# How to expire HTTP basic authenticated session?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-expire-http-basic-authenticated-session/152298>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 1, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-expire-http-basic-authenticated-session/152298 "2008-11-01T15:57:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![difei](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@difei](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/difei)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-expire-http-basic-authenticated-session/152298/1 "2008-11-01T15:57:00Z")

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Greetings all,

I am using authenticate\_or\_request\_with\_http\_basic, but how can I  
expire/forget the successfully authenticated session for a specific  
client? Thanks in advance.

Cheers,  
Difei