cli-ref-locals.md

title	NuGet CLI locals command
description	Reference for the nuget.exe locals command
author	JonDouglas
ms.author	jodou
ms.date	03/19/2018
ms.topic	reference

locals command (NuGet CLI)

Applies to: package consumption • Supported versions: 3.3+

Clears or lists local NuGet resources such as the http-cache, global-packages folder, and the temp folder. The locals command can also be used to display a list of those locations. For more information, see Managing the global packages and cache folders.

Usage

nuget locals <folder> [options]

where <folder> is one of all, http-cache, packages-cache (3.5 and earlier), global-packages, temp (3.4+), and plugins-cache (4.8+).

Options

• -Clear

  Clears the specified folder.

• -ConfigFile

  The NuGet configuration file to apply. If not specified, %AppData%\NuGet\NuGet.Config (Windows), or ~/.nuget/NuGet/NuGet.Config or ~/.config/NuGet/NuGet.Config (Mac/Linux) is used.

• -ForceEnglishOutput

  (3.5+) Forces nuget.exe to run using an invariant, English-based culture.

• -?|-help

  Displays help information for the command.

• -List

  Lists the location of the specified folder, or the locations of all folders when used with all.

• -NonInteractive

  Suppresses prompts for user input or confirmations.

• -Verbosity [normal|quiet|detailed]

  Specifies the amount of detail displayed in the output: normal (the default), quiet, or detailed.

Also see Environment variables

Examples

nuget locals all -list
nuget locals http-cache -clear

For additional examples, see Managing the global packages and cache folders.