00a0in the field besides the dropdown menu and then click the\u00a0<strong>Save<\/strong>\u00a0button. Here, we are using the host name as\u00a0<strong>example.com<\/strong>. The\u00a0<strong>TTL<\/strong>\u00a0section will be automatically filled.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3025\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-4.png\" alt=\"cname-whm-4\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thus by following above simple steps you can add a CNAME record in WHM.<\/p>\n<p>.Following are the steps to Delete a CNAME Record in WHM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Login to your\u00a0<strong>WHM<\/strong>\u00a0account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Click on the\u00a0<strong>Edit DNS Zone<\/strong>\u00a0under the\u00a0<strong>DNS Functions<\/strong>\u00a0section.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3026\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-dlt-1.png\" alt=\"cname-whm-dlt-1\" width=\"199\" height=\"215\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Click the domain for which you want to create the CNAME and then click the\u00a0<strong>Edit<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3027\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-dlt-2.png\" alt=\"cname-whm-dlt-2\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong>\u00a0Find the CNAME record you want to delete. You will need to delete the text records for that particular domain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3030\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-dlt-3-300x92.jpg\" alt=\"cname-whm-dlt-3\" width=\"907\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-dlt-3-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-dlt-3-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-dlt-3.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong>\u00a0Go to the record selector dropdown menu change the record type from\u00a0<strong>CNAME<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>Select<\/strong>\u00a0for the domain you have deleted the text records.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3028\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-dlt-4-300x143.png\" alt=\"cname-whm-dlt-4\" width=\"898\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-dlt-4-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-dlt-4-768x366.png 768w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-dlt-4.png 898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6:<\/strong>\u00a0This will remove the record type from the screen as below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3029\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-dlt-5-300x91.jpg\" alt=\"cname-whm-dlt-5\" width=\"920\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-dlt-5-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-dlt-5-768x234.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-dlt-5.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 7:<\/strong>\u00a0Click on\u00a0<strong>Save<\/strong>\u00a0button and that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3031\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cname-whm-dlt-6.png\" alt=\"cname-whm-dlt-6\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thus you have successfully delete the CNAME records in WHM.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial we will guide you with adding and deleting CNAME records in WHM Firstly lets see the steps to add CNAME in WHM: Step 1:\u00a0Login to your\u00a0WHM\u00a0account. 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