How to Clear the Yum Cache

This guide explains how to clear the yum cache. When a package is downloaded, installed, and then removed, it might still be stored in the yum cache.

Let us find out how to clear the yum cache:

1. To clean all cached packages from the enabled repository cache directory, log in as root and execute the following command:

   yum clean packages

2. To completely purge old package information, use:

   yum clean headers

3. To clean any cached XML metadata from enabled repositories, execute:

   yum clean metadata

4. If you want to clean all cached files from any enabled repository at once, execute:

   yum clean all

This way, you can clear the yum cache. Was not is helpful? If you encounter any issues with this, please get in touch with our support team.

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