NAME¶
cargo-clean — Remove generated artifacts
SYNOPSIS¶
cargo clean [options]
DESCRIPTION¶
Remove artifacts from the target directory that Cargo has
generated in the past.
With no options, cargo clean will delete the entire target
directory.
OPTIONS¶
Package Selection¶
When no packages are selected, all packages and all dependencies
in the workspace are cleaned.
-p spec…, --package
spec…
Clean only the specified packages. This flag may be
specified multiple times. See
cargo-pkgid(1) for the SPEC format.
Clean Options¶
--dry-run
Displays a summary of what would be deleted without
deleting anything. Use with --verbose to display the actual files that
would be deleted.
--doc
This option will cause cargo clean to remove only
the doc directory in the target directory.
--release
Remove all artifacts in the release
directory.
--profile name
Remove all artifacts in the directory with the given
profile name.
--target-dir directory
Directory for all generated artifacts and intermediate
files. May also be specified with the
CARGO_TARGET_DIR environment
variable, or the
build.target-dir config value
<
https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>. Defaults to
target in the root of the workspace.
--target triple
Clean for the given architecture. The default is the host
architecture. The general format of the triple is
<arch><sub>-<vendor>-<sys>-<abi>. Run
rustc --print target-list for a list of supported targets. This flag
may be specified multiple times.
This may also be specified with the build.target config
value <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>.
Note that specifying this flag makes Cargo run in a different mode
where the target artifacts are placed in a separate directory. See the
build cache
<https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/build-cache.html> documentation
for more details.
Display Options¶
-v, --verbose
-q, --quiet
--color when
Control when colored output is used. Valid values:
•auto (default): Automatically detect if
color support is available on the terminal.
•always: Always display colors.
•never: Never display colors.
May also be specified with the term.color config
value <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>.
Manifest Options¶
--manifest-path path
Path to the Cargo.toml file. By default, Cargo
searches for the Cargo.toml file in the current directory or any parent
directory.
--locked
Asserts that the exact same dependencies and versions are
used as when the existing
Cargo.lock file was originally generated.
Cargo will exit with an error when either of the following scenarios arises:
•The lock file is missing.
•Cargo attempted to change the lock file due to a
different dependency resolution.
It may be used in environments where deterministic builds are
desired, such as in CI pipelines.
--offline
Prevents Cargo from accessing the network for any reason.
Without this flag, Cargo will stop with an error if it needs to access the
network and the network is not available. With this flag, Cargo will attempt
to proceed without the network if possible.
Beware that this may result in different dependency resolution
than online mode. Cargo will restrict itself to crates that are downloaded
locally, even if there might be a newer version as indicated in the local
copy of the index. See the cargo-fetch(1) command to download
dependencies before going offline.
May also be specified with the net.offline config
value <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>.
--frozen
Equivalent to specifying both --locked and
--offline.
Common Options¶
+toolchain
If Cargo has been installed with rustup, and the first
argument to
cargo begins with
+, it will be interpreted as a
rustup toolchain name (such as
+stable or
+nightly). See the
rustup documentation
<
https://rust-lang.github.io/rustup/overrides.html> for more information
about how toolchain overrides work.
--config KEY=VALUE or PATH
-C PATH
Changes the current working directory before executing
any specified operations. This affects things like where cargo looks by
default for the project manifest (
Cargo.toml), as well as the
directories searched for discovering
.cargo/config.toml, for example.
This option must appear before the command name, for example
cargo -C
path/to/my-project build.
This option is only available on the nightly channel
<https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/appendix-07-nightly-rust.html> and
requires the -Z unstable-options flag to enable (see #10098
<https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/10098>).
-h, --help
Prints help information.
-Z flag
Unstable (nightly-only) flags to Cargo. Run cargo -Z
help for details.
EXIT STATUS¶
•0: Cargo succeeded.
•101: Cargo failed to complete.
EXAMPLES¶
1.Remove the entire target directory:
2.Remove only the release artifacts: