If you want to see which files will be deleted you can use the -n option before you run the actual command: git clean -nThen when you are comfortable (because it will delete the files for real!) use the -f option: git clean -fTo remove directories, run git clean -f -d or git clean -fd To remove ignored files, run git clean -f -X or git clean -fX To remove ignored and non-ignored files, run git clean -f -x or git clean -fx