dnf-clean

remove cached DNF repository data

TLDR

Remove cache files
$ dnf clean dbcache
Mark metadata as expired
$ dnf clean expire-cache
Remove repository metadata
$ dnf clean metadata
Remove cached packages
$ dnf clean packages
Clean all DNF cache
$ dnf clean all

SYNOPSIS

dnf clean type

DESCRIPTION

dnf clean removes temporary files cached by DNF for repositories. This includes metadata, packages, and database files.Useful for freeing disk space or forcing DNF to refresh metadata from repositories.

PARAMETERS

dbcache

Remove database cache files
expire-cache
Mark metadata as expired
metadata
Remove repository metadata
packages
Remove cached packages
all
Clean everything (all of the above)

CAVEATS

Cleaning cache means DNF must re-download metadata on next use. Cached packages are in /var/cache/dnf. "all" is the most thorough option.

SEE ALSO

dnf(8), yum(8)