Git - remove untracked files

In this short article we would like to show how to remove untracked files using Git in command line.

Run following command:

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git clean -fd

Where -fd means: clean files and directories.

Let's suppose we want to remove logs directory.

Simple steps:

1. check if some files are untracked
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   git status

   Output:

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   On branch master

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   Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

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   ​

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   Untracked files:

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     (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

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   ​

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       logs/

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   ​

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   nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
2. clean untracked files
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   git clean -fd

   Output:

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   Removing logs/
3. check if files were removed:
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   git status

   Output:

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   On branch master

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   Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

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   ​

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   nothing to commit, working tree clean