# Preview Domain
# About
A preview domain can be used by a customer to manage their site before their DNS is updated.
Preview domains will be crawled and indexed from Google and other search engines.
# Configure preview domain functionality
In order to allow preview fuctionality the following settings must be configured:
- A Staging Domain must be set under Settings > Platform > Platform domains.
# Deleting a preview domain
To delete a preview domain:
- Select Domains on the websites dashboard
- Locate the preview domain. This can be identified by the 'PREVIEW' tag.
- Select the ... menu and click Delete
- Once the modal loads, select Delete to confirm
WARNING
A preview domain will be recreated if the 'Preview' button is clicked on the website's dashboard. The 'Preview' button will remain on the website's dashboard until the DNS is correctly set.