diff --git a/src/Core/Cache.php b/src/Core/Cache.php
index 3f2edd2e2..f1d1e11a5 100644
--- a/src/Core/Cache.php
+++ b/src/Core/Cache.php
@@ -99,6 +99,24 @@ class Cache extends \Friendica\BaseObject
 		return $return;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @brief Delete a value from the cache
+	 *
+	 * @param string $key The key to the cached data
+	 *
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public static function delete($key)
+	{
+		$time = microtime(true);
+
+		$return = self::getDriver()->delete($key);
+
+		self::getApp()->save_timestamp($time, 'cache_write');
+
+		return $return;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief Remove outdated data from the cache
 	 *