A TXT record, as the abbreviation indicates, is a record, that keeps information in human-readable form and not code. It can be created for a domain address or a subdomain for various purposes. Search engines like Google, for instance, have different ways of verifying that you're the owner of a particular domain and one of them is by creating a TXT record with specific text which they provide and which you need to use as the record value. The exact same verification method is used by some analytics platforms that keep track of the traffic to your sites as well. However, in such a case the content of the record is going to be read by a robot, but it'll still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is additionally employed when you activated the so-called SPF protection for your e-mails so that you can shield them from being forged. In this situation, the record contains info showing that a certain electronic message is sent from a reliable and authorized mail server. You could use a TXT record for any kind of other information as well, such as your company details, for example.