--- title: How to Change A record for your domain at Cloudflare description: Cloudflare is a wonderful DNS service that offers a range of services including caching, free SSL, load balancing among others. This guide will show you how to create or change an A record for your domain name if it uses… url: "https://truehost.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-change-a-record-for-your-domain-at-cloudflare/" updated: "2024-08-29" category: Cloudflare --- # How to Change A record for your domain at Cloudflare Cloudflare is a wonderful DNS service that offers a range of services including caching, free SSL, load balancing among others. This guide will show you how to create or change an A record for your domain name if it uses Cloudflare DNS. 1 [Login](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) to Cloudflare 2 If you have more than one domain on your Cloudflare account, you will need to click on it first, otherwise go to step 3 3. Click DNS tab on your Left and click Records. ![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-22-1024x300.png) ![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-23-1024x396.png) 4. Click **Add Record** button to add a new record ![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-24.png) 5. Fill in the form that appears and click **Save** ![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-25.png) NOTE: - If you are adding an A record for the main domain, use the symbol @ under Name section - If you are adding an A record for a subdomain, use the first section of the subdomain under Name section. EG if I want to create *blog.truehost.co.ke,* I would add **blog** under Name section - If you want to use Cloudflare SSL, he Proxy Status should be Proxied. Otherwise, Cloudflare SSL cannot work. - If you would like to access the subdomain directly without hidding it behind Cloudflare's proxy, make sure to change the Porxy Status to DNS only.