我同意外部构建是最好的答案。但是当你必须在源代码内构建的时候，我写了一个Python脚本，可以在这里使用，它:

运行“make clean” 在顶级目录中删除特定的cmake生成的文件，例如CMakeCache.txt 对于每个包含CMakeFiles目录的子目录，它会删除CMakeFiles, Makefile, cmake_install.cmake。 删除所有空子目录。

简单地发布rm CMakeCache.txt也适用于我。

也许它有点过时，但由于这是你谷歌cmake clean时的第一个热门，我将添加这个:

因为您可以使用指定的目标在生成目录中启动生成

Cmake——构建。——目标xyz

你当然可以跑

Cmake——构建。——目标清洁

在生成的构建文件中运行干净目标。

这是一个非常旧的文件夹，但是如果你完全删除了cmake-build-debug文件夹，当你使用cmake编译时，它会自动创建一个新的cmake-build-debug文件夹，里面有你需要的所有东西。尤其适用于CLion。

我用zsxwing的答案成功解决了以下问题:

我有在多个主机上构建的源代码(在Raspberry Pi Linux板上，在VMware Linux虚拟机上，等等)。

我有一个Bash脚本，根据机器的主机名创建临时目录，就像这样:

# Get hostname to use as part of directory names
HOST_NAME=`uname -n`

# Create a temporary directory for cmake files so they don't
# end up all mixed up with the source.

TMP_DIR="cmake.tmp.$HOSTNAME"

if [ ! -e $TMP_DIR ] ; then
  echo "Creating directory for cmake tmp files : $TMP_DIR"
  mkdir $TMP_DIR
else
  echo "Reusing cmake tmp dir : $TMP_DIR"
fi

# Create makefiles with CMake
#
# Note: switch to the temporary dir and build parent 
#       which is a way of making cmake tmp files stay
#       out of the way.
#
# Note 2: to clean up cmake files, it is OK to
#        "rm -rf" the temporary directories

echo
echo Creating Makefiles with cmake ...

cd $TMP_DIR

cmake ..

# Run makefile (in temporary directory)

echo
echo Starting build ...

make

CMake官方常见问题解答说明:

Some build trees created with GNU autotools have a "make distclean" target that cleans the build and also removes Makefiles and other parts of the generated build system. CMake does not generate a "make distclean" target because CMakeLists.txt files can run scripts and arbitrary commands; CMake has no way of tracking exactly which files are generated as part of running CMake. Providing a distclean target would give users the false impression that it would work as expected. (CMake does generate a "make clean" target to remove files generated by the compiler and linker.) A "make distclean" target is only necessary if the user performs an in-source build. CMake supports in-source builds, but we strongly encourage users to adopt the notion of an out-of-source build. Using a build tree that is separate from the source tree will prevent CMake from generating any files in the source tree. Because CMake does not change the source tree, there is no need for a distclean target. One can start a fresh build by deleting the build tree or creating a separate build tree.