Restore domain and email forwarding after migration

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Restore domain and email forwarding after migration

Last updated May 28, 2026 21:25

Update your DNS records to continue forwarding with your migrated Google Domain.

If your domain was part of the recent Google Domains migration and your forwarding has stopped, it’s likely because your domain uses custom nameservers and Google's built-in domain or email forwarding services. To get your domain and/or email forwarding working again, update your DNS records.

Update your DNS records to continue forwarding your domain or email

If your domain or email forwards were at risk, you should’ve received a warning email. To ensure your forwarding rules continue to work at Squarespace, add the applicable DNS records to your domain:

The domain forwarding rules you created through Google will move along with your domain. For those rules to work, add DNS records to point your domain to Squarespace.

  1. Open your domains dashboard.
  2. Click your domain name.
  3. Click Website, then scroll down to the Domain forwarding section.
  4. You'll see an Action required banner stating you must update your DNS records at your DNS provider for domain forwarding to work.

In the domains dashboard, a warning message in a yellow box alerts that action is required for domain forwarding.

  1. Click Review instructions to view the CNAME and A records you'll be adding to your domain.
  2. In a new tab, log into the account you have with your nameserver provider.
  3. Find where to manage your domain's DNS settings. Depending on your provider, the settings for managing your domain's DNS records may be called DNS, Advanced DNS Records, Manage Domains, or something similar.
  4. Remove any existing A or AAAA records that have @ as their host name.
  5. Add the DNS records you viewed in Step 5. You'll need to add a CNAME record for each subdomain on which you've set up a forwarding rule, and one A record. If you need help adding DNS records, contact your nameserver provider using our suggested language.
  6. It can take anywhere between 24 and 72 hours for the records to update. When your records are fully updated, the Action required banner will disappear.

The email forwarding rules you created through Google will move along with your domain. For those rules to work, add DNS records to your domain, wait 24 hours, then remove and edit some DNS records.

  1. Open your domains dashboard.
  2. Click your domain name.
  3. Click Email, then scroll down to the Email forwarding section.
  4. You'll see an Action required banner stating you need to update your DNS records at your DNS provider for email forwarding to work.

In the domains dashboard, under email forwarding, a yellow warning message alerts that an action is required for email forwarding.

  1. Click Review instructions to view the two MX and two TXT records you need to add. These records are specific to this domain. If you have other domains, go through these steps for those domains separately.
  2. In a new tab, log into the account you have with your nameserver provider.
  3. Find where to manage your domain's DNS settings. Depending on your provider, the settings for managing your domain's DNS records may be called DNS, Advanced DNS Records, Manage Domains, or something similar.
  4. Add the DNS records you viewed in Step 5. If you need help adding DNS records, reach out to your nameserver provider using our suggested language.
  5. Check your DNS settings for any Google-specific MX records. These records will have MX under Record type, and will point to something like aspmx1.mx.google.com. If your domain doesn't have any Google-specific MX records, you can stop here. Your domain forwarding rules are set up.
  6. If your domain does have Google-specific MX records, wait 24 hours, then move on to complete steps 11-13.
  7. Log back into the account you have with your nameserver provider and return to where you manage your domain's DNS records.
  8. Delete your Google-specific MX records.
  9. You added two new MX records to your domain in Step 5 of this process that point to mxa.mailgun.org and mxb.mailgun.org. Change the value in the Priority fields of these two records to 10.
  10. If your provider doesn't allow you to change the priority of existing records, remove the two new records, then re-add them with the same host, type, and data values, but with a priority of 10.
  11. It can take anywhere between 24 and 72 hours for DNS records to update after you add or change them. When your records update, the Action required banner will disappear from your Email panel, and your email forwarding rules will be fully set up.

Request help from your nameserver provider

For help editing DNS records on a domain that uses custom nameservers, we recommend contacting your nameserver provider. They're more familiar with how their service works and can look into your domain setup directly.

For help adding new records, take a screenshot of the required records you reviewed in Step 5 and ask your nameserver provider for help with a message like this:

I'd like to add the following records to the DNS settings of my domain, [enter your domain here]. Can you help me with this process? Here are the records I need to add: [Insert screenshot here]

For help removing and updating records, ask your nameserver provider for help with a message like this:

I'd like to delete some records and edit some records in the DNS settings of my domain, [enter your domain here]. Can you help me with this process? I need to delete all of the Google-specific MX records, and then I'll need to edit the Priority of the two Mailgun MX records to 10.

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Restore domain and email forwarding after migration