# How can i purge server cache in one go not by file name?
**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-purge-server-cache-in-one-go-not-by-file-name/48701
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [May 11, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-purge-server-cache-in-one-go-not-by-file-name/48701 "2017-05-11T07:24:34Z")
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### Author:  [@vikas\_chauhan](https://community.wowza.com/u/vikas_chauhan)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-purge-server-cache-in-one-go-not-by-file-name/48701/1 "2017-05-11T07:24:34Z")
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### Author:  [@Zoran](https://community.wowza.com/u/Zoran)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-purge-server-cache-in-one-go-not-by-file-name/48701/2 "2017-05-23T19:34:01Z")
The fastest way would be to restart the Wowza server and not reload the cached items at server startup time. I assume that the server restart is something that you would like to avoid.
As you probably are aware, you can purge a specific Item from MediaCache using the Wowza REST API. You can get a list of all the cached assets and you can remove a specific asset from the cache. I will have to test and check with our engineers if it is possible to specify multiple comma separated assets when making the request to the REST API (something like …/flushItemFromCache?filename=http/asset1.mp4,http/asset2.mp4,http/asset3.mp4,…)
I will let you know as soon as I have additional info.
Here is the article showing how you can get a list of all Media Cache cached items and how to remove an item from the local cache, using the Wowza REST API:
[https://www.wowza.com/docs/media-cache-query-examples#getassetlist](https://www.wowza.com/docs/media-cache-query-examples#getassetlist)
Zoran
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### Author:  [@Zoran](https://community.wowza.com/u/Zoran)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-purge-server-cache-in-one-go-not-by-file-name/48701/3 "2017-05-23T19:56:20Z")
I have just checked with our engineers and it looks like it is not possible to clear all the cached items in one go using a single APi request. There is a product backlog request already created to have this option available, but at this time there is no timeframe set on when this will become available.