Title: WP_Object_Cache::__unset
Published: September 4, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_Object_Cache::__unset( string $name )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_object_cache/__unset/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_object_cache/__unset/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_object_cache/__unset/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Makes private properties un-settable for backward compatibility.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_object_cache/__unset/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$name`stringrequired

Property to unset.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_object_cache/__unset/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function __unset( $name ) {
    	unset( $this->$name );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-object-cache.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-object-cache.php#L128)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-object-cache.php#L128-L130)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_object_cache/__unset/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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