diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/cached.py b/fsspec/implementations/cached.py
index 1cb7451c0..5424c1d41 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/cached.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/cached.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import hashlib
-from shutil import move
+from shutil import move, rmtree
 import tempfile
 import inspect
 from fsspec import AbstractFileSystem, filesystem
@@ -171,14 +171,17 @@ def _check_cache(self):
 
     def _check_file(self, path):
         """Is path in cache and still valid"""
+        path = self._strip_protocol(path)
         self._check_cache()
         if not path.startswith(self.target_protocol):
             store_path = self.target_protocol + "://" + path
             path = self.fs._strip_protocol(store_path)
+        else:
+            store_path = path
         for storage, cache in zip(self.storage, self.cached_files):
-            if path not in cache:
+            if store_path not in cache:
                 continue
-            detail = cache[path].copy()
+            detail = cache[store_path].copy()
             if self.check_files:
                 if detail["uid"] != self.fs.ukey(path):
                     continue
@@ -190,6 +193,41 @@ def _check_file(self, path):
                 return detail, fn
         return False, None
 
+    def clear_cache(self):
+        """Remove all files and metadat from the cache
+
+        In the case of multiple cache locations, this clears only the last one,
+        which is assumed to be the read/write one.
+        """
+        rmtree(self.storage[-1])
+        self.load_cache()
+
+    def pop_from_cache(self, path):
+        """Remove cached version of given file
+
+        Deletes local copy of the given (remote) path. If it is found in a cache
+        location which is not the last, it is assumed to be read-only, and
+        raises PermissionError
+        """
+        path = self._strip_protocol(path)
+        if not path.startswith(self.target_protocol):
+            store_path = self.target_protocol + "://" + path
+            path = self.fs._strip_protocol(store_path)
+        else:
+            store_path = path
+        _, fn = self._check_file(path)
+        if fn is None:
+            return
+        if fn.startswith(self.storage[-1]):
+            # is in in writable cache
+            os.remove(fn)
+            self.cached_files[-1].pop(store_path)
+            self.save_cache()
+        else:
+            raise PermissionError(
+                "Can only delete cached file in last, writable cache location"
+            )
+
     def _open(
         self,
         path,
@@ -311,6 +349,8 @@ def __getattribute__(self, item):
             "head",
             "_check_file",
             "_check_cache",
+            "clear_cache",
+            "pop_from_cache",
         ]:
             # all the methods defined in this class. Note `open` here, since
             # it calls `_open`, but is actually in superclass
diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_cached.py b/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_cached.py
index b860ff618..c6f0a2968 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_cached.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_cached.py
@@ -91,6 +91,62 @@ def test_write():
     assert open(fn, "rb").read() == b"hello"
 
 
+def test_clear():
+    import tempfile
+
+    origin = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    cache1 = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    data = b"test data"
+    f1 = os.path.join(origin, "afile")
+    with open(f1, "wb") as f:
+        f.write(data)
+
+    # populates first cache
+    fs = fsspec.filesystem("filecache", target_protocol="file", cache_storage=cache1)
+    assert fs.cat(f1) == data
+
+    assert "cache" in os.listdir(cache1)
+    assert len(os.listdir(cache1)) == 2
+    assert fs._check_file(f1)
+
+    fs.clear_cache()
+    assert not fs._check_file(f1)[0]
+    assert len(os.listdir(cache1)) < 2
+
+
+def test_pop():
+    import tempfile
+
+    origin = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    cache1 = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    cache2 = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    data = b"test data"
+    f1 = os.path.join(origin, "afile")
+    f2 = os.path.join(origin, "bfile")
+    with open(f1, "wb") as f:
+        f.write(data)
+    with open(f2, "wb") as f:
+        f.write(data)
+
+    # populates first cache
+    fs = fsspec.filesystem("filecache", target_protocol="file", cache_storage=cache1)
+    fs.cat(f1)
+
+    # populates last cache if file not found in first cache
+    fs = fsspec.filesystem(
+        "filecache", target_protocol="file", cache_storage=[cache1, cache2]
+    )
+    assert fs.cat(f2) == data
+    assert len(os.listdir(cache2)) == 2
+    assert fs._check_file(f1)
+    with pytest.raises(PermissionError):
+        fs.pop_from_cache(f1)
+    fs.pop_from_cache(f2)
+    assert len(os.listdir(cache2)) == 1
+    assert fs._check_file(f2)[0] is False
+    assert fs._check_file(f1)
+
+
 def test_write_pickle_context():
     tmp = str(tempfile.mkdtemp())
     fn = tmp + "afile"
diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_local.py b/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_local.py
index 3239d9b96..f33c9bfb6 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_local.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_local.py
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ def test_globfind_dirs(tmpdir):
 
 
 def test_touch(tmpdir):
+    import time
+
     fn = tmpdir + "/in/file"
     fs = fsspec.filesystem("file", auto_mkdir=False)
     with pytest.raises(OSError):
@@ -309,6 +311,7 @@ def test_touch(tmpdir):
     fs = fsspec.filesystem("file", auto_mkdir=True)
     fs.touch(fn)
     info = fs.info(fn)
+    time.sleep(0.2)
     fs.touch(fn)
     info2 = fs.info(fn)
     if not WIN: