diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index 7404b00a..1bfa52aa 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -140,10 +140,14 @@ func NewClient(
 		opt = append(opt, core.WithErr(errors))
 	}
 	oc := core.NewClient(opt...)
+	pollInterval := time.Second * 10
+	if cacheExpiration/2 > pollInterval {
+		pollInterval = cacheExpiration / 2
+	}
 	client := Client{
 		client:                  oc,
 		app:                     app,
-		deviceCache:             NewDeviceCache(cacheExpiration, time.Minute, errors),
+		deviceCache:             NewDeviceCache(cacheExpiration, pollInterval, errors),
 		observeResourceCache:    kitSync.NewMap(),
 		deviceOwner:             deviceOwner,
 		subscriptions:           make(map[string]subscription),
diff --git a/client/deleteDevice.go b/client/deleteDevice.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ee56f65b..00000000
--- a/client/deleteDevice.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package client
-
-import (
-	"context"
-)
-
-func (c *Client) DeleteDevice(ctx context.Context, deviceID string) (bool, error) {
-	dev, ok := c.deviceCache.LoadAndDeleteDevice(ctx, deviceID)
-	if !ok {
-		return false, nil
-	}
-	err := dev.Close(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		c.errors(err)
-	}
-	return true, nil
-}
diff --git a/client/deleteDevices.go b/client/deleteDevices.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9ecd376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/deleteDevices.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package client
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func (c *Client) DeleteDevice(ctx context.Context, deviceID string) bool {
+	devs := c.DeleteDevices(ctx, []string{deviceID})
+	return len(devs) > 0
+}
+
+// DeleteDevices deletes a device from the cache. If deviceIDFilter is empty, all devices are deleted.
+func (c *Client) DeleteDevices(ctx context.Context, deviceIDFilter []string) []string {
+	devs := c.deviceCache.LoadAndDeleteDevices(deviceIDFilter)
+	if len(devs) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	deviceIDs := make([]string, 0, len(devs))
+	for _, d := range devs {
+		deviceIDs = append(deviceIDs, d.DeviceID())
+		err := d.Close(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			c.errors(fmt.Errorf("can't close device %v during deleting device from the cache: %w", d.DeviceID(), err))
+		}
+	}
+	return deviceIDs
+}
diff --git a/client/deleteDevice_test.go b/client/deleteDevices_test.go
similarity index 95%
rename from client/deleteDevice_test.go
rename to client/deleteDevices_test.go
index 3a4093e3..da9b4e55 100644
--- a/client/deleteDevice_test.go
+++ b/client/deleteDevices_test.go
@@ -191,10 +191,9 @@ func TestClientDeleteDevice(t *testing.T) {
 		deviceID     string
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
-		name    string
-		args    args
-		want    bool
-		wantErr bool
+		name string
+		args args
+		want bool
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "not found",
@@ -202,8 +201,7 @@ func TestClientDeleteDevice(t *testing.T) {
 				addDevice: nil,
 				deviceID:  "not-found",
 			},
-			want:    false,
-			wantErr: false,
+			want: false,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "found",
@@ -211,16 +209,14 @@ func TestClientDeleteDevice(t *testing.T) {
 				addDevice: addDirectDeviceToCache,
 				deviceID:  "found",
 			},
-			want:    true,
-			wantErr: false,
+			want: true,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "try to delete twice",
 			args: args{
 				deviceID: "found",
 			},
-			want:    false,
-			wantErr: false,
+			want: false,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "delete device with resource observation",
@@ -250,8 +246,7 @@ func TestClientDeleteDevice(t *testing.T) {
 				checkForSkip: func(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, c *Client, deviceID string) {
 					_, links, err := c.GetDevice(ctx, deviceID)
 					require.NoError(t, err)
-					ok, err := c.DeleteDevice(ctx, deviceID)
-					require.NoError(t, err)
+					ok := c.DeleteDevice(ctx, deviceID)
 					require.True(t, ok)
 
