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ClearSystemCache[]

clears internal system caches of stored results.

ClearSystemCache[type]

clears only caches of the specified type.

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ClearSystemCache

ClearSystemCache[]

clears internal system caches of stored results.

ClearSystemCache[type]

clears only caches of the specified type.

Details

  • ClearSystemCache can be useful in generating worst‐case timing results independent of previous computations.
  • In ClearSystemCache[type], possible values for type include:
  • "Numeric"clear only caches of numeric results
    "Symbolic"clear only caches of symbolic results

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

The second evaluation uses a cached value:

Clearing the cache will force recomputation:

Wolfram Research (2007), ClearSystemCache, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClearSystemCache.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), ClearSystemCache, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClearSystemCache.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "ClearSystemCache." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClearSystemCache.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). ClearSystemCache. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClearSystemCache.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_clearsystemcache, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ClearSystemCache}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClearSystemCache.html}", note=[Accessed: 14-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_clearsystemcache, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ClearSystemCache}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClearSystemCache.html}, note=[Accessed: 14-August-2025]}