---
title: "Deletes matching DNS lookups from the policy-generation cache."
method: DELETE
path: "/fqdn/cache"
tags: ["policy"]
---

# Deletes matching DNS lookups from the policy-generation cache.

`DELETE /fqdn/cache`

Deletes matching DNS lookups from the cache, optionally restricted by
DNS name. The removed IP data will no longer be used in generated
policies.

## Query parameters

- `matchpattern` string

## Response `200`

Success

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request (error parsing parameters)
- `403` — Forbidden

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