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Bolt now includes built-in hosting and custom domain management. Previously, these features were handled through Netlify. All new projects created in Bolt are published using Bolt hosting by default, though you can choose to publish new projects to Netlify instead if you prefer.

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Connect Bolt to your Netlify account

A Netlify account is required to connect Bolt to Netlify. If you don’t have one, sign up for one. Follow these steps to connect your Netlify account to Bolt: Screencapture of connecting Netlify to Bolt
  1. Open any Bolt project.
  2. Click the gear icon in the top center of your screen, then click All project settings.
  3. Click Applications under Personal Settings.
  4. Click Connect in the Netlify section.
  5. Log in to Netlify as prompted.
  6. Follow Netlify’s steps to complete the process.

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Publish new projects to Netlify instead of Bolt hosting

While Bolt hosting is the default hosting option provided when you choose to publish a project, you can also choose to connect a Netlify account and publish your project to Netlify hosting instead. To switch a project from Bolt to Netlify hosting, two things are required:
  • You must first connect Bolt to your Netlify account as described in the section above.
  • You must not have already published your project to Bolt hosting. (There is no going back; you’ll have to create a new, unpublished copy of the project if you’ve already published it to Bolt hosting.)
To switch from Bolt to Netlify hosting and publish your site, follow these steps:
  1. Click the gear icon in the top center of your screen, then click All project settings.
  2. Click Domains & Hosting.
  3. Use the drop-down to select Netlify for your hosting provider.
  4. Close the Setting window.
  5. Click Publish in the top-right corner of your screen.
  6. Click the second Publish button that appears.
  7. Wait about a minute for Bolt to deploy your site.
  8. Click the link that appears in the chat window to open your site (published to Netlify) in your browser.

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Unpublish a project with Netlify hosting

Want to take down a site you’ve published with Netlify hosting? No problem, just follow these steps: Unpublish Domain Pn
  1. Click the gear icon in the top center of your screen, then click All project settings.
  2. Click Domains & hosting.
  3. Click the red Unpublish text.
  4. Confirm by clicking Unpublish again.

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Switch your project from Netlify to Bolt hosting

You cannot switch from Netlify to Bolt hosting when your project is in a published state.
To switch your project from Netlify to Bolt hosting, follow the steps below:
  1. Unpublish your project if it is currently published to Netlify.
  2. Click the gear icon in the top center of your screen, then click All project settings.
  3. Click Domains & Hosting.
  4. Use the drop-down to select between Bolt Cloud for your hosting provider.
Your project will now publish to Bolt hosting.

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Limitations

If you plan to continue using Netlify, you may want to understand more about the platform and the type of software it’s designed to host. For example, Netlify can’t host your database or a traditional backend.
Explore Netlify’s website and documentation for full details of Netlify’s features.

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Publish manually

You can also publish your project to Netlify without connecting your Bolt account.
  1. Run the project build command (usually npm run build).
  2. Click Download to download the project.
  3. Follow Netlify’s Manual deploy instructions.
Note that Bolt calls this feature Publish whereas Netlify calls it Deploy.
Netlify provides a video tutorial:

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Disconnect your Netlify integration

If you’d like to disconnect your Netlify integration, follow the steps below:
  1. Open any Bolt project.
  2. Click the gear icon in the top center of your screen, then click All project settings.
  3. Click Applications under Personal Settings.
  4. Click Disconnect in the Netlify row.
  5. Log in to your Netlify account and remove Bolt from your authorized applications:
    1. Click your profile > User settings > OAuth.
    2. Under Authorized applications, click the menu for the Bolt entry.
    3. Click Revoke access.

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Netlify FAQs and troubleshooting

For projects published after August 14, 2025, see Unpublish a project with Netlify hosting. For projects originally published to Netlify prior to August 14, 2025, without a Netlify integration, contact Bolt customer support to request unpublishing. If your account does have a Netlify integration, you can unpublish your site through your Netlify account. See their article on Deploys, rollback, and deletion.
No, you do not have to make the switch. The choice is yours to continue publishing your existing projects to Netlify and use them to manage any custom domains, or to switch to Bolt hosting.
Yes, though your project needs to be in an unpublished state to make the switch. See Publish new projects to Netlify instead of Bolt hosting.