---
title: "POST /api/cache/invalidate"
method: POST
path: "/api/cache/invalidate"
tags: ["/api/cache"]
---

# POST /api/cache/invalidate

`POST /api/cache/invalidate`

Invalidate cache entries.

  Use it like `/api/cache/invalidate?database=1&dashboard=15` (any number of database/dashboard/question can be
  supplied).

  `&include=overrides` controls whenever you want to invalidate cache for a specific cache configuration without
  touching all nested configurations, or you want your invalidation to trickle down to every card.

## Query parameters

- `include` 'overrides', nullable
- `database` integer[], nullable
- `dashboard` integer[], nullable
- `question` integer[], nullable

## Response `2XX`

Successful response

## Other responses

- `4XX` — Client error response
- `5XX` — Server error response

## Changes

- **2026-03-09** `78297d193ca4` — 1 info
  - api operation id `post-api-cache-invalidate` was added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/metabase/apis/metabase-api/changes/api/cache/invalidate/post.md)

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