rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_cleanup.md

---
date: 2020-05-22T15:09:46+01:00
title: "rclone cleanup"
description: "Clean up the remote if possible"
slug: rclone_cleanup
url: /commands/rclone_cleanup/
# autogenerated - DO NOT EDIT, instead edit the source code in cmd/cleanup/ and as part of making a release run "make commanddocs"
---
# rclone cleanup

Clean up the remote if possible

## Synopsis


Clean up the remote if possible.  Empty the trash or delete old file
versions. Not supported by all remotes.


```
rclone cleanup remote:path [flags]
```

## Options

```
  -h, --help   help for cleanup
```

See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here.

## SEE ALSO

* [rclone](/commands/rclone/)	 - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.
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			`url: /commands/rclone_cleanup/`
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			`Clean up the remote if possible`

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			`Clean up the remote if possible. Empty the trash or delete old file`
			`versions. Not supported by all remotes.`


			```
Version v1.38 2017-09-30 13:19:47 +00:00			`rclone cleanup remote:path [flags]`
			```

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			```
			`-h, --help help for cleanup`
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docs: add a new page with global flags and link to it from the command docs In f544234 we removed the global flags from each command as it was making each page very big and causing 1000s of lines of duplication in the man page. This change adds a new flags page with all the global flags on and links each command page to it. Fixes #3273 2019-06-20 15:18:02 +00:00			`See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here.`

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Version v1.44 2018-10-15 10:03:08 +00:00			`* [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.`
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