How To Add A DNS Entry Manually To A Windows Computer

Lobsang Tamang

Published: March 20, 2023

At times you may be required to add a manual DNS entry to your Windows PC in order to override your DNS settings

Step 1 – Open Notepad as an Administrator
For example in Windows 10 click on Start, Type in Notepad, Right Click and choose Run as Administrator
Step 2 – Browse to and open the Host File
c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.file
Step 3 – Add in the required entry in the format of Ip Addresss > TAB > DNS Name
For example:  1.2.3.4      dropbox.com
Step 4
Save the file
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