Connect your domain at Squarespace Domains
Two small changes. About 5 minutes.
Do not change MX or email records. Change only the two records below, and your email keeps working.
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1. Point www to your new site
- Type
- CNAME
- Name
- www
- Value
- the address in our email
- Open your Domains dashboard and click yourdomain.com.
- Click DNS, then DNS settings.
- If you see Squarespace Defaults, click the red trash can next to it, then click Delete.
- If a www record is under Custom Records, hover over it and click the pencil to edit it.
- Otherwise, scroll to Custom Records, click Add record, and enter your password if asked.
- Choose CNAME in Type, type www in Name, and type the address in our email in Data.
- Click Save.
2. Forward your domain to www
- From
- yourdomain.com
- To
- https://www.
yourdomain.com - Type
- Permanent (301)
- In the Domains dashboard, click yourdomain.com, then click Website.
- Scroll to Domain Forwarding Rules, click Add rule, and enter your password if asked.
- In Subdomain, type @, and do not add www.
- Under Enter website URL, type www.
yourdomain.com without https://. - Under Advanced settings, choose Permanent Redirect (301).
- Under Path Forwarding, choose Maintain paths, then click Save.
Tip: If you see "Unable to save this domain forwarding rule", delete any old A, AAAA, or ALIAS record for @ in DNS, then try again.
Stuck? Reply "help me" to our email, or write to [email protected]. We walk you through it.
Steps checked on 2026-10-15 with Squarespace Domains help pages:
- support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/31119879125645-DNS-records-for-web-hosting
- support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/215744668-Pointing-a-Squarespace-domain
- support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002101888-Edit-your-domain-s-DNS-records
- support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/214767107-Forwarding-a-domain
- support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206537307-Logging-in-and-out-of-Squarespace