diff --git a/executorlib/__init__.py b/executorlib/__init__.py
index 8547f6b2..2bf66ec7 100644
--- a/executorlib/__init__.py
+++ b/executorlib/__init__.py
@@ -36,4 +36,11 @@
     "SlurmClusterExecutor",
 ]
 
+try:
+    from executorlib.task_scheduler.file.queue_spawner import terminate_tasks_in_cache
+
+    __all__ += ["terminate_tasks_in_cache"]
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 __version__ = _version.__version__
diff --git a/executorlib/task_scheduler/file/queue_spawner.py b/executorlib/task_scheduler/file/queue_spawner.py
index 2ec1400e..16dff14f 100644
--- a/executorlib/task_scheduler/file/queue_spawner.py
+++ b/executorlib/task_scheduler/file/queue_spawner.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def execute_with_pysqa(
                                   cwd: None,
                               }
         config_directory (str, optional): path to the config directory.
-        backend (str, optional): name of the backend used to spawn tasks.
+        backend (str, optional): name of the backend used to spawn tasks ["slurm", "flux"].
 
     Returns:
         int: queuing system ID
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def terminate_with_pysqa(
     Args:
         queue_id (int): Queuing system ID of the job to delete.
         config_directory (str, optional): path to the config directory.
-        backend (str, optional): name of the backend used to spawn tasks.
+        backend (str, optional): name of the backend used to spawn tasks ["slurm", "flux"].
     """
     qa = QueueAdapter(
         directory=config_directory,
@@ -115,6 +115,33 @@ def terminate_with_pysqa(
             qa.delete_job(process_id=queue_id)
 
 
+def terminate_tasks_in_cache(
+    cache_directory: str,
+    config_directory: Optional[str] = None,
+    backend: Optional[str] = None,
+):
+    """
+    Delete all jobs stored in the cache directory from the queuing system
+
+    Args:
+        cache_directory (str): The directory to store cache files.
+        config_directory (str, optional): path to the config directory.
+        backend (str, optional): name of the backend used to spawn tasks ["slurm", "flux"].
+    """
+    hdf5_file_lst = []
+    for root, _, files in os.walk(cache_directory):
+        hdf5_file_lst += [os.path.join(root, f) for f in files if f[-5:] == "_i.h5"]
+
+    for f in hdf5_file_lst:
+        queue_id = get_queue_id(f)
+        if queue_id is not None:
+            terminate_with_pysqa(
+                queue_id=queue_id,
+                config_directory=config_directory,
+                backend=backend,
+            )
+
+
 def _pysqa_execute_command(
     commands: str,
     working_directory: Optional[str] = None,
diff --git a/tests/test_fluxclusterexecutor.py b/tests/test_fluxclusterexecutor.py
index cfb838aa..46637606 100644
--- a/tests/test_fluxclusterexecutor.py
+++ b/tests/test_fluxclusterexecutor.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 try:
     import flux.job
     from executorlib.task_scheduler.file.hdf import dump
+    from executorlib.task_scheduler.file.queue_spawner import terminate_with_pysqa, terminate_tasks_in_cache
 
     skip_flux_test = "FLUX_URI" not in os.environ
     pmi = os.environ.get("EXECUTORLIB_PMIX", None)
@@ -58,6 +59,9 @@ def test_executor_no_cwd(self):
             self.assertEqual(len(os.listdir("executorlib_cache")), 2)
             self.assertTrue(fs1.done())
 
+    def test_terminate_with_pysqa(self):
+        self.assertIsNone(terminate_with_pysqa(queue_id=1, backend="flux"))
+
     def test_executor_existing_files(self):
         with FluxClusterExecutor(
             resource_dict={"cores": 2, "cwd": "executorlib_cache"},
@@ -89,5 +93,13 @@ def test_executor_existing_files(self):
             self.assertTrue(fs1.done())
             self.assertEqual(len(os.listdir("executorlib_cache")), 4)
 
+    def test_terminate_tasks_in_cache(self):
+        file = os.path.join("executorlib_cache", "test_i.h5")
+        dump(file_name=file, data_dict={"queue_id": 1})
+        self.assertIsNone(terminate_tasks_in_cache(
+            cache_directory="executorlib_cache",
+            backend="flux",
+        ))
+
     def tearDown(self):
         shutil.rmtree("executorlib_cache", ignore_errors=True)