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+---
+title: deploy:cleanup
+group: Deploy tasks
+brief: Clean up old releases.
+---
+
+Clean up old releases. By default, the last 5 releases are kept on
+each server (though you can change this with the keep_releases setting).
+All other deployed revisions are removed from the servers.
+
+    $ mina deploy:cleanup
+    -----> Cleaning up old releases (keeping 5)
+
+This may be invoked in the command line or as a subtask.
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