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Problem

How to use the gradle clean command: Delete the build directory and all generated files. More information: <https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/command_line_interface.html#cleaning_outputs>.

Solution

gradle clean — Delete the build directory and all generated files. More information: <https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/command_line_interface.html#cleaning_outputs>.

Clean the build directory:

gradle clean

Clean and then build the project:

gradle clean build

Clean a specific subproject in a multi-project build:

gradle :{{subproject}}:clean

Clean with more detailed logging:

gradle clean {{[-i|--info]}}

Code Snippets

Clean the build directory

gradle clean

Clean and then build the project

gradle clean build

Clean a specific subproject in a multi-project build

gradle :{{subproject}}:clean

Clean with more detailed logging

gradle clean {{[-i|--info]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/gradle clean

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