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Clear bundler caches on Windows

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Learn how to clear the bundler cache when using Yarn or npm with Expo CLI or React Native CLI on Windows.

Need to clear development caches on macOS or Linux? Find the relevant commands here.

There are a number of different caches associated with your project that can prevent your project from running as intended. Clearing a cache sometimes can help you work around issues related to stale or corrupt data and is often useful when troubleshooting and debugging.

Expo CLI and Yarn

Terminal
# With Yarn workspaces, you may need to delete node_modules in each workspace
- rm -rf node_modules

- yarn cache clean

- yarn

- watchman watch-del-all

- del %localappdata%Temphaste-map-*

- del %localappdata%Tempmetro-cache

- npx expo start --clear

Expo CLI and npm

Terminal
- rm -rf node_modules

- npm cache clean --force

- npm install

- watchman watch-del-all

- del %localappdata%Temphaste-map-*

- del %localappdata%Tempmetro-cache

- npx expo start --clear

React Native CLI and Yarn

Terminal
# With Yarn workspaces, you may need to delete node_modules in each workspace
- rm -rf node_modules

- yarn cache clean

- yarn

- watchman watch-del-all

- del %localappdata%Temphaste-map-*

- del %localappdata%Tempmetro-cache

- yarn start -- --reset-cache

React Native CLI and npm

Terminal
- rm -rf node_modules

- npm cache clean --force

- npm install

- watchman watch-del-all

- del %localappdata%Temphaste-map-*

- del %localappdata%Tempmetro-cache

- npm start -- --reset-cache

What these commands are doing

It is a good habit to understand commands you find on the internet before you run them. We explain each command below for Expo CLI, npm, and Yarn, but the corresponding commands React Native CLI have the same behavior.

CommandDescription
del node_modulesClear all of the dependencies of your project
yarn cache cleanClear the global Yarn cache
npm cache clean --forceClear the global npm cache
yarn/npm installReinstall all dependencies
watchman watch-del-allReset the watchman file watcher
del %localappdata%\Temp/<cache>Clear the given packager/bundler cache file or directory
npx expo start --clearRestart the development server and clear the JavaScript transformation caches