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claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix Feature request: Add CLI commands for listing and deleting sessions [1 comments, 2 participants]

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anthropics/claude-code#46928•Fetched 2026-04-12 13:29:28
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claude sessions list                # List past sessions (with dates, project, summary)
claude sessions delete <session-id> # Delete a specific session
claude sessions clear               # Delete all sessions (with confirmation)
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Problem

Currently there's no built-in CLI command to list or delete past sessions. claude --resume / claude -r opens an interactive picker to resume sessions, but there's no way to:

  • List sessions non-interactively (e.g., for scripting)
  • Delete specific sessions
  • Clean up old sessions

Users must manually find and remove .jsonl files from ~/.claude/projects/<project>/, which requires knowing the internal storage path and structure.

Proposed Solution

Add session management subcommands, for example:

claude sessions list                # List past sessions (with dates, project, summary)
claude sessions delete <session-id> # Delete a specific session
claude sessions clear               # Delete all sessions (with confirmation)

Why

Session files accumulate over time and there's no ergonomic way to manage them. This would complement the existing --resume and --continue flags with full lifecycle management.

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TL;DR

Implementing session management subcommands, such as claude sessions list, claude sessions delete, and claude sessions clear, would provide a solution to manage past sessions.

Guidance

  • Consider adding a claude sessions subcommand with options to list, delete, and clear sessions to provide a user-friendly way to manage session files.
  • To list sessions non-interactively, the claude sessions list command could parse the .jsonl files in ~/.claude/projects/<project>/ and display relevant information.
  • To delete specific sessions, the claude sessions delete <session-id> command could take a session ID as an argument and remove the corresponding .jsonl file.
  • To clean up old sessions, the claude sessions clear command could delete all .jsonl files in ~/.claude/projects/<project>/, possibly with a confirmation prompt.

Example

# Example usage of the proposed session management subcommands
claude sessions list
claude sessions delete <session-id>
claude sessions clear

Notes

The implementation details of the session management subcommands would depend on the internal structure and storage of the session files.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Implement the proposed session management subcommands to provide a user-friendly way to manage past sessions. This would address the current limitations and provide a more ergonomic way to list, delete, and clean up session files.

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