# Managing the Routing Table

You can clear all routes from the IP routing table, and then enable the owning protocols—BGP, OSPF, RIP—to reinstall the routes.

clear ip routes

- Use to clear all routing entries or a specified entry from the IP routing table.
- Example
  host1#clear ip routes
- There is no no version.
- See clear ip routes.

ip refresh-route

- Use to reinstall routes removed from the IP routing table by the clear ip route command.
- Example
  host1#ip refresh-route
- There is no no version.
- See ip refresh-route.