---
title: "Delete Key Value Pair"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/python/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 Python application with sample code snippets."
last_updated: 2025-03-28T12:54:49Z
service: Cloud Scale
type: general
related_links:
  - name: "Cache Help"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/cache/introduction
  - name: "SDK Scopes"
    url: /en/sdk/python/v1/sdk-scopes
---

# Delete a Key-Value Pair

If 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. 

To know more about the [component instance](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/python/v1/cloud-scale/cache/get-component-instance/)`component_service` and the [segment instance](en/sdk/python/v1/cloud-scale/cache/get-segment-instance/) `segment_service` used below, please refer to their respective help sections.

### Delete using a Key

You can delete a key-value pair by passing the key name directly as a parameter to the `delete()` method.

**Parameters Used**

<table class="content-table">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th class="w20p">Parameter Name</th>
			<th class="w20p">Data Type</th>
      <th class="w60p">Definition</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>key</td>
			<td>String</td>
			<td>A **Mandatory** parameter. Will hold the key name of the cache segment.</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

```python
#Delete a key-value pair
cache_service = app.cache()
segment_service = cache_service.segment()
segment_service.delete('Name')

```

> **Info :** Refer to the [SDK Scopes table](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/python/v1/sdk-scopes) to determine the required permission level for performing the above operation.