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Eclipse -clean

August 25th, 2008
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Here is a small tip for eclipse users: running eclipse with -clean option once in a while can improve its startup time.

The clean option removes any cached data stored by eclipse runtime and forces cache reinitialization.

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  1. N.
    December 1st, 2009 at 08:57 | #1
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    What is the exact process for doing this please?

  2. Jeremy Goodell
    February 16th, 2010 at 11:30 | #2
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    The exact process is to bring up a command window, cd to the eclipse installation directory and type:
    eclipse -clean

  3. Balaji
    February 16th, 2010 at 11:35 | #3
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    Thanks for sharing Jeremy!

    I have a desktop shortcut on my Windows machine for myeclipse installation and I just append the -clean option to it:

    “C:\Program Files\MyEclipse 6.6\eclipse\eclipse.exe” -clean

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