# `mix nerves.clean`
[🔗](https://github.com/nerves-project/nerves/blob/v1.14.1/lib/mix/tasks/nerves.clean.ex#L5)

Cleans dependencies and build artifacts

Since this is a destructive action, cleaning of dependencies
only occurs when one of the following are specified:

  * `dep1 dep2` - the names of Nerves dependencies to be cleaned, separated by spaces
  * `--all` - cleans all Nerves dependencies

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*Consult [api-reference.md](api-reference.md) for complete listing*