diff --git a/packages/cache/src/cache.ts b/packages/cache/src/cache.ts
index f7fadb6f..be7920c9 100644
--- a/packages/cache/src/cache.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/cache.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ export class ReserveCacheError extends Error {
   }
 }
 
+export class DeleteCacheError extends Error {
+  constructor(message: string) {
+    super(message)
+    this.name = 'DeleteCacheError'
+    Object.setPrototypeOf(this, DeleteCacheError.prototype)
+  }
+}
+
 function checkPaths(paths: string[]): void {
   if (!paths || paths.length === 0) {
     throw new ValidationError(
@@ -258,3 +266,44 @@ export async function saveCache(
 
   return cacheId
 }
+
+/**
+ * Deletes a cache item with the specified key
+ *
+ * @param key an explicit key for the cache to delete
+ * @param ref only delete items with key for this reference The ref for a branch should be formatted as
+ * refs/heads/<branch name>. To reference a pull request use refs/pull/<number>/merge.
+ */
+export async function deleteCacheWithKey(
+  key: string,
+  ref?: string
+): Promise<number> {
+  checkKey(key)
+
+  core.debug(`Deleting Cache with key "${key}" and ref "${ref}"`)
+  const deleteCacheResponse = await cacheHttpClient.deleteCacheWithKey(key, ref)
+  if (deleteCacheResponse?.statusCode !== 200) {
+    throw new DeleteCacheError(
+      `Unable to delete cache with key ${key}. More details: ${deleteCacheResponse?.error?.message}`
+    )
+  }
+
+  return deleteCacheResponse?.result?.totalCount
+}
+
+/**
+ * Deletes a cache item with the specified id
+ *
+ * @param id an explicit id for the cache to delete
+ */
+export async function deleteCacheWithId(id: number): Promise<number> {
+  core.debug(`Deleting Cache with id ${id.toString()}`)
+  const deleteCacheResponse = await cacheHttpClient.deleteCacheWithId(id)
+  if (deleteCacheResponse?.statusCode !== 204) {
+    throw new DeleteCacheError(
+      `Unable to delete cache with id ${id}. More details: ${deleteCacheResponse?.error?.message}`
+    )
+  }
+
+  return deleteCacheResponse?.result?.totalCount
+}
diff --git a/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheHttpClient.ts b/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheHttpClient.ts
index f96ca381..c38506e8 100644
--- a/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheHttpClient.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheHttpClient.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import {
   ReserveCacheRequest,
   ReserveCacheResponse,
   ITypedResponseWithError,
-  ArtifactCacheList
+  ArtifactCacheList,
+  DeleteCacheResponse
 } from './contracts'
 import {
   downloadCacheHttpClient,
@@ -227,6 +228,37 @@ export async function reserveCache(
   return response
 }
 
+export async function deleteCacheWithKey(
+  key: string,
+  ref?: string
+): Promise<ITypedResponseWithError<DeleteCacheResponse>> {
+  const httpClient = createHttpClient()
+
+  const response = await retryTypedResponse('deleteCache', async () =>
+    httpClient.deleteJson<DeleteCacheResponse>(
+      ref != null
+        ? getCacheApiUrl(`caches?key=${key}&ref=${ref}`)
+        : getCacheApiUrl(`caches?key=${key}`)
+    )
+  )
+
+  return response
+}
+
+export async function deleteCacheWithId(
+  id: number
+): Promise<ITypedResponseWithError<DeleteCacheResponse>> {
+  const httpClient = createHttpClient()
+
+  const response = await retryTypedResponse('deleteCache', async () =>
+    httpClient.deleteJson<DeleteCacheResponse>(
+      getCacheApiUrl(`caches/${id.toString()}`)
+    )
+  )
+
+  return response
+}
+
 function getContentRange(start: number, end: number): string {
   // Format: `bytes start-end/filesize
   // start and end are inclusive
diff --git a/packages/cache/src/internal/contracts.d.ts b/packages/cache/src/internal/contracts.d.ts
index 6fcd9427..7c00cead 100644
--- a/packages/cache/src/internal/contracts.d.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/internal/contracts.d.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ export interface ReserveCacheResponse {
   cacheId: number
 }
 
+export interface DeleteCacheResponse {
+  totalCount: number
+}
+
 export interface InternalCacheOptions {
   compressionMethod?: CompressionMethod
   enableCrossOsArchive?: boolean
diff --git a/packages/http-client/src/index.ts b/packages/http-client/src/index.ts
index 6f575f7d..dcbee3e7 100644
--- a/packages/http-client/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/http-client/src/index.ts
@@ -336,6 +336,27 @@ export class HttpClient {
     return this._processResponse<T>(res, this.requestOptions)
   }
 
+  async deleteJson<T>(
+    requestUrl: string,
+    additionalHeaders: http.OutgoingHttpHeaders = {}
+  ): Promise<ifm.TypedResponse<T>> {
+    additionalHeaders[Headers.Accept] = this._getExistingOrDefaultHeader(
+      additionalHeaders,
+      Headers.Accept,
+      MediaTypes.ApplicationJson
+    )
+    additionalHeaders[Headers.ContentType] = this._getExistingOrDefaultHeader(
+      additionalHeaders,
+      Headers.ContentType,
+      MediaTypes.ApplicationJson
+    )
+    const res: HttpClientResponse = await this.del(
+      requestUrl,
+      additionalHeaders
+    )
+    return this._processResponse<T>(res, this.requestOptions)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Makes a raw http request.
    * All other methods such as get, post, patch, and request ultimately call this.