How to Remove Domain Forwarding Squarespace & Add, Restore DNS 2026 Easily

Log in to Squarespace and go to the Domains section of your account, then select the domain you want to change. The overview page shows its status and, if forwarding is active, a line right under the domain name confirming where it currently forwards to and which provider is handling it. Check that line first; it tells you the rule is live and gives you the exact destination URL, useful to have on hand if you want to reference it or set up the same forward again elsewhere.

From the domain's side menu, click Website to reach the connection and forwarding settings. Scroll down to the Domain Forwarding section, which lists every rule currently set up for that domain, each with its source, destination, redirect type, and forward-path setting laid out in a row.

Next to each rule are two small icons: a pencil to edit it, a trash can to delete it. Glance at the whole list before deleting anything, in case there's more than one rule and you only want to remove one.

Click the trash icon next to the rule you want to remove. Squarespace asks you to confirm with your account password or two-factor code before the deletion goes through.

The rule disappears from the list immediately, and the panel switches to a "No domain forwarding" message with a prompt to add a rule if you need one again. At this point the domain still resolves however its underlying DNS records say to; forwarding was a layer on top of that, and removing it doesn't touch the records themselves.

If setting up forwarding earlier meant your original DNS records were removed or changed, deleting the rule won't put them back on its own; you need to re-add them yourself. If the domain uses Squarespace's own DNS, which is the common case, go to the domain's DNS settings and add Squarespace's default records back: four A records at the root (@) and two CNAME records, listed in the table below. If your domain was pointed at something other than a Squarespace site before forwarding, use whatever records that host originally gave you instead.

DNS changes aren't instant everywhere at once. Expect the update to show up within a few minutes in most places, but allow up to 24 hours for it to fully propagate across every network.

If you check right away and still see the old forwarding destination, that's almost always a caching issue, not a sign something went wrong. Clear your browser cache, try a private window, or check from a different network like your phone's mobile data; any of those usually show the corrected result while the rest of the internet catches up.