Prerequisites: A Redis cache that you have access to. If running Moodle on your local machine, then running Redis (or, if using Windows, Memurai) on the same machine with default settings is probably fine. A tool to view the contents of the Redis cache to verify things are working. I used this one (Linux/Mac/Windows): https://github.com/qishibo/AnotherRedisDesktopManager - just connect to localhost:6379 with it. The phpredis PHP extension installed in your PHP. A Moodle setup that uses your Redis cache for some or all of its application-level cache stores. Configure this if necessary under Site administration / Plugins / Caching / Configuration . If you're doing it from scratch: Go to the Installed cache stores heading and use Add instance to create a new Redis cache instance with your favourite name and the correct address e.g. 'localhost'. You can probably leave other settings default, but make up a special key prefix if the Redis server is in use for other things. At the bottom of the page under Stores used when no mapping is present click the Edit link and change the Application dropdown to the name of your new cache instance, then save changes. The 'Run now' feature for scheduled tasks needs to be available. If you haven't already set this up, you need to complete the admin setting Path to PHP CLI under Site administration / Server / System paths . Activity completion must be enabled on the server under Site administration / Advanced features / Enable completion tracking . In addition to the admin account, you need two test accounts. Once you have all that set up you can do an actual test. Purge all caches using the button at Site administration / Developer / Purge caches . Create a new course with default settings (completion tracking should be enabled). Enrol both test accounts into this course. Make a note of the course page URL so you can go back to it later. Go to the scheduled tasks page ( Site administration / Server / Tasks / Scheduled tasks ) and find the task Free up memory used by expired entries in Redis caches . Edit settings for this task and make sure it is not scheduled to run during this test (e.g. set it only to run during a different hour of the day) - we need to run it only when the test says. In a different browser (so you don't lose your admin login), go to the course page URL and log in as the first test account. Make a note of the time, e.g. 15:00. You can now close this browser. Wait 10 minutes then repeat using the second test account, making a note of the time again, e.g. 15:10. In your Redis cache viewer, refresh if necessary and look at the top-level keys. Expected: You should see a key like prefix_ 3c60e20af217ecb7bfc5732b71099888 and another like prefix_ 3c60e20af217ecb7bfc5732b71099888_ttl (where prefix is your specified prefix, if any). Both keys should contain 2 values each. Back in Moodle logged in as admin on the scheduled tasks page, click Run now next to the task and confirm at the prompt. Expected: The output should show a list of caches including core/completion: Deleted 0 key(s) (because the data has not yet expired). This is the tedious part - wait just over an hour from the time you viewed with the first account, e.g. 16:02. Click Run again to re-run the scheduled task. Expected: The text should now include core/completion: Deleted 1 key(s) In the Redis viewer, refresh. Expected: The keys from last time should both now contain just 1 value. Wait 10 minutes until it's more than an hour after the second user access. Click Run again to re-run the scheduled task. Expected: The text should again include core/completion: Deleted 1 key(s) Refresh in the Redis viewer. Expected: Both keys containing 3c60e20af217ecb7bfc5732b71099888 should have disappeared.