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title: Removed unused meta fields from DNS records
description: Cloudflare is removing five fields from the meta object of DNS records.
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## Removed unused meta fields from DNS records

Feb 02, 2025 

[ DNS ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/) 

Cloudflare is removing five fields from the `meta` object of DNS records. These fields have been unused for more than a year and are no longer set on new records. This change may take up to four weeks to fully roll out.

The affected fields are:

* the `auto_added` boolean
* the `managed_by_apps` boolean and corresponding `apps_install_id`
* the `managed_by_argo_tunnel` boolean and corresponding `argo_tunnel_id`

An example record returned from the API would now look like the following:

Updated API Response

```

{

  "result": {

    "id": "<ID>",

    "zone_id": "<ZONE_ID>",

    "zone_name": "example.com",

    "name": "www.example.com",

    "type": "A",

    "content": "192.0.2.1",

    "proxiable": true,

    "proxied": false,

    "ttl": 1,

    "locked": false,

    "meta": {

      "auto_added": false,

      "managed_by_apps": false,

      "managed_by_argo_tunnel": false,

      "source": "primary"

    },

    "comment": null,

    "tags": [],

    "created_on": "2025-03-17T20:37:05.368097Z",

    "modified_on": "2025-03-17T20:37:05.368097Z"

  },

  "success": true,

  "errors": [],

  "messages": []

}


```

Explain Code

For more guidance, refer to [Manage DNS records](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/).