---
title: "Gradle cache · MacMelon"
description: "Gradle stores dependencies and build artifacts in a user-level cache, often ~/.gradle/caches. Disk Housekeeper Smart Clean can include it."
url: "https://macmelon.com/glossary/gradle-cache"
---

# Gradle cache

Gradle's user-level store of dependencies and build outputs.

Gradle downloads dependencies once and reuses them from a cache in the user home, commonly ~/.gradle/caches, unless the installation is configured otherwise. The cache can grow across every Android or Java project on the machine. Deleting it forces a fresh resolve.

Smart Clean in [Disk Housekeeper](https://macmelon.com/apps/disk-housekeeper) includes Gradle caches among developer caches. Preview the path so you are not removing a directory you customized for a reason. The next build needs network if the artifacts are gone. See [Clean npm, Gradle, and Cargo caches](https://macmelon.com/use-cases/clean-developer-caches).

## Apps

[Make room for what matters. Clear clutter with confidence. ### Disk Housekeeper](https://macmelon.com/apps/disk-housekeeper)

## Related guides

[### How to clean developer files on macOS](https://macmelon.com/guides/how-to-clean-developer-files-on-macos)

## Related use cases

[### Clean npm, Gradle, and Cargo caches](https://macmelon.com/use-cases/clean-developer-caches)

## Related terms

[Files a developer tool keeps so the next build or install can skip a download or a compile. ### Developer cache](https://macmelon.com/glossary/developer-cache)[Cargo's local copy of downloaded crates and related git checkouts. ### Cargo cache](https://macmelon.com/glossary/cargo-cache)[npm's on-disk store of package tarballs, reused by later installs. ### npm cache](https://macmelon.com/glossary/npm-cache)