{"id":5340,"date":"2016-12-30T12:13:05","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T09:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/how-to-clear-the-dns-cache\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T13:45:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T10:45:02","slug":"how-to-clear-the-dns-cache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/how-to-clear-the-dns-cache\/","title":{"rendered":"How to clear the DNS cache"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">This manual covers how to clear the DNS cache<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>On Windows<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>On Windows XP\/Windows Vista<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Go into the Start Menu<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Press the \u00abRun\u00bb button<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In the opened window, enter<\/span>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">cmd<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Press Enter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In the opened window, enter the DNS flush command:<\/span>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">ipconfig \/flushdns<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Press Enter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Check the answer. Correct one is<\/span>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u041d\u0430 Windows Vista SP1\/Windows 7<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Go into the Start Menu<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In the \u00abSearch\u00bb field, call for the command prompt by entering<\/span>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">cmd<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Press Enter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In the opened window, enter the DNS flush command:<\/span>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">ipconfig \/flushdns<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Press Enter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Check the answer.Correct one on Windows Vista is<\/span>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Windows IP configuration successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Correct one on Windows 7 is<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u041d\u0430 Windows 8\/Windows 8.1\/Windows 10<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Press \u00abWindows + X\u00bb, which will open the system context menu<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Click on \u00abCommand prompt (administrator)\u00bb<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In the opened window, enter the DNS flush command::<\/span>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">ipconfig \/flushdns<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Press Enter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Check the answer. Correct one is:<\/span>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?flush-windows-dns-cache.png\" alt=\"Windows Command Prompt with an executed flushdns command.\" title=\"How to clear the DNS cache - Image 1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Windows Command Prompt with an executed flushdns command.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">If the answer is different, you need to <strong>turn on\/reboot the DNSCache service<\/strong>. To do this:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Enter the Start Menu<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Open the All Apps menu<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Launch the app \u00abServices\u00bb in the folder \u00abAdministration\u00bb<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In the open window, find the service \u00abDNS-client\u00bb<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Right click it and select \u201cReboot\u201d or \u00abEnable\u00bb<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">After that, repeat the procedure of clearing DNS cache.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>On Linux<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>On Ubuntu Linux and Debian-compatible distros (Linux Mint, Knoppix etc.)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Open the terminal (usually \u2014 \u00abCtrl+Alt+T\u00bb), but you can launch from the dashboard too<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In the terminal, enter:<\/span>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">sudo \/etc\/init.d\/networking restart<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Press Enter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Once demanded \u2014 enter the admin password<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Press Enter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Wait for the following response:<\/span>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">[ ok ] Restarting networking (via systemctl): networking.service<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10747 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/mc32k-i__DM_280721.png\" alt=\"restart_network\" width=\"647\" height=\"391\" title=\"How to clear the DNS cache - Image 2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Ubuntu terminal with an executed networking restart command<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">If the answer is different from the screenshot above, that means that the cache could not have been cleared. <strong>Try another option<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Open the terminal (usually \u2014 \u00abCtrl+Alt+T\u00bb), but you can launch from the dashboard too<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In the terminal, enter:<\/span>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">sudo apt install nscd<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Press Enter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Once demanded \u2014 enter the admin password<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Press Enter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Wait until the installation is complete<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Clear the DNS. For this, enter the following in the terminal:<\/span>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">sudo \/etc\/init.d\/nscd restart<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Press Enter<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>On \u0421entOS<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Open the terminal<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In the terminal, enter:<\/span>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">nscd -i hosts<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Press Enter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Restart the DNS service. 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