Memcached: Delete key

‘delete’ command is used to delete a key from Memcached.

Syntax

delete key [noreply]

Argument	Description
key	Key to delete from Memcached.
noreply	It is optional, when you pass this parameter, server don’t send any reply back to you.

You may get following responses.

Response	Description
DELETED	Key deleted successfully
ERROR	Indicates an error, while deleting the key
NOT_FOUND	Indicates that key don’t exist

$ telnet 127.0.0.1 11211
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
set 123 0 900 8
Tutorial
STORED
get 123
VALUE 123 0 8
Tutorial
END
delete 123
DELETED
delete 123
NOT_FOUND

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