How Long Does It Take to Change Nameservers?

When you want to change nameservers, you may find it seems not to have taken effect right away. How long does it take to change nameservers, you wonder? We’ve got your answer!

The maximum time for a change to your Authoritative Nameserver to apply worldwide is 48 hours. If changing nameservers hasn’t taken effect yet, that’s the most likely reason.

If you change your Authoritative Nameservers in Porkbun’s Domain Management console, this change can take 48 hours to fully propagate across the Internet. Porkbun immediately submits any Authoritative Nameserver changes you make to the appropriate registry, but after that, it’s pretty much out of our hands.

To check the propagation of your domain's Authoritative Nameservers, you can use a DNS propagation checker such as WhatsMyDNS and select “NS” as the record type.

Not sure how to change the nameservers for your domain? Check out our guide on how to change nameservers to get started!