Clean a Project

If you want to trigger the Clean action, you have these alternatives:

Alternative 1

In the Project Explorer right-click on project name  Clean Project.

Alternative 2

Select the menu Project  Clean…​.

Alternative 3

Click to the drop-down arrow of the Active Project Action icon (build button) and select clean.

Default clean

The default cleaning mechanism, remove all the built output artifacts at the file extension base.

ide celan output default

Legacy clean

You can set up the legacy cleaning mechanism from the menu Windows  Preferences  HighTec Preferences  General by setting the Use legacy clean in managed-make projects option.

ide celan setup legacy

Compared to the default cleaning mechanism, the legacy clean remove all the build output artifacts based on the exact artifact name.

ide celan output legacy

NOTE: Even when the legacy clean option is supported, we recommend using the default cleaning mechanism as the legacy clean can generate too long command line, making a problem during the build.