How can I adjust DNS TTL for quicker propagation?

Technical Q&A

Topic summary

Users are encountering a fixed DNS TTL (Time To Live) of 86,400 seconds (24 hours) and want to reduce it for faster DNS propagation, particularly for MX records and other DNS changes.

Key Issues:

  • The default TTL is set to 24 hours, which users find excessively long
  • No option exists to manually adjust or lower the TTL value
  • One user confirmed through Shopify’s chat support that the platform does not provide functionality to edit TTL for any DNS records

Current Status:
The discussion remains unresolved with no workaround identified. Users are seeking solutions to avoid lengthy propagation delays for future DNS record updates.

Summarized with AI on November 10. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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I could not find to SET the TTL value as well. By default it assigned 24hours.