{"id":919,"date":"2026-04-17T15:30:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/?p=919"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:30:39","slug":"google-workspace-domain-verification-not-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/google-workspace-domain-verification-not-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Workspace Domain Verification Not Working"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You added the Google Workspace verification record to your DNS, but verification keeps failing. The issue is usually a typo in the DNS record or your domain pointing to the wrong nameservers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s Happening<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Google needs to find a specific TXT record in your DNS to verify you own the domain. If Google can&#8217;t see it, verification fails\u2014even though you added it. This happens when:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The record was entered incorrectly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The domain&#8217;s nameservers are wrong (Google is looking in the wrong DNS zone)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DNS hasn&#8217;t propagated yet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fix It (Step by Step)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Check the TXT record is correct<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to your DNS control panel and look for the Google Workspace verification record. Make sure:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> It&#8217;s a <strong>TXT record<\/strong> (not CNAME, A, or anything else)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Name\/Host field:<\/strong> Check if it&#8217;s just <code>@<\/code> or blank (not the full domain name)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If your control panel auto-appends the domain, don&#8217;t add it manually or you&#8217;ll create a duplicate hostname<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Value:<\/strong> Is the exact verification code Google provided<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Verify your nameservers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the most common issue. Check which nameservers your domain is using:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to your domain registrar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Look for &#8220;Nameservers&#8221; or &#8220;DNS settings&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confirm they match the nameservers for your DNS zone (e.g., ns1.yourhost.com, ns2.yourhost.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If they&#8217;re different, update them to the correct ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Allow time for DNS propagation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the record and nameservers are correct, DNS changes take time to spread globally:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Best case:<\/strong> A few hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Typical:<\/strong> 24 hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Worst case:<\/strong> Up to 48 hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can check if the record is live using a free tool like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsmydns.net\/\">https:\/\/www.whatsmydns.net\/<\/a> (search for TXT records for your domain).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Retry verification in Google Workspace<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the checker shows your TXT record is live, try verifying again in Google Workspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Still Not Working?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve checked everything and verification still fails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Double-check the verification code<\/strong> \u2014 Google may have issued a new one if it&#8217;s been a while<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Contact support<\/strong> \u2014 Provide the exact TXT record value Google gave you and your domain name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Check with your DNS provider<\/strong> \u2014 Confirm the record was added to the correct zone<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pro Tip<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re unsure which record to add, <strong>copy the exact instruction from Google Workspace<\/strong> and paste it into a support request along with your domain name. We can verify it&#8217;s correct and add it for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You added the Google Workspace verification record to your DNS, but verification keeps failing. The issue is usually a typo in the DNS record or your domain pointing to the wrong nameservers. What&#8217;s Happening Google needs to find a specific TXT record in your DNS to verify you own the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cpanel","category-domains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":920,"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions\/920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freethought.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}