What are some pip commands to remove excess space stored by pip installation?

Question

Are there pip commands, if any, to remove excessive space caused by pip installations without affecting operations of existing packages?

I am using python 3.7

Answer 1

Cleaning up cache is not built in pip command. You have to clean the cache folder manually.

The default location for the cache directory depends on the Operating System:

Unix ~/.cache/pip and it respects the XDG_CACHE_HOME directory.

macOS ~/Library/Caches/pip.

Windows <CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA>\pip\Cache

For example,

# clean up cache on Linux
rm -rf ~/.cache/pip

References

• pip install: Caching