Use Google Workspace for Domain Email - Update Your MX Records
Google Workspace lets you use Gmail with your own domain (you@yourdomain.com). Google Workspace is a paid service and storage depends on the plan you choose.
After signing up, you must update your domain's MX records so incoming email is delivered to Google.
Before you begin:
- Back up any existing email you wish to keep.
- Remove existing mailboxes or forwarders if you are fully migrating to Google Workspace.
- DNS changes may take from a few minutes up to 48 hours to fully propagate.
- Back up any existing email you wish to keep.
- Remove existing mailboxes or forwarders if you are fully migrating to Google Workspace.
- DNS changes may take from a few minutes up to 48 hours to fully propagate.
Recommended Google Workspace MX records
Add these MX records for the root of your domain (host or name set to @ or left blank).
| Type | Name | Destination | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|
| MX | @ | ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. | 1 |
| MX | @ | ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. | 5 |
| MX | @ | ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. | 5 |
| MX | @ | ALT3.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. | 10 |
| MX | @ | ALT4.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. | 10 |
Plesk hosting customers
- Log in to the Plesk control panel.
- Go to Domains and select your domain.
- Click Mail and disable mail service for the domain if all email will be handled by Google Workspace.
- Go to DNS Settings.
- Remove any existing MX records.
- Remove or edit any conflicting mail A records if the server will no longer handle mail.
- Add the MX records listed above.
- Click Update to apply changes.
Linux hosting (cPanel)
- Delete any existing email accounts, forwarders, or mailing lists for the domain.
- Go to Email - MX Entry.
- Set Email Routing to Remote Mail Exchanger and save.
- Remove existing MX records.
- Add the MX records listed above and save.
Domain management only (DNS only customers)
- Log in to your DNS management panel.
- Remove existing MX records for the domain.
- Add the MX records listed above and save.
After MX records are active:
- Add an SPF record for Google Workspace.
- Enable DKIM signing in the Google Admin console and publish the DKIM DNS record.
- Add a DMARC policy once SPF and DKIM are working.
These steps improve email delivery and help protect your domain from spoofing.
- Add an SPF record for Google Workspace.
- Enable DKIM signing in the Google Admin console and publish the DKIM DNS record.
- Add a DMARC policy once SPF and DKIM are working.
These steps improve email delivery and help protect your domain from spoofing.