How to Clear Maven Cache?

To clear the Maven cache, you can follow these steps:

1. Open the command line tool, like Command Prompt or PowerShell for Windows, or Terminal for Linux or macOS.
2. Navigate to the repository folder in the user profile directory on Windows by using the command “cd %USERPROFILE%\.m2\repository”.
3. Navigate to the repository folder in the home directory on Linux or macOS by using the command “cd ~/.m2/repository”.
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6. Delete the directory and all its contents in Windows with the command “rmdir /s /q.”
7. Linux/macOS: rm -rf
   Please be aware that this will delete the entire Maven local repository, including all downloaded dependencies.
8. If you only wish to clean up specific dependencies, you can navigate to the corresponding folder, locate the specific dependency, and delete it.
9. After cleaning, you can rerun the Maven command, which will automatically download the necessary dependencies again.

Please note that clearing the Maven cache may cause some dependencies to not work properly, so make sure to understand the impact of clearing the cache before proceeding and to back up important dependency files.