UNLINK

UNLINK key [key ...]

Available since:

Redis Open Source 4.0.0

Time complexity:

O(1) for each key removed regardless of its size. Then the command does O(N) work in a different thread in order to reclaim memory, where N is the number of allocations the deleted objects where composed of.

ACL categories:

@keyspace, @write, @fast,

Compatibility:

Redis Enterprise and Redis Cloud compatibility

This command is very similar to DEL: it removes the specified keys. Just like DEL a key is ignored if it does not exist. However the command performs the actual memory reclaiming in a different thread, so it is not blocking, while DEL is. This is where the command name comes from: the command just unlinks the keys from the keyspace. The actual removal will happen later asynchronously.

Examples

Redis Enterprise and Redis Cloud compatibility

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