Delete all DNS records

When you connect your domain to Cloudflare, the DNS records quick scan may automatically add several records to your zone.

If you realize most of them are not applicable and want to bulk delete DNS records, follow the steps below. This method assumes you are familiar with API calls fundamentals.

Bulk deletion available in the dashboard

You can delete records in bulk via the dashboard, which removes the need for custom scripts as the one below. Refer to Batch record changes for details.

1. Make sure you have an API token that allows you to edit DNS for your zone.
2. Get your zone ID.
3. Run the following script, replacing <ZONE_ID> and <API_TOKEN> with the values you got from the previous steps.

Warning

This script uses jq ↗ to format JSON outputs for readability. Refer to Make API calls for details.

zoneid=<ZONE_ID>
bearer=<API_TOKEN>
curl --silent "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$zoneid/dns_records?per_page=50000" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $bearer" \
| jq --raw-output '.result[].id' | while read id
do
  curl --silent --request DELETE "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$zoneid/dns_records/$id" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $bearer"
done