GoDaddy Nameservers

GoDaddy assigns each domain a numbered pair of nameservers ending in domaincontrol.com, such as ns45.domaincontrol.com and ns46.domaincontrol.com. The numbers differ between domains, and some domains use a pdns pair such as pdns09.domaincontrol.com instead, so always copy the exact pair shown for your domain.

Nameserver pattern (your exact pair is assigned per domain)

nsXX.domaincontrol.com
nsYY.domaincontrol.com

Checked against GoDaddy's own documentation on October 14, 2026. Sources are listed below.

Find the pair assigned to your domain

Sign in to your GoDaddy Domain Portfolio, select DNS Hosting under Services in the side menu, then select the domain. Your nameservers are listed at the top of the Domain Settings page.

Check which nameservers a domain uses right now

Your account shows what you configured. The registry shows what the internet actually uses, and the two can differ while a change is in flight. To see the live answer, query the NS records:

dig NS example.com +short

Or run a free DNS scan, which reads the delegation and every record from each authoritative nameserver, and use the DNS propagation checker with the NS record type to watch a change reach resolvers worldwide.

How to change GoDaddy nameservers

1
Sign in to your GoDaddy Domain Portfolio.
2
Select the domain to open its Domain Settings page.
3
Select DNS, then Nameservers.
4
Choose GoDaddy Nameservers (recommended), or I'll use my own nameservers and enter the new pair.
5
Select Save, then Continue. Domains with Domain Protection ask for a verification code first.

Good to know

GoDaddy's help center does not list nameserver hostnames; its developer documentation uses ns1.domaincontrol.com as the example.
Changes usually take effect within an hour and can take up to 48 hours.
Some country-code domains have their own nameserver requirements.

What breaks when nameservers change

Changing nameservers moves every DNS record for the domain to a new provider at once. The common failures:

Email stops arriving because the MX, SPF and DKIM records were not copied to the new provider.
The website or a subdomain goes dark because one A or CNAME record was missed.
The domain fails to resolve for validating resolvers because an old DNSSEC DS record no longer matches.
For a day or two, some resolvers still ask the old provider, so edits made there keep showing up for some users.

DNS Spy checks every record on every authoritative nameserver at least every ten minutes and alerts you the moment one changes or disappears, so a migration mistake shows up before your customers notice. See how DNS monitoring works, or read about monitoring GoDaddy DNS with DNS Spy.

Sources

Find my GoDaddy nameservers (GoDaddy)
Change my domain nameservers (GoDaddy)
GoDaddy developer docs: troubleshoot DNS (GoDaddy)

Frequently Asked Questions

GoDaddy nameservers end in domaincontrol.com, and each domain is assigned a numbered pair such as ns45.domaincontrol.com and ns46.domaincontrol.com. The numbers vary by domain, so there is no single list. Find your exact pair in the GoDaddy Domain Portfolio under DNS Hosting, on the domain's settings page.

GoDaddy says nameserver changes usually take effect within an hour and can take up to 48 hours. The delay comes from resolvers caching the old NS records at the registry level. You can watch the change roll out across resolvers worldwide with a DNS propagation checker set to the NS record type.

It can. Once the domain points to new nameservers, GoDaddy's DNS records stop being used, including your MX, SPF and DKIM records. Copy every record to the new DNS provider before switching, then confirm mail still resolves. Otherwise email can bounce or silently stop arriving until the records are added.

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