---
title: Clearing bundler caches on macOS and Linux
---

> Need to clear development caches on Windows? [Find the relevant commands here.](clear-cache-windows.mdx)

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.

To clear the various caches, run:

### Expo CLI and Yarn

```sh
rm -rf node_modules # With Yarn workspaces, you may need to
                    # delete node_modules in each workspace
yarn cache clean
yarn
watchman watch-del-all
rm -fr $TMPDIR/haste-map-*
rm -rf $TMPDIR/metro-cache
expo start --clear
```

### Expo CLI and npm

```sh
rm -rf node_modules
npm cache clean --force
npm install
watchman watch-del-all
rm -fr $TMPDIR/haste-map-*
rm -rf $TMPDIR/metro-cache
expo start --clear
```

### React Native CLI and Yarn

```sh
rm -rf node_modules # With Yarn workspaces, you may need to
                    # delete node_modules in each workspace
yarn cache clean
yarn
watchman watch-del-all
rm -fr $TMPDIR/haste-map-*
rm -rf $TMPDIR/metro-cache
yarn start -- --reset-cache
```

### React Native CLI and npm

```sh
rm -rf node_modules
npm cache clean --force
npm install
watchman watch-del-all
rm -fr $TMPDIR/haste-map-*
rm -rf $TMPDIR/metro-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.

| Command                   | Description                                                                                           |
| ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `rm -rf node_modules`     | Clear all of the dependencies of your project                                                         |
| `yarn cache clean`        | Clear the global Yarn cache                                                                           |
| `npm cache clean --force` | Clear the global npm cache                                                                            |
| `yarn`/`npm install`      | Reinstall all dependencies                                                                            |
| `watchman watch-del-all`  | Reset the `watchman` file watcher                                                                     |
| `rm -rf $TMPDIR/<cache>`  | Clear the given packager/bundler cache file or directory                                              |
| `expo start --clear`      | Restart the development server and instruct the bundlers (e.g., webpack, Metro) to clear their caches |
