We have had ant problems in the past with different kinds of ants, and used exterminators even, but what works best is something we buy at home improvement stores: Terro (brand) and traps and Terro perimeter traps. Each has a sweet poisoned bait that attracts ants but doesn't kill them too fast--there's time to take it back to the queen. Within five days, no more ants.
It was the third brand we tried. The outdoor use ones have the same bait but in a container on a spike you sink into the ground. Whatevers is also correct, that keeping the house, especially the kitchen, spotless for weeks (which is really hard!) gives them nothing to eat.
Sometimes they nest in a place you can't access, or can't destroy. We had a big nest under our garage floor's cement.
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