Through Run

1. To bring up the Run window, press the Win+R keys.
2. Type in ipconfig /flushdns and press Enter.

Through the Command Prompt

1. Type cmd into the Windows search bar.
2. Right-click on the Command Prompt, and then select Run as Administrator.
3. Type “ipconfig /flushdns” and hit Enter to execute the command.

4. Restart your PC.

• You should see a message confirming that the DNS resolver cache has been flushed.

Through PowerShell

1. To open Windows PowerShell in Administrator mode, go through the Start menu search or use Run.
2. You can open PowerShell by pressing Win+R , typing “powershell” into the Run window, and pressing Enter.
3. To clear your DNS settings, open Windows PowerShell and type in Clear-DnsClientCache. Then, press Enter and wait for a few seconds.

• Flushing the DNS cache will clear all current data so that new data can be generated the next time you go online.
• If the prior methods don’t work, you can try restarting your router.

Through Google Chrome

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Enter “chrome://net-internals/#dns” into the URL bar
3. Click the Clear Host Cache button.