.. _man_datalad-clean:

datalad clean
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Synopsis
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::

  datalad clean [-h] [-d DATASET] [--what [{cached-archives,annex-tmp,annex-transfer,search-index} ...]] [-r] [-R LEVELS]


Description
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Clean up after DataLad (possible temporary files etc.)

Removes extracted temporary archives, etc.

Examples:

  $ datalad clean


Options
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**-h**, **-\\-help**, **-\\-help-np**
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show this help message. --help-np forcefully disables the use of a pager for displaying the help message

**-d** *DATASET*, **-\\-dataset** *DATASET*
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specify the dataset to perform the clean operation on. If no dataset is given, an attempt is made to identify the dataset in current working directory. Constraints: Value must be a Dataset or a valid identifier of a Dataset (e.g. a path)

**-\\-what** [{cached-archives,annex-tmp,annex-transfer,search-index} ...]
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What to clean. If none specified -- all known targets are cleaned.

**-r**, **-\\-recursive**
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if set, recurse into potential subdataset.

**-R** LEVELS, **-\\-recursion-limit** LEVELS
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limit recursion into subdataset to the given number of levels. Constraints: value must be convertible to type 'int'

Authors
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datalad is developed by The DataLad Team and Contributors <team@datalad.org>.
