How to clear CMake cache in Clion?

Question

I am currently trying to swap static libraries in one of my projects which requires swapping find_package() commands for explicit links to static libraries. One of the probl

Answer 1

Starting with CLion 1.5 144.3143 (2016-01-20), you can clear the cmake cache without loosing the CLion indexes and without restarting (meaning: very fast, also on huge projects):

Tool | CMake | "Reset cache and reload project".

If that for some reasons is not enough, or if you have an older CLion, you can do the more radical:

File | "Invalidate Caches / Restart" 

and click on "Invalidate and restart".

EDITS

• 2016-01-20: add the faster method available with newer CLion.