{"id":3033,"date":"2021-10-13T13:29:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T13:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/?p=3033"},"modified":"2021-10-13T13:29:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T13:29:10","slug":"learn-to-flush-your-dns-cache-in-windows-in-simple-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/learn-to-flush-your-dns-cache-in-windows-in-simple-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to Flush your DNS cache in Windows in Simple Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can flush your DNS cache in different versions of Windows as below:<\/p>\n<p>In this tutorial we are going to see how you can flush your DNS cache in Windows having version 8 &amp; 10 as below:<\/p>\n<h3>Windows 8 &amp; 10<\/h3>\n<p>1. On your keyboard click on the\u00a0<strong>Windows<\/strong>\u00a0logo while holding the\u00a0<strong>R<\/strong>\u00a0key at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The run box will get displayed.<\/p>\n<p>2. Type\u00a0<strong>cmd<\/strong>\u00a0in the run box and then hit the\u00a0<strong>\u2018Enter\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0key.<\/p>\n<p>3. The command prompt will pop up. 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