Resolving Flutter Clean Hang on macOS

Resolving Flutter Clean Hang on macOS | Generated by AI

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Ah, I see what you mean 👍
Sometimes flutter clean can appear to “hang” on macOS — especially if there are a lot of generated files, or if Xcode’s DerivedData folders are huge.

✅ Try These Steps

Cancel the stuck command Hit CTRL + C.

Clean manually (same effect as flutter clean)
You can delete these build/cache folders yourself:

rm -rf build/ .dart_tool/ ios/Pods ios/Podfile.lock ios/Flutter/Flutter.framework ios/Flutter/Flutter.podspec

If you also want Xcode’s cache gone:

rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData

Re-get dependencies
```
flutter pub get
```
Reinstall CocoaPods (for iOS)
```
cd ios
pod install --repo-update
cd ..
```
Build/run again
```
flutter run
```

⚡ Tip: The first time after cleaning may take a little longer (since Flutter needs to regenerate .dart_tool, .pub-cache, iOS Pods, etc.), but it should not stay frozen forever. If you keep seeing it “stuck”, it might be related to:

Outdated Flutter SDK → Run flutter upgrade
Outdated CocoaPods → Run sudo gem install cocoapods
Rosetta / M1 chip issues: If you’re on Apple Silicon, sometimes you need to run arch -x86_64 pod install inside the ios folder, depending on your setup.

👉 Do you want me to give you a one-liner script that wipes build caches and resets Pods (basically a “super clean”) so you don’t have to debug flutter clean being stuck?

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