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You might notice some TXT record `_acme-challenge.<hostname>` returned by your domain.
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These records cannot be found in the DNS tab of your Cloudflare Dashboard.
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You might notice TXT records like `_acme-challenge.<hostname>` are returned by your domain but cannot be found on the DNS tab of your Cloudflare dashboard.
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## Causes
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These records are automatically created to allow Cloudflare Edge certificates ([Universal](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/), [Advanced](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) and [Backup](/ssl/edge-certificates/backup-certificates/)) to be provisioned.
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They are required by the [Certificate Authorities](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/) to perform the [Domain Control Validation](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/).
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These records are automatically created to allow Cloudflare edge certificates ([universal](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/), [advanced](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/), and [backup](/ssl/edge-certificates/backup-certificates/)) to be provisioned. They are required by [certificate authorities](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/) to perform [Domain Control Validation (DCV)](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/).
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## Solution
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As these records are tied to the certificates, they cannot be deleted in the DNS tab of your Cloudflare Dashboard.
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If you need more `_acme-challenge.<hostname>` TXT records in order to provision certificates on your side, you can add them in the [DNS tab of your Cloudflare Dashboard](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).
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As these records are tied to the certificates, they cannot be deleted from the DNS tab of your Cloudflare dashboard.
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If you need more `_acme-challenge.<hostname>` TXT records in order to provision certificates on your side, you can [manually add them](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) under [DNS records](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/records).
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If you want to remove these records:
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* You need to [disable Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/disable-universal-ssl/) to remove the records related to Universal and Backup SSL.
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* You need to [delete advanced certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/manage-certificates/#delete-a-certificate) to remove the records related to Advanced certificates.
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*[Disable Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/disable-universal-ssl/) to remove the records related to universal and backup certificates.
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*[Delete advanced certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/manage-certificates/#delete-a-certificate) to remove the records related to advanced certificates.
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