git remove untracked files without deleting 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: remove folder from repo but keep locally

git rm -r --cached File-or-FolderName
git commit -m "Removed folder from repository"
git push origin master

Example 3: how to remove untracked files in git

git clean -f

Example 4: git remove remote file keep local

# for single file
git rm --cached myfile

# for directory file
git rm --cached --r myfile

Example 5: git abandon untracked files

git clean -i