---
title: "Delete a Key-Value Pair"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/java/v1/cloud-scale/cache/delete-key-value-pair/
description: "This page describes the method to delete a key-value pair using a key or cache object in your Java application with sample code snippets."
last_updated: 2025-11-19T15:07:41Z
service: Cloud Scale
type: general
related_links:
  - name: "Cache"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/cache/introduction
---

# Delete a key-value pair

When a key-value pair is no longer needed, it can be permanently deleted from the cache segment. The key-value pair
cannot be restored once it is deleted,but it can be recreated.

### Delete using a key

You can delete a key by passing it directly to the `deleteCacheValue()` method as a parameter.

#### Sample Code Snippet 

**Package Imports**

```java
import com.zc.component.cache.ZCCache; 
import com.zc.component.cache.ZCSegment;

```

```java
//Get a Cache Instance 
ZCCache cacheobj=ZCCache.getInstance(); 
//Get an instance of a specific segment with segment ID 
ZCSegment segment = cacheobj.getSegment(1510000000054091L); 
//Delete the Cache object using key 
segment.deleteCacheValue("Name");

```

### Delete using a cache object

In this delete variant, an empty cache instance is constructed and the key value is set to it. This instance is passed
as an argument to the `deleteCacheObject()` method.

#### Sample Code Snippet 

**Package Imports**

```java
import com.zc.component.cache.ZCCache; 
import com.zc.component.cache.ZCCacheObject; 
import com.zc.component.cache.ZCSegment; 

```

```java
//Get a Cache Instance ZCCache
cacheobj=ZCCache.getInstance(); 
//Get an instance of a specific segment with segment ID 
ZCSegment segment = cacheobj.getSegment(1510000000054091L); 
//Create a CacheObject and set cache details 
ZCCacheObject cacheDetails = ZCCacheObject.getInstance(); 
cacheDetails.setKeyName("ObjectKey"); 
//Delete the cache using the CacheObject
segment.deleteCacheObject(cacheDetails);

```