Few days back, as I was browsing through websites, I got to know that I could not access other web pages except Twitter, Facebook and Google services (e.g. Gmail, Google+, Google Drive and the rest), and to my surprise the problem does not emanate from the service provider. I had a phone conversation with my service provider and I got to know the problem isn’t from their side, they even told me frankly and I quote:
“There’s nothing we can do about the issue at this time except you can visit our nearest help center with your personal computer manufacturer for help regarding the issue.”
I felt bad hearing this and my PC kept disallowing me from accessing some of my favorites websites except the three giants — I guess you know them already? Google, Facebook and Twitter!
Which way to go? How do I fix my Local DNS cache issue?
There are no other choices for me than turning to the internet giant, uncle Google for guidance!
I conducted series of research(es) with varying keywords in order to know if someone else have ever been in my type of condition in the past.
If you want to know how I conducted the keyword research, kindly check my article here. It explains to a length how to do just that. So, back to the issue on ground!
Luckily for me, I was able to come across a blog post that guided me through the process of clearing my computer local DNS cache and the rest other clustering files.
I was happy immediately I made those changes and the PC started transferring data from every websites I visited that night. And I’ve decided to share the same method with you guys in case of next time.
How to Clear Local DNS Cache on Windows PC
If you are experiencing difficulties in accessing a certain website, or any kind of web pages. Maybe it has been moved, or it has an www/http version issue, or other errors different from those popular ones we’re familiar with such as Error 404 and the rest, which mostly emanates from web hosting service providers, then I have this short tutorial to guide you through the simple to follow step by step guide for clearing windows computer local DNS cache.
To clear your computer local DNS cache to give way for new information to be stored on your computer, thereby deleting the old files, simply follow the steps below.
Step to clearing Windows Computer Local DNS Cache
On your computer desktop, locate the “Start” icon and type in “Run“- Please note that the RUN icon looks like a search box. So inside the search box provided, input the following characters with proper formatting.
Type in ipconfig /flushdns
Note: There’s a blank space after ipconfig before the slash “/” and the “flushdns“, failure to input those value as given above won’t yield any good result.
Go to “START” >> “RUN” >> type “IPCONFIG /FLUSHDNS” >> and press OK button.
You’ll receive a confirmation that your local DNS cache has been flushed successfully. Now reload websites or you can restart your computer in order to allow the PC apply the changes perfectly.
Please Note: This does not modify your host file entries. If you run ipconfig /displaydns entries in the host file, this will still be listed.
You can also watch any of these three videos on how to clear local dns cache manually where I listed the best three online videos that I came across while searching online for the solution.
Do you have any other methods for clearing Windows PC local DNS cache that’s different from the above method, would you mind sharing them with us in the comment section below? Thanks for your time.
