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clearing the dns cache in chrome through net internals

A site moved to a new server and Chrome still loads the old one, other browsers are fine. I was told to clear the host cache on the net internals page but the button there doesn't seem to do anything. Am I on the right page?
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sumit_47 Nov 12, 2026
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if chrome is still going to the old address after clearing everything, check Settings > Privacy and security > Security > Use secure DNS. when that's on chrome uses its own DNS provider and ignores whatever windows is doing, so flushing windows won't make a difference. switch it off to test.
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naman87 Oct 19, 2026
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type chrome://net-internals/#dns in the address bar and hit Clear host cache. Nothing visibly happens, that's normal. The bit people miss is the sockets page in the same menu - Flush socket pools. Chrome keeps open connections to the old address, so without that it can carry on using them for a while. If it still resolves wrong after both, the stale entry is in Windows, not Chrome, and ipconfig /flushdns in a command prompt sorts that.
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