diff --git a/examples/main.py b/examples/main.py
index 4b1a9cc..3f53a02 100644
--- a/examples/main.py
+++ b/examples/main.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ app = FastAPI()
 ret = 0
 
 
-@cache(expire=1)
+@cache(namespace="test", expire=1)
 async def get_ret():
     global ret
     ret = ret + 1
@@ -20,11 +20,16 @@ async def get_ret():
 
 
 @app.get("/")
-@cache(expire=2)
+@cache(namespace="test", expire=2)
 async def index(request: Request, response: Response):
     return dict(ret=await get_ret())
 
 
+@app.get("/clear")
+async def clear():
+    return await FastAPICache.clear(namespace="test")
+
+
 @app.on_event("startup")
 async def startup():
     FastAPICache.init(InMemoryBackend(), prefix="fastapi-cache")
diff --git a/fastapi_cache/__init__.py b/fastapi_cache/__init__.py
index 1f050de..079aeb4 100644
--- a/fastapi_cache/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi_cache/__init__.py
@@ -50,3 +50,8 @@ class FastAPICache:
     @classmethod
     def get_key_builder(cls):
         return cls._key_builder
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def clear(cls, namespace: str = None, key: str = None):
+        namespace = cls._prefix + ":" + namespace if namespace else None
+        return await cls._backend.clear(namespace, key)
diff --git a/fastapi_cache/backends/__init__.py b/fastapi_cache/backends/__init__.py
index 0586110..8adaa31 100644
--- a/fastapi_cache/backends/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi_cache/backends/__init__.py
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ class Backend:
     @abc.abstractmethod
     async def set(self, key: str, value: str, expire: int = None):
         raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    async def clear(self, namespace: str = None, key: str = None) -> int:
+        raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/fastapi_cache/backends/inmemory.py b/fastapi_cache/backends/inmemory.py
index 3cac3d4..c906609 100644
--- a/fastapi_cache/backends/inmemory.py
+++ b/fastapi_cache/backends/inmemory.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import time
+from copy import copy
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from threading import Lock
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Tuple
@@ -44,3 +45,16 @@ class InMemoryBackend(Backend):
     async def set(self, key: str, value: str, expire: int = None):
         with self._lock:
             self._store[key] = Value(value, self._now + expire)
+
+    async def clear(self, namespace: str = None, key: str = None) -> int:
+        count = 0
+        if namespace:
+            keys = list(self._store.keys())
+            for key in keys:
+                if key.startswith(namespace):
+                    del self._store[key]
+                    count += 1
+        elif key:
+            del self._store[key]
+            count += 1
+        return count
diff --git a/fastapi_cache/backends/mencache.py b/fastapi_cache/backends/mencache.py
index fe79027..2e8d78d 100644
--- a/fastapi_cache/backends/mencache.py
+++ b/fastapi_cache/backends/mencache.py
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ class MemcacheBackend(Backend):
 
     async def set(self, key: str, value: str, expire: int = None):
         return await self.mcache.set(key.encode(), value.encode(), exptime=expire)
+
+    async def clear(self, namespace: str = None, key: str = None):
+        raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/fastapi_cache/backends/redis.py b/fastapi_cache/backends/redis.py
index 7188500..be67d3f 100644
--- a/fastapi_cache/backends/redis.py
+++ b/fastapi_cache/backends/redis.py
@@ -20,3 +20,10 @@ class RedisBackend(Backend):
 
     async def set(self, key: str, value: str, expire: int = None):
         return await self.redis.set(key, value, expire=expire)
+
+    async def clear(self, namespace: str = None, key: str = None) -> int:
+        if namespace:
+            lua = f"for i, name in ipairs(redis.call('KEYS', '{namespace}:*')) do redis.call('DEL', name); end"
+            return await self.redis.eval(lua)
+        elif key:
+            return await self.redis.delete(key)