Flush DNS on Mac

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Making DNS changes and wanting to force a flush on a Mac?

Here are the commands for the different mac versions:

MacOS VersionCommand
macOS 12 (Monterey)sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
macOS 11 (Big Sur)sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
macOS 10.15 (Catalina)sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
macOS 10.14 (Mojave)sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
macOS 10.13 (High Sierra)sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
macOS 10.12 (Sierra)sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)sudo discoveryutil udnsflushcaches
OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)sudo dscacheutil -flushcache
Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)sudo lookupd -flushcache
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)lookupd -flushcache
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