# SCACHE.DROP

> Delete a semantic cache namespace and all of its entries.

URL: https://docs.hotkv.com/commands/scache-drop/

```
SCACHE.DROP namespace
```

- Group: Semantic cache
- Complexity: O(N) where N is the number of entries
- HotKV Cloud: Performance and Scale plans
- On-Premise: requires the semantic-cache license feature

The semantic cache returns a cached LLM response when a new query embedding is similar enough to one you stored, so paraphrased requests can hit. Your application computes the embeddings. `SCACHE.DROP` deletes a namespace with its entries, settings and
counters.

## Return value

| Case | RESP2 | RESP3 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Namespace deleted | Integer `1` | Same |
| No such namespace | Integer `0` | Same |

Errors:

- `ERR wrong number of arguments for 'scache.drop' command` if the argument count is wrong.
- `NOLICENSE semantic-cache requires a HotKV license. Contact sales@hotkv.com` if your license does not include the `semantic-cache` feature.

## Examples

```
127.0.0.1:6379> SCACHE.DROP small
(integer) 1
127.0.0.1:6379> SCACHE.DROP small
(integer) 0
```

## Compatibility

HotKV-only command. Redis and Valkey have no equivalent.

## See also

[SCACHE.CREATE](https://docs.hotkv.com/commands/scache-create/index.md), [SCACHE.SET](https://docs.hotkv.com/commands/scache-set/index.md), [SCACHE.GET](https://docs.hotkv.com/commands/scache-get/index.md), [SCACHE.STATS](https://docs.hotkv.com/commands/scache-stats/index.md), [SCACHE.FLUSH](https://docs.hotkv.com/commands/scache-flush/index.md), [SCACHE.LIST](https://docs.hotkv.com/commands/scache-list/index.md), [SCACHE.THRESHOLD](https://docs.hotkv.com/commands/scache-threshold/index.md), [AI features guide](https://docs.hotkv.com/ai-features/index.md)