How To Clear / Flush Local DNS Cache in Windows 2000 / XP / 2003

E:\>ipconfig /flushdns

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.

8 Responses to “How To Clear / Flush Local DNS Cache in Windows 2000 / XP / 2003”

1. anjan bacchu Says:
   March 23rd, 2006 at 1:30 am

   hi there,

   nice console color. I use RGB(128,255,128) — how about yours ?

   BR,
   ~A

2. Angsuman Chakraborty Says:
   March 23rd, 2006 at 7:16 am

   I use lightgreen

3. nat Says:
   May 30th, 2006 at 12:31 pm

   In server side, we can restart the DNS service to flush the DNS

4. Susan Lowry Says:
   November 14th, 2006 at 7:00 am

   I tried it (except that XP Run brings up Documents and Settings etc. after C: ) and got err msg: Could not flush DNS Resolver cache. Function failed to complete. - or something like that. What should I try? I was told that I could not use the Repair feature for my LAN until I flushed the DNS cache. I don’t need to do that now but thought I’d try it anyway. Appreciate the help.

5. Angsuman Chakraborty Says:
   November 14th, 2006 at 2:01 pm

   Are you logged in as administrator?

6. Joey Says:
   September 18th, 2007 at 4:55 pm

   I have the same problem as Susan exactly. Was it ever resolved?

7. Angsuman Chakraborty Says:
   September 19th, 2007 at 12:08 am

   Login as administrator before running the command.

   Restart obviously works

8. Damith Says:
   October 5th, 2007 at 2:21 pm

   you have to check whether the DNS Server and DNS Client services are running on your PC before flushdns

Looking forward to hear your thoughts.