remove untracked files from git code example

Example 1: git remove untracked files

# Print out the list of files which will be removed (dry run)
git clean -n

# Interactive and you will get a quick overview of what is 
# going to be deleted offering you the possibility to include/exclude 
# the affected files
git clean -i

# To remove files, run
git clean -f

# To remove directories, run 
git clean -fd

# To remove ignored files, run 
git clean -fX

# To remove ignored and non-ignored files, run 
git clean -fx

Example 2: how to remove untracked files in git

git clean -f

Example 3: git remove untracked files

git clean -n

Example 4: reset untracked files

How to remove local untracked files from the current Git branch
To 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.