 					res := links.GetResourceLinks(resources.ResourceType)
@@ -333,8 +328,7 @@ func TestClientDeleteDevice(t *testing.T) {
 		err := c.DisownDevice(ctx, deviceID)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 	}()
-	ok, err := c.DeleteDevice(ctx, deviceID)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	ok := c.DeleteDevice(ctx, deviceID)
 	require.True(t, ok)
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -347,12 +341,7 @@ func TestClientDeleteDevice(t *testing.T) {
 			if tt.args.addDevice != nil {
 				testCtx = tt.args.addDevice(ctx, t, c, tt.args.deviceID)
 			}
-			got, err := c.DeleteDevice(testCtx, tt.args.deviceID)
-			if tt.wantErr {
-				require.Error(t, err)
-				return
-			}
-			require.NoError(t, err)
+			got := c.DeleteDevice(testCtx, tt.args.deviceID)
 			require.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
 			if tt.args.cleanUp != nil {
 				tt.args.cleanUp(testCtx, t, c, tt.args.deviceID)
diff --git a/client/deviceCache.go b/client/deviceCache.go
index c4fe9c57..631e607b 100644
--- a/client/deviceCache.go
+++ b/client/deviceCache.go
@@ -49,14 +49,12 @@ func NewDeviceCache(deviceExpiration, pollInterval time.Duration, errors func(er
 }
 
 // This function loads the device from the cache and deletes it from the cache. To cleanup the device you have to call device.Close.
-func (c *DeviceCache) LoadAndDeleteDevice(ctx context.Context, deviceID string) (*core.Device, bool) {
-	d := c.devicesCache.Load(deviceID)
-	if d == nil {
+func (c *DeviceCache) LoadAndDeleteDevice(deviceID string) (*core.Device, bool) {
+	devs := c.LoadAndDeleteDevices([]string{deviceID})
+	if len(devs) == 0 {
 		return nil, false
 	}
-	dev := d.Data().(*core.Device)
-	c.devicesCache.Delete(deviceID)
-	return dev, true
+	return devs[0], true
 }
 
 func (c *DeviceCache) GetDevice(deviceID string) (*core.Device, bool) {
@@ -184,6 +182,27 @@ func (c *DeviceCache) GetDevicesFoundByIP() map[string]string {
 	return devices
 }
 
+func (c *DeviceCache) LoadAndDeleteDevices(deviceIDFilter []string) []*core.Device {
+	devices := make([]*core.Device, 0, len(deviceIDFilter))
+	if len(deviceIDFilter) == 0 {
+		for _, val := range c.devicesCache.PullOutAll() {
+			d := val.(*core.Device)
+			devices = append(devices, d)
+		}
+		return devices
+	}
+	for _, deviceID := range deviceIDFilter {
+		val := c.devicesCache.Load(deviceID)
+		if val == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		c.devicesCache.Delete(deviceID)
+		d := val.Data().(*core.Device)
+		devices = append(devices, d)
+	}
+	return devices
+}
+
 func (c *DeviceCache) Close(ctx context.Context) error {
 	var errors []error
 	if c.closed.CompareAndSwap(false, true) {
diff --git a/client/deviceCache_test.go b/client/deviceCache_test.go
index 061d29c2..1e1652e1 100644
--- a/client/deviceCache_test.go
+++ b/client/deviceCache_test.go
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ func TestDeviceCacheContentHandling(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, found)
 	require.False(t, expiration.IsZero())
 
-	dev, removed := cache.LoadAndDeleteDevice(context.TODO(), device2ID)
+	dev, removed := cache.LoadAndDeleteDevice(device2ID)
 	require.True(t, removed)
 	err := dev.Close(context.TODO())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	dev, removed = cache.LoadAndDeleteDevice(context.TODO(), device2ID)
+	dev, removed = cache.LoadAndDeleteDevice(device2ID)
 	require.False(t, removed)
 	require.Nil(t, dev)
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func TestDeviceCacheContentHandling(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, found)
 	require.False(t, expiration.IsZero())
 
