cargo-clean

Remove build artifacts from a Rust project

TLDR

Remove entire target directory

$ cargo clean

Remove release artifacts only

$ cargo clean --release

Remove documentation only

$ cargo clean --doc

Clean specific package

$ cargo clean -p [package]

Preview without deleting

$ cargo clean --dry-run

Clean specific profile

$ cargo clean --profile [dev]

Clean for specific target

$ cargo clean --target [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]

SYNOPSIS

cargo clean [options]

DESCRIPTION

cargo clean removes build artifacts generated by Cargo from the target directory. With no options, deletes the entire target directory.

PARAMETERS

--release

Remove artifacts in release directory

--profile name

Remove artifacts for specified profile

--doc

Remove only documentation directory

-p, --package spec

Clean only specified packages

--target triple

Clean for specified target architecture

--target-dir dir

Custom target directory path

--dry-run

Show what would be deleted without deleting

-v, --verbose

Display actual files to be deleted (with --dry-run)

ENVIRONMENT

CARGO_TARGET_DIR

Override target directory location

CAVEATS

Without package selection, cleans all packages and dependencies in workspace. The target directory can grow very large; regular cleaning frees significant disk space.