Hosts File Generator

Prefer not to use hosts.click? Generate hosts file entries right here.

Manual mappings

Add one or more IP + domain pairs.

IP address

Domain

Hosts File Entries

Copy these lines into your local hosts file.

Bulk upload CSV

Upload a CSV file with IP,Domain pairs.

CSV file

Example row: 203.0.113.10,staging.example.com

What's the hosts file?

A plain-text file that maps hostnames to IP addresses, letting you override DNS on your computer.
Locations:

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
/etc/hosts

In Windows you can run this one-liner to open Notepad as admin:
powershell -Command "Start-Process notepad -Verb runAs -ArgumentList 'C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts'"

Flush DNS cache

Run these commands as Administrator / root (or with sudo), then flush your cache:

ipconfig /flushdns
sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
sudo systemd-resolve --flush-caches