# Apollo Cache is Your Friend, If You Get To Know It

DevFeed: [Apollo Cache is Your Friend, If You Get To Know It](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/apollo-cache-is-your-friend-if-you-get-to-know-it-1295.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/apollo-cache>)

Author: Raman Lally

Published: 2022-11-09T19:30:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [Cache](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cache.md>), [Caching](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/caching.md>), [client](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/client.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>), [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>)

Tags: [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [cache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cache.md>), [caching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/caching.md>), [frontend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frontend.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how the Apollo GraphQL client cache works, focusing on the life cycle of cached objects. It covers where cached data comes from, how it is represented and changed, how fetch policies select data from the cache or network, and how cached data is removed.

## Source excerpt

Shopify's Raman Lally delves into the Apollo GraphQL client cache and the life cycle of objects that are cached within it.