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title: Dependency Proxy API
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## Purge the dependency proxy for a group

Schedules for deletion the cached manifests and blobs for a group. This endpoint requires the
Owner role for the group.

```plaintext
DELETE /groups/:id/dependency_proxy/cache
```

| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id`      | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](rest/_index.md#namespaced-paths) |

Example request:

```shell
curl --request DELETE \
    --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
    --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/dependency_proxy/cache"
```