It might happen sometimes when we try to browse something but it takes an awfully long time to load despite having good internet access.
If you can relate to this you might be having issues related to your phone’s DNS cache. DNS is a system that makes internet browsing user-friendly.
To speed things up, our phone’s browser keeps records of the websites that you’ve been looking up and their corresponding IP addresses in a local DNS cache.
So whenever you search for it again it retrieves the data from the cache instead of contacting the DNS server.
But with time this cache becomes cluttered with outdated and incorrect entries. This makes the chrome slower and one may see errors when accessing websites.
What is DNS Cache?
DNS means Domain Name System. It is an inbuilt system that translates website names (like [invalid URL removed]) into numerical IP addresses. These numbers can be easily understood by the computers.
What happens is, that our mobile saves our recently looked-up IP addresses in a DNS cache so that they can be easily accessible for the next time the user tries to browse them. This gives the satisfaction of fast browsing to the user.
Steps to Clear Chrome //net-internals/#dns Mobile?
Follow these steps to flush the DNS cache on different browsers:
- Clear DNS Cache on Chrome
- Open your Chrome and search chrome://net-internals/#dns.
- Now click on the Clear Host Cache button.
- You will not see any notification to confirm that the DNS cache has been flushed but you can do it again if you’re confused.
- This will solve your problem of slow browsing.
Clearing Flush Socket Pools DNS Cache on Chrome
Since you won’t get any notification or message that your cache has been cleared you might get confused. So when you’re unsure you can use this method:
- Restart your browser.
- Go to the link – chrome://net-internals/#sockets.
- Click on the Flush Socket Pools button.
- Restart your browser.
Clear DNS Cache on Safari
You cannot clear the DNS on Safari directly but there’s an option to clear Cache that also includes the DNS cache.
Let’s see how to do that:
- Open Safari and go to the menu bar
- Now choose Safari, then Preferences.
- Now go to the Advanced Tab.
- Check the box to Show Develop menu in the menu bar.
- Choose Empty Cache from the drop-down menu.
- Restart your browser and your cache will be cleared.
Clear DNS Cache on Opera
Open Opera.
Type opera://net-internals/#dns in the address bar and press Enter.
Click “Clear host cache” to flush the DNS cache.
(Optional) Go to opera://net-internals/#sockets and click “Flush socket pools”.
How to Clear DNS in Apple iPhone?
There’s a minor difference between Androids and Apple devices. Follow these steps:
- Restart or toggle (on/off) Airplane mode.
- Reset Network Settings (clears Wi-Fi/Bluetooth passwords too).
- Settings -> General.
- Transfer or Reset iPhone -> Reset.
- Reset Network Settings (confirm).
- Re-enter custom DNS servers (if applicable).
Clear DNS Cache for Your Android
Android phones lack built-in options for clearing the DNS cache. You can use the browser’s cache-clearing function (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, etc.) This you can do by following the above-given steps.
