i want to use cloudflare dns with outside cdn
hi i want to use cloudflare dns without cloudflares cdn how can i do that? + is there hidden fee for dns?
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Just have the records be grey cloud and Cloudflare will only operate as standard DNS nameserver
is there hidden fee for dns?
There is not
ok, then dns firewall is still active with grey cloud?
No. Grey means requests won't go through Cloudflare so there is no firewall or any other products. If you want want other features without the CDN then your will need to have them orange cloud and make a cache rule that makes it so all requests are ignored.
Docs on cache rule: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/ you can just set the expression to
true and it will match all requestsCache Rules (beta) · Cloudflare Cache (CDN) docs
Use Cache Rules to customize cache properties of your HTTP requests. For example, create a rule to specify how long to cache a resource in the …
another thing is i enabled hsts thing, so while moving out to different provider what should i do with hsts, just disabling is works? or any additional process is needed?
You don't need to do any with HSTS it just makes it so browsers will refuse to load your site with http
Just make sure you don't have DNSSEC enabled if you're switching DNS Hosts/Nameservers. That you will absolutely need to disable first
i didn't wait 
if i delete the records on google domains does it fix it?
but in the disclaimer thing says something different
if i delete the records on google domains does it fix it?
but in the disclaimer thing says something differentWhat disclaimer? HSTS is just a header. Do you mean DNSSEC?
no, i deleted my page on cloudflare i cannot send you a ss or something but if you try to enable first time it shows you a disclaimer modal
So HSTS isn’t something specific to your host. But disabling HSTS is something that will take a while to propagate out
so before i was i setted out to 6 month since it was written like 6 months is recommended so does that mean it will effect the dns 6 months?
HSTS is not DNS related
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Strict-Transport-Security
oh ok i afraid for nothing then
but about dnsscec part
i probably left while open
You will want to disable DNSSEC before moving. If you didn't then disable and wait a bit then have Cloudflare recheck nameservers
i didn't get it, this part bit then have Cloudflare recheck nameserversThere should be a button in the dashboard to have Cloudflare check the name severs again