Clear DNS Cache in Your Browser

Browsers maintain their own DNS cache separate from your operating system. After changing DNS settings to CleanBrowsing, clearing your browser cache ensures the new settings take effect immediately.

Google Chrome (Windows)

  1. Click the three-dot menu icon in the upper right corner.
  2. Select History.
  3. Click Clear Browsing Data.
  4. Check all boxes (you can optionally exclude saved passwords).
  5. Set "Time range" to All time.
  6. Click Clear Data.
Tip: You can also clear Chrome's internal DNS cache by navigating to chrome://net-internals/#dns and clicking Clear host cache.

Google Chrome (Mac)

  1. Go to the Chrome menu.
  2. Select Clear Browsing Data.
  3. Check all boxes (you can optionally exclude saved passwords).
  4. Set the time range to All time.
  5. Click Clear Browsing Data.

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Click the menu button (three horizontal lines) in the upper right.
  2. Navigate to History.
  3. Choose Clear Recent History and select all boxes.
  4. Set "Time range to clear" to Everything.
  5. Click Clear Now.

Apple Safari (Mac)

  1. Click Safari in the menu bar.
  2. Select Clear History.
  3. Choose all history from the dropdown.
  4. Click Clear History.

Apple Safari (Windows)

  1. Open the Safari menu.
  2. Choose Reset Safari.
  3. Mark all boxes.
  4. Click Reset.

Internet Explorer

  1. Access the History menu (or press Ctrl+Shift+Delete).
  2. Select Delete Browsing History.
  3. Mark all boxes (you can optionally skip passwords).
  4. Click Delete.
Note: After clearing your browser cache, you should also clear your OS-level DNS cache for the best results.

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