What's the difference between `Eclipse/Project/Clean…` and `Eclipse/Project/Refresh (F5)`?

Question

What\'s the difference between

\"Eclipse/Project/Clean...\"

and

\"Eclipse/Project/Refresh (F5)\"

I often ha

Answer 1

Clean will clean all the compiled files from the selected projects. It will trigger a rebuild if Build Automatically (in the project menu) is enabled.

Refresh will reload the files in the project from the filesystem.

For your question, Clean will be the answer. Make sure that you have Build Automatically checked.