# Settings: Force Update Block Lists
## Endpoint
`/api/settings/forceUpdateBlockLists`
**Obsolete Path:** `/api/forceUpdateBlockLists`
## Method
GET
## Description
Resets the next update schedule and forces an immediate download and update of all configured block lists.
## Authentication
Required. Token must have **Settings: Modify** permission.
## Parameters
| `token` | string | Yes | No | Session token from `login` or `createToken`. |
## Response Fields
| `status` | string | `"ok"` on success. |
## Conditional Logic Notes
- This API call is **automatically synced** across all Cluster nodes when Clustering is initialized.
## Edge Cases
- If no block list URLs are configured, this call still succeeds but has no effect.
- The call resets the update schedule timer, so the next automatic update will be calculated from the time of this call.