Add "Clean all build files"

[mbo18]

Describe the enhancement

I’d like to see a "Clean all build files" button in the 3 dot menu under "Show discovered devices".
Why not also add a checkbox "Clean all build files after" on the "Update all" dialog?

Use cases

Even if build files are no more part of backups, it takes storage space and cleaning build files on every devices is painful

Visual examples

Anything else?

No response

[Spamfast]

When used from the HA add-on, it would be very useful if the dashboard had an option to purge all the toolchain, metadata (the JSON files I think) and build artefacts.

It is easy for the metadata shown in the dashboard to become obsolete if the keys in the YAML are changed subsequent to initial adoption or discovery of the file in the config directory.

Old toolchain stuff - platformio downloads and the like - accumulates when the add-in is upgraded and the esphome module switches to newer releases.

At present, the only way I've found to purge the cruft is to shut down the add-on, secure shell into my HAOS host OS, delete the dynamically created container files and then restart the add-on. This might be a little daunting to non-techies especially given the opaque filesystem names used.

[jesserockz]

While I'm not turning down your idea, simply uninstall and reinstall the add-on and they are all gone

[Spamfast]

A bit of a drastic solution having to delete the entire container and its image. I'll stick to ssh, thanks. :-)

[Spamfast]

Regarding the 'Build All' menu item, it would also be useful to have a 'clean all before build' option. :-)