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title: "Change DNS provider on local PC"
canonical: "https://support.mercell.com/space/ESU/1404010612/Change%20DNS%20provider%20on%20local%20PC"
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**Changing DNS server settings on Windows 10**

1. Go to the **Control Panel**.
2. Click **Network and Internet** > **Network and Sharing Center** > **Change adapter settings**.
3. Select the connection for which you want to configure Google Public DNS. For example:

- To change the settings for an Ethernet connection, right-click the Ethernet interface and select **Properties**.
- To change the settings for a wireless connection, right-click the Wi-Fi interface and select **Properties**.

1. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
2. Select the **Networking** tab. Under **This connection uses the following items**, select **Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)** or **Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)** and then click **Properties**.
3. Click **Advanced** and select the **DNS** tab. If there are any DNS server IP addresses listed there, write them down for future reference, and remove them from this window.
4. Click **OK**.
5. Select **Use the following DNS server addresses**. If there are any IP addresses listed in the **Preferred DNS server** or **Alternate DNS server**, write them down for future reference.
6. Replace those addresses with the IP addresses of the Google DNS servers:

- For IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and/or 8.8.4.4.


Link from Google on how to change to their dns.

[https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using](https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using)