-	dev, removed = cache.LoadAndDeleteDevice(context.TODO(), device1ID)
+	dev, removed = cache.LoadAndDeleteDevice(device1ID)
 	require.True(t, removed)
 	err = dev.Close(context.TODO())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/client/disownDevice.go b/client/disownDevice.go
index b75a16f9..ff73f409 100644
--- a/client/disownDevice.go
+++ b/client/disownDevice.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func (c *Client) DisownDevice(ctx context.Context, deviceID string, opts ...Comm
 		return err
 	}
 	defer func() {
-		dev, ok := c.deviceCache.LoadAndDeleteDevice(ctx, d.DeviceID())
+		dev, ok := c.deviceCache.LoadAndDeleteDevice(d.DeviceID())
 		if ok {
 			dev.Close(ctx)
 		}
diff --git a/client/getDevice.go b/client/getDevice.go
index 7bc06dbe..c8ba7d93 100644
--- a/client/getDevice.go
+++ b/client/getDevice.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func getLinksDevice(ctx context.Context, dev *core.Device, disableUDPEndpoints b
 // come back online
 func deleteDeviceNotFoundByIP(ctx context.Context, deviceCache *DeviceCache, dev *core.Device) {
 	if dev.FoundByIP() == "" {
-		deviceCache.LoadAndDeleteDevice(ctx, dev.DeviceID())
+		deviceCache.LoadAndDeleteDevice(dev.DeviceID())
 	}
 	dev.Close(ctx)
 }
diff --git a/client/getDevice_test.go b/client/getDevice_test.go
index 853dc77e..8c90afb5 100644
--- a/client/getDevice_test.go
+++ b/client/getDevice_test.go
@@ -196,14 +196,12 @@ func TestClientGetDeviceByIP(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NotEmpty(t, got.Details.(*device.Device).ProtocolIndependentID)
 			got.Details.(*device.Device).ProtocolIndependentID = ""
 			require.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
-			ok, err := c.DeleteDevice(ctx, got.ID)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
+			ok := c.DeleteDevice(ctx, got.ID)
 			require.True(t, ok)
 
 			// we should not be able to remove the device second time
-			ok, err = c.DeleteDevice(ctx, got.ID)
+			ok = c.DeleteDevice(ctx, got.ID)
 			require.False(t, ok)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/client/getDevices.go b/client/getDevices.go
index 45e67a12..2167053c 100644
--- a/client/getDevices.go
+++ b/client/getDevices.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func (h *discoveryHandler) Handle(ctx context.Context, newdev *core.Device) {
 	dev, _ := h.deviceCache.UpdateOrStoreDeviceWithExpiration(newdev)
 	links, err := getLinksDevice(ctx, dev, h.disableUDPEndpoints)
 	if err != nil {
-		dev, ok := h.deviceCache.LoadAndDeleteDevice(ctx, dev.DeviceID())
+		dev, ok := h.deviceCache.LoadAndDeleteDevice(dev.DeviceID())
 		if ok {
 			dev.Close(ctx)
 		}
diff --git a/client/ownDevice.go b/client/ownDevice.go
index 37fb162f..030a7631 100644
--- a/client/ownDevice.go
+++ b/client/ownDevice.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (c *Client) OwnDevice(ctx context.Context, deviceID string, opts ...OwnOpti
 	return c.deviceOwner.OwnDevice(ctx, deviceID, cfg.otmTypes, cfg.discoveryConfiguration, c.ownDeviceWithSigners, cfg.opts...)
 }
 
-func (c *Client) updateCache(ctx context.Context, d *core.Device, oldDeviceID string) {
+func (c *Client) updateCache(d *core.Device, oldDeviceID string) {
 	if d.DeviceID() == oldDeviceID {
 		return
 	}
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (c *Client) updateCache(ctx context.Context, d *core.Device, oldDeviceID st
 	}
 	// remove device from key oldDeviceID
 	// we don't need to close it because it is already stored on new deviceID position
-	_, _ = c.deviceCache.LoadAndDeleteDevice(ctx, oldDeviceID)
+	_, _ = c.deviceCache.LoadAndDeleteDevice(oldDeviceID)
 }
 
 func (c *Client) ownDeviceWithSigners(ctx context.Context, deviceID string, otmClient []otm.Client, discoveryConfiguration core.DiscoveryConfiguration, opts ...core.OwnOption) (string, error) {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (c *Client) ownDeviceWithSigners(ctx context.Context, deviceID string, otmC
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	c.updateCache(ctx, d, deviceID)
+	c.updateCache(d, deviceID)
 
 	return d.DeviceID(), nil
 }