Delete the CNAME that points at an unregistered domain on Cloudflare

Why it matters

A subdomain's CNAME points at a domain nobody has registered, so anyone can register it and take over what visitors see on your subdomain. Delete the record now, since it already does nothing useful.

The fix

1. Open DNS then Records, find the CNAME with the name from the finding and delete it.
2. Search the Records list for other entries pointing at the same target and remove them as well.

Read the documentation ↗(opens in a new tab)

Related

• Reported by the Dangling CNAMEs check
• Remove or reclaim the CNAME to a deprovisioned service
• Move the CNAME to an internal name out of public DNS
• Delete the CNAME that points at a name that does not exist
• Fix the wildcard CNAME that points at a missing name