How to Clear Your DNS Cache

To clear your DNS cache if you use Windows 8, perform the following steps:

1. On your keyboard, press Win+X to open the WinX Menu.
2. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator.
3. Run the following command:

   ipconfig /flushdns

Windows IP configuration successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.

To clear your DNS cache if you use Windows 7 or 10, perform the following steps:

1. Click Start.
2. Enter cmd in the Start menu search text box.
3. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator.
4. Run the following command:

   ipconfig /flushdns

Windows IP configuration successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.

To clear your DNS cache if you use Windows XP, 2000, or Vista, perform the following steps:

1. Click Start.
2. On the Start menu, click Run.
3. If you do not see the Run command in Vista, enter run in the Search bar.
4. Run the following command in the Run text box:

   ipconfig /flushdns

Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.

To clear your DNS cache if you use macOS X version 10.10.4 or above, perform the following steps:

1. Click Applications.
2. Click Utilities.
3. Click Terminal.
4. Run the following command:

   sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

To clear your DNS cache if you use macOS X version 10.10 through 10.10.3, perform the following steps:

1. Click Applications.
2. Click Utilities.
3. Click Terminal.
4. Run the following command:

   sudo discoveryutil mdnsflushcache

To clear your DNS cache if you use macOS X version 10.7, 10.8, or 10.9, perform the following steps:

1. Click Applications.
2. Click Utilities.
3. Double-click Terminal.
4. Run the following command:

   sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

To clear your DNS cache if you use macOS X version 10.5 or 10.6, perform the following steps:

1. Click Applications.
2. Click Utilities.
3. Double-click Terminal.
4. Run the following command:

   sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

To clear your DNS cache if you use ChromeOS, perform the following steps:

1. Open a new Chrome tab.
2. Enter the following address

   chrome://net-internals

3. Hit the Enter key.
4. From the menu, select DNS.
5. Click the Clear host cache button.

To clear your DNS cache if you use Ubuntu®, perform the following steps:

1. Run the following command:

   sudo systemd-resolve --flush-caches

2. Run the following command:

   sudo systemd-resolve --statistics

To clear your DNS cache if you use CentOS or related Linux releases (for example, CloudLinux™ or AlmaLinux), run the following command:

systemctl restart dnsmasq.service