dscacheutil

SafeFlush DNS (Mac)

dscacheutil -flushcache

Clears the macOS DNS cache to reset name resolution.

Examples

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponderRestart mDNSResponder

Syntax

dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

Before you run it

Needs admin (sudo).

Related commands

ipconfigShow/refresh IP configuration

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