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## Force deletion of caches overriding default cache eviction policy
Caches have [branch scope restriction](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#restrictions-for-accessing-a-cache) in place. This means that if caches for a specific branch are using a lot of storage quota, it may result into more frequently used caches from `default` branch getting thrashed. For example, if there are many pull requests happening on a repo and are creating caches, these cannot be used in default branch scope but will still occupy a lot of space till they get cleaned up by [eviction policy](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#usage-limits-and-eviction-policy). But sometime we want to clean them up on a faster cadence so as to ensure default branch is not thrashing. In order to achieve this, [gh-actions-cache cli](https://github.com/actions/gh-actions-cache/) can be used to delete caches for specific branches.
This workflow uses `gh-actions-cache` to delete all the caches created by a branch.
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<summary>Example</summary>
```yaml
name: cleanup caches by a branch
on:
pull_request:
types:
- closed
workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
cleanup:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Check out code
uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: Cleanup
run: |
gh extension install actions/gh-actions-cache
REPO=${{ github.repository }}
BRANCH=${{ github.ref }}
echo "Fetching list of cache key"
cacheKeysForPR=$(gh actions-cache list -R $REPO -B $BRANCH | cut -f 1 )
set +e
echo "Deleting caches..."
for cacheKey in $cacheKeysForPR
do
gh actions-cache delete $cacheKey -R $REPO -B $BRANCH --confirm
done
echo "Done"
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
```
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## Known practices and workarounds
Following are some of the known practices/workarounds which community has used to fulfill specific requirements. You may choose to use them if suits your use case. Note these are not necessarily the only or the recommended solution.
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- [Update a cache](./workarounds.md#update-a-cache)
- [Use cache across feature branches](./workarounds.md#use-cache-across-feature-branches)
- [Improving cache restore performance on Windows/Using cross-os caching](./workarounds.md#improving-cache-restore-performance-on-windows-using-cross-os-caching)
- [Force deletion of caches overriding default cache eviction policy](./workarounds.md#force-deletion-of-caches-overriding-default-cache-eviction-policy)
#### Windows environment variables
Please note that Windows environment variables (like `%LocalAppData%`) will NOT be expanded by this action. Instead, prefer using `~` in your paths which will expand to HOME directory. For example, instead of `%LocalAppData%`, use `~\AppData\Local`. For a list of supported default environment variables, see [this](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/environment-variables) page.