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Disable Universal SSL certificates

Some customers may need to manage their own SSL certificates or rely on specific Certificate Authorities.

If you disable your domain's Universal SSL certificate, Cloudflare removes that certificate from our network and will not order or renew any additional Universal SSL certificates.

Disabling Universal SSL will not cause any interruption to ongoing TLS connections to your domain on Cloudflare's network, they will continue to be served according the the Universal SSL certificate used when they were first established. Eventually these connections will naturally end.

New TLS connections are expected to succeed as long as you have another valid certificate active, such as a custom) or advanced certificate. New TLS connections will receive the highest priority certificate from our edge as per our certificate and hostname priority. If a valid certificate is not active before disabling, TLS connections will fail. For more information, refer to Potential errors below.

Potential errors

To avoid errors with your domain, either upload a custom certificate or purchase Advanced Certificate Manager before disabling Universal SSL.

If you disable Universal SSL, you may experience errors with the following scenarios:

Disable Universal SSL certificate

Before you disable Universal SSL/TLS, make sure you have uploaded a custom certificate or purchased Advanced Certificate Manager to protect your domain.

To disable Universal SSL in the dashboard:

  1. In the Cloudflare dashboard, go to the Edge Certificates page.

    Go to Edge Certificates

  2. For Disable Universal SSL, select Disable Universal SSL.

  3. Read the warnings in the Acknowledgement.

  4. Select I Understand and select Confirm.

Re-enable Universal SSL

To re-enable Universal SSL in the dashboard:

  1. In the Cloudflare dashboard, go to the Edge Certificates page.

    Go to Edge Certificates

  2. For Disable Universal SSL, select Enable Universal SSL.