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title How to Remove (Delete) all UNTRACKED Files in Git
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How to Remove (Delete) all UNTRACKED Files in Git

When you add files to a repository, and have no yet STAGED them (ie: run git add) they will be 'untracked'.

  1. Add a file named asdfasdf.md
  2. Run git status
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If you don't want to save the files, you can remove them using git clean

git clean -f .
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