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How To Clear DNS Cache on Windows

Written by Rahul, Updated on November 30, 2019

When you access any domain from your system, an IP of the remote system is resolved by the DNS server. When you access it the first time, IP is directly resolved from DNS server’s, then the system makes a cache on the local system to as not to send a query to the DNS server each time for the same domain. This is very useful for reducing traffic on DNS servers but sometimes we changed the IP of the corresponding domain but your system will still resolve to old IP due to DNS cache exists on your local system. That time you need to clear/flush DNS cache on your local system. This article will show you how to Flush DNS cache on Windows and macOS systems using the command line.

  • Read: How to Check IP Address on Windows?

Clear DNS Cache on Windows

First of all, start a run window by pressing shortcut keys `Window + r`.

Now type cmd in run window and press enter.

This will open the Windows command-line interface. Now type the following command to clear DNS cache on the windows system.

ipconfig /flushdns

On successful, you will see the output like this:

Clear DNS Cache on Windows

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I, Rahul Kumar am the founder and chief editor of TecAdmin.net. I am a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and working as an IT professional since 2009..

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