git clean

Remove untracked files from the working tree.

More information.

• Delete files that are not tracked by Git:

git clean

• Interactively delete files that are not tracked by Git:

git clean -i

• Show what files would be deleted without actually deleting them:

git clean --dry-run

• Forcefully delete files that are not tracked by Git:

git clean -f

• Forcefully delete directories that are not tracked by Git:

git clean -fd

• Delete untracked files, including ignored files in `.gitignore` and `.git/info/exclude`:

git clean -x

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