# cacheDelete

Deletes a single element from the cache.

## Method Signature

```
cacheDelete(id=[any], throwOnError=[boolean], cacheName=[string])
```

### Arguments

| Argument       | Type      | Required | Description                                                               | Default   |
| -------------- | --------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| `id`           | `any`     | `true`   | A single ID or an array of IDs to remove from the cache.                  |           |
| `throwOnError` | `boolean` | `false`  | If true, throw an exception if the key is not found. Default is false.    | `false`   |
| `cacheName`    | `string`  | `false`  | The name of the cache to get the keys from. Default is the default cache. | `default` |

## Examples

## Related

* [CacheClear](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheclear)
* [CacheCount](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachecount)
* [CacheGet](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheget)
* [CacheGetAll](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetall)
* [CacheGetAllIds](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetallids)
* [CacheGetAsAttempt](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetasattempt)
* [CacheGetDefaultCacheName](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetdefaultcachename)
* [CacheGetEngineProperties](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetengineproperties)
* [CacheGetMetadata](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetmetadata)
* [CacheGetOrFail](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetorfail)
* [CacheGetProperties](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetproperties)
* [CacheGetSession](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetsession)
* [CacheIdExists](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheidexists)
* [cacheKeyExists](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachekeyexists)
* [CachePut](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheput)
* [CacheRegionExists](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheregionexists)
* [CacheRegionNew](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheregionnew)
* [CacheRegionRemove](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheregionremove)
* [CacheRemove](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheremove)
* [CacheRemoveAll](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheremoveall)
* [CacheSetProperties](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachesetproperties)