{"id":1354,"date":"2018-05-05T17:38:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T17:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2018-05-05T17:38:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T17:38:47","slug":"change-dns-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/change-dns-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change DNS Server in Windows 10?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DNS stands for Domain Name System. Windows comes with an option which stores the specified DNS server address and makes the TCP\/IP stack use that IP address. It refers to this user-specified DNS service or gateway-specified service to resolve the domain name of a website to its IP address and load it in your web browser.<\/p>\n<p>In most cases, your Internet Service Provider (ISP) provides their own DNS server which does its work. This DNS server is usually specified in your router or automatically fetched from the ISP. But in some cases, you may have a reason to switch to an external DNS server. Here is how.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is How to Change DNS Server in Windows 10:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"w10steps\">\n<ul>\n<li>STEP 1: At first, open the <b>Settings<\/b> app.<br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/windows-10-run-settings.png\" alt=\"windows-10-run-settings\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 2: Then go to <b>Network &#038; Internet<\/b>.<br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-settings-network-internet.png\" alt=\"windows-10-settings-network-internet\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 3: After that, click <b>Ethernet<\/b> on the left side if you are connected to the Internet with a wired connection. Or click <b>Wi-Fi<\/b> on the left side, if you are connected to the Internet with a wireless connection.<br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-wifi.png\" alt=\"windows-10-wifi\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 4: In the <b>Related settings<\/b> section, click on the link <b>Change adapter options<\/b>.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/windows-10-change-adapter-options.png\" alt=\"windows-10-change-adapter-options\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 5: Then double-click your network connection in the next appeared window.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/windows-10-create-Network-Connections-shortcut.png\" alt=\"windows-10-create-Network-Connections-shortcut\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 6: Click the Properties button with the yellow-blue security shield. Confirm the UAC prompt if you are shown one.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/windows-10-wifi-status-properties.png\" alt=\"windows-10-wifi-status-properties\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 7: After that, on the <b>Networking<\/b> tab, select the row Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP\/IPv4), and then click on the button <b>Properties<\/b>.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/windows-10-internet-protocol-properties.png\" alt=\"windows-10-internet-protocol-properties\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 8: Finally select the option <b>Use the following DNS server addresses:<\/b> on the General tab. Enter the desired DNS server address or modify the existing values if required.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/windows-10-specify-dns-server-addresses.png\" alt=\"windows 10 specify dns server addresses\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is How to Change DNS Server in Windows 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Change DNS Server in Windows 10? - Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/change-dns-server\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Change DNS Server in Windows 10? - Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here is How to Change DNS Server in Windows 10\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/change-dns-server\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-05T17:38:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/windows-10-change-adapter-options.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"562\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andrew Wise\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AndrewWise911\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andrew Wise\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/change-dns-server\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/change-dns-server\/\",\"name\":\"How to Change DNS Server in Windows 10? - Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-05T17:38:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-05-05T17:38:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#\/schema\/person\/4494705d8033ced33d2cfbc9c4c4a9f6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/change-dns-server\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/change-dns-server\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/change-dns-server\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Change DNS Server in Windows 10?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/\",\"name\":\"Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\",\"description\":\"Just another Security News site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#\/schema\/person\/4494705d8033ced33d2cfbc9c4c4a9f6\",\"name\":\"Andrew Wise\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdaec00c9b2be4cafb2b31b08041a779?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdaec00c9b2be4cafb2b31b08041a779?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Andrew Wise\"},\"description\":\"Andrew is just a guy who uses computers every day, and hates if troubles come into his life. 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