{"id":2777,"date":"2010-11-05T09:41:27","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T07:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/helpcentre\/?p=2777"},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:22:21","slug":"how-do-i-clear-my-dns-resolver-cache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/website\/how-do-i-clear-my-dns-resolver-cache\/","title":{"rendered":"How to clear your DNS resolver cache"},"content":{"rendered":"

If your IP has changed due to a domain transfer or if you have been moved to a new server, you may see content as it was on the previous server.<\/p>\n

This type of caching is likely to be related to DNS caching<\/b> on your PC and can be cleared by following the steps listed below:<\/p>\n

\n

Windows 2000\/XP\/Vista\/7:<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Click on \u2018Start<\/b>\u2019, \u2018Run\u2019 and type in \u2018cmd<\/b>\u2019.<\/li>\n
  2. In the command prompt type in:\n

    \nipconfig <\/span>\/<\/span>flushdns <\/span>
    \n<\/span>
    \n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  3. Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    On Mac OS X 10.1 \u2013 10.4<\/b> <\/u><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Open \/Applications\/Utilities\/Terminal.app<\/li>\n
    2. Run the following command:\n

      \nsudo lookupd <\/span>-<\/span>flushcache <\/span>
      \n<\/span>
      \n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    3. Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      On Mac OS X \u201cLeopard\u201d 10.5+<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Open \/Applications\/Utilities\/Terminal.app<\/li>\n
      2. Run the following command:\n

        \nsudo dscacheutil <\/span>-<\/span>flushcache <\/span>
        \n<\/span>
        \n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
      3. Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Linux<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Restart the nscd daemon with the command:\n

          \n\/<\/span>etc<\/span>\/<\/span>init<\/span>.<\/span>d<\/span>\/<\/span>nscd restart <\/span>
          \n<\/span>
          \n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
        2. Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Further info: How to flush DNS cache in Linux<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false,"plain":"If your IP has changed due to a domain transfer or if you have been moved to a new server, you may see content as it was on the previous server.\r\n\r\nThis type of caching is likely to be related to DNS caching<\/b> on your PC and can be cleared by following the steps listed below:\r\n

          \r\n\r\nWindows 2000\/XP\/Vista\/7:<\/b><\/u>\r\n
            \r\n \t
          1. Click on \u2018Start<\/b>\u2019, \u2018Run\u2019 and type in \u2018cmd<\/b>\u2019.<\/li>\r\n \t
          2. In the command prompt type in:\r\n
            \r\nipconfig <\/span>\/<\/span>flushdns <\/span>\r\n<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/div><\/li>\r\n \t
          3. Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nOn Mac OS X 10.1 \u2013 10.4<\/b> <\/u>\r\n
              \r\n \t
            1. Open \/Applications\/Utilities\/Terminal.app<\/li>\r\n \t
            2. Run the following command:\r\n
              \r\nsudo lookupd <\/span>-<\/span>flushcache <\/span>\r\n<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/div><\/li>\r\n \t
            3. Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nOn Mac OS X \u201cLeopard\u201d 10.5+<\/b><\/u>\r\n
                \r\n \t
              1. Open \/Applications\/Utilities\/Terminal.app<\/li>\r\n \t
              2. Run the following command:\r\n
                \r\nsudo dscacheutil <\/span>-<\/span>flushcache <\/span>\r\n<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/div><\/li>\r\n \t
              3. Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nLinux<\/b><\/u>\r\n
                  \r\n \t
                1. Restart the nscd daemon with the command:\r\n
                  \r\n\/<\/span>etc<\/span>\/<\/span>init<\/span>.<\/span>d<\/span>\/<\/span>nscd restart <\/span>\r\n<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/div><\/li>\r\n \t
                2. Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nFurther info: How to flush DNS cache in Linux<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  If your IP has changed due to a domain transfer or if you have been moved to a new server, you may see content as it was on the previous server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lsx_disable_title":"0","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[24099,42],"topics":[],"class_list":["post-2777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-website","tag-dns-cache","tag-website_caching"],"acf":[],"additional_meta":{"category_title":[{"term_id":166,"name":"Website","slug":"website","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":166,"taxonomy":"category","description":"About your Website(s)","parent":0,"count":169,"filter":"raw","term_order":"120","cat_ID":166,"category_count":169,"category_description":"About your Website(s)","cat_name":"Website","category_nicename":"website","category_parent":0}],"tag_title":[{"term_id":24099,"name":"dns cache","slug":"dns-cache","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":24099,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"126"},{"term_id":42,"name":"Website caching","slug":"website_caching","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":42,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw","term_order":"3036"}]},"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"marketing","author_link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/author\/marketing\/","author_avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6ea315e112423b2b955cb020fbce2b0835956c6ad85ff0f13f1db298977eaaa?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2777"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=2777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}