How To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies In Your House If you've been seeing a lot of fruit flies in your home lately, here's a way to get rid of them quickly. Over the weekend, I began to notice that I had a little problem in my home. Somehow, I got an infestation of the annoying pest known as the fruit fly. Seeing them fly around the house got old very fast. I tried swatting and shooing them away but that really had no effect on them. So, I decided to hop on the ole' Google to find a remedy to get rid of the nuisance once and for all.