Bulk Remove Zone Record Domain cPanel or WHM

remove_zone_records.sh

#!/bin/bash

# File containing the list of domain names (one per line)
DOMAIN_FILE="domains.txt"
ZONE="domain.name" #example: domainx.com

# Function to remove records for a domain and its wildcard entry
remove_specific_record() {
    local domain_name=$1
    echo "Processing domain: $domain_name in zone: $ZONE"

    # Fully-qualified names for search
    fqdn="${domain_name}."
    wildcard_fqdn="*.${domain_name}."

    # Find line numbers for the domain record and its wildcard variant
    line_numbers=$(whmapi1 --output=jsonpretty dumpzone domain="$ZONE" \
        | jq -r --arg fqdn "$fqdn" --arg wildcard "$wildcard_fqdn" '
            .data.zone[].record[] 
            | select(.name == $fqdn or .name == $wildcard) 
            | .Line')

    if [[ -z "$line_numbers" ]]; then
        echo "No records found for $domain_name (or its wildcard) in zone $ZONE"
        return
    fi

    # Remove each zone record line
    for line in $line_numbers; do
        echo "Removing line $line for $domain_name (or its wildcard) in zone $ZONE"
        whmapi1 --output=jsonpretty removezonerecord zone="$ZONE" line="$line"
    done
}

# Read domains from file and process each one
while IFS= read -r domain || [[ -n "$domain" ]]; do
    remove_specific_record "$domain"
done < "$DOMAIN_FILE"

zone record domains.txt

record1.domain.com
record2.domain.com
recordx.domain.com

Bulk Remove Zone Record Domain cPanel or WHM

This bash script removes DNS zone records for a list of domain names and their wildcard variants within the id.or.id DNS zone using the cPanel whmapi1 API.

For each domain in the domains.txt file, it deletes matching DNS records for:
• The exact domain (e.g., domain.com.)
• The wildcard version (e.g., *.domain.com.)

Usage :

1. Save the script as remove_zone_records.sh
2. Make it executable

chmod +x remove_zone_records.sh

3. Create domains.txt
   List the domains (without wildcard) you want to remove records for, one domain per line. Example:

record1.domain.com
record2.domain.com
recordx.domain.com

4. Run the script

./remove_zone_records.sh

The script will automatically:
✅ Remove DNS zone records for each domain in the list
✅ Remove matching wildcard DNS records (e.g., *.domain.com.)