pip3-cache - description of pip3 cache command
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The pip developers
25.0 Jun 26, 2025 PIP3-CACHE(1)
Description
Inspect and manage pip's wheel cache.
Subcommands:
• dir: Show the cache directory.
• info: Show information about the cache.
• list: List filenames of packages stored in the cache.
• remove: Remove one or more package from the cache.
• purge: Remove all items from the cache.
<pattern> can be a glob expression or a package name.
Name
pip3-cache - description of pip3 cache command
Options
--format<list_format>
Select the output format among: human (default) or abspath
(environment variable: PIP_FORMAT)
Usage
python -m pip cache dir
python -m pip cache info
python -m pip cache list [<pattern>] [--format=[human, abspath]]
python -m pip cache remove <pattern>
python -m pip cache purge
