{"id":18029,"date":"2020-08-23T08:20:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T02:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=18029"},"modified":"2023-08-02T20:39:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T15:09:33","slug":"how-to-clear-or-flush-google-chrome-dns-cache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-or-flush-google-chrome-dns-cache\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Clear or Flush Google Chrome DNS Cache"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Domain Name System (DNS) is the address book of the Internet. Web browsers interact through Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. DNS translates domain names to IP addresses so browsers can load Internet resources.<\/p>\n<p>Windows caches the DNS records for a considerable time. This cache can be cleared by running the command <code>ipconfig \/flushdns<\/code>. Other than this, your web browser like\u00a0 Google Chrome maintains a separate DNS cache mechanism.<\/p>\n<h4>Why do you need to clear the browser DNS cache?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>System administrators often find times where they need to redirect the domains by editing the host file, in order to override any DNS records for a domain name. However, every time you want to change a hostname to a different IP, you needed to close the browser before the change will take effect. This can get tedious if you have too many browser tabs or windows open.<\/li>\n<li>When doing web development or other work that requires changing the web hosting IP in the HOSTS file for testing purposes, you needed to restart the web browser every time for the new host to IP mappings to take effect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, with Google Chrome, you can clear the internal DNS cache without closing and reopening the browser.\u00a0This post tells you how to clear the internal DNS cache of the Google Chrome browser <strong>without restarting<\/strong> Google Chrome.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/completely-reset-google-chrome-defaults\/\">Reset Chrome Browser to the Default Settings<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>How to Clear or Flush Google Chrome DNS Cache<\/h2>\n<p>To flush the Google Chrome internal DNS cache, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open Google Chrome and visit the following address:\n<pre>chrome:\/\/net-internals\/#sockets<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18030\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/chrome-dns-flush-1.png\" alt=\"flush google chrome dns cache\" width=\"699\" height=\"184\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click on the <strong>Flush socket pools<\/strong> button (May break pages with active connections)<\/li>\n<li>And then click on the DNS link, or visit this address:\n<pre>chrome:\/\/net-internals\/#dns<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/chrome-dns-flush-2.png\" alt=\"flush google chrome dns cache\" width=\"698\" height=\"184\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click on the <strong>Clear host cache<\/strong> button adjacent to the label <strong>Host resolver cache<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The internal DNS cache in Google Chrome is now cleared. When you browse a site, it fetches data from the Windows DNS cache\/from the Windows HOSTS file and reconstructs its internal caching database.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/clear-chrome-history-cookies-per-site\/\">How to Clear Chrome History and Cookies for a Particular Site<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The above resolves the problem where Google Chrome ignoring the HOSTS file entries and uses the IPs from the internal DNS cache. For redirecting domains to the localhost, the IPv4 loopback addresses <code>127.0.0.1<\/code> or <code>0.0.0.0<\/code> may work better instead of the IPv6 loopback address <code>::1<\/code> in your HOSTS file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Domain Name System (DNS) is the address book of the Internet. Web browsers interact through Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. DNS translates domain names to IP addresses so browsers can load Internet resources. Windows caches the DNS records for a considerable time. This cache can be cleared by running the command ipconfig \/flushdns. Other than this, &#8230; <a title=\"How to Clear or Flush Google Chrome DNS Cache\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-or-flush-google-chrome-dns-cache\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to Clear or Flush Google Chrome DNS Cache\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[241],"class_list":["post-18029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-utilities","category-windows","tag-google-chrome"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12425,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/error-0xc1900223-installing-windows-10-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":18029,"position":0},"title":"Fix Error 0xc1900223 When Installing Windows 10 Updates","author":"Ramesh","date":"November 27, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The error 0xc1900223 may appear when you attempt to update your Windows 10 installation, especially when installing a feature update like v1903 or v1909. 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