diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b1714c3..db94a53 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ Notes:
    (cupid-analysis) $ python -m ipykernel install --user --name=cupid-analysis
    ```
 
-Furthermore, to clear the `computed_notebooks` folder which was generated by the `cupid-diagnostics` and `cupid-webpage` commands, you can run the following command:
+Furthermore, to clean the `computed_notebooks` folder which was generated by the `cupid-diagnostics` and `cupid-webpage` commands, you can run the following command:
 
 ``` bash
-$ cupid-clear
+$ cupid-clean
 ```
 
-This will clear the `computed_notebooks` folder which is at the location pointed to by the `run_dir` variable in the `config.yml` file.
+This will clean the `computed_notebooks` folder which is at the location pointed to by the `run_dir` variable in the `config.yml` file.
 
 ### CUPiD Options
 
diff --git a/cupid/clear.py b/cupid/clean.py
similarity index 85%
rename from cupid/clear.py
rename to cupid/clean.py
index d46c236..036ba44 100755
--- a/cupid/clear.py
+++ b/cupid/clean.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 """
-This script provides functionality to clear the contents of the "computed_notebooks" folder
+This script provides functionality to clean the contents of the "computed_notebooks" folder
 at the location specified by the "run_dir" variable in the CONFIG_PATH.
 
-The main function `clear()` takes the path to the configuration file as input, reads the config file
+The main function `clean()` takes the path to the configuration file as input, reads the config file
 to obtain the "run_dir" variable, and then deletes the contents of the "computed_notebooks" folder
 at that location.
 
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ def read_config_file(config_path):
 @click.command()
 @click.argument("config_path", default="config.yml")
 # Entry point to this script
-def clear(config_path):
-    """Clears the contents of the "computed_notebooks" folder at the location
+def clean(config_path):
+    """Cleans the contents of the "computed_notebooks" folder at the location
     specified by the "run_dir" variable in the CONFIG_PATH.
 
     Args: CONFIG_PATH - The path to the configuration file.
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ def clear(config_path):
     run_dir = read_config_file(config_path)
     # Delete the "computed_notebooks" folder and all the contents inside of it
     shutil.rmtree(run_dir)
-    logger.info(f"All contents in {run_dir} have been cleared.")
+    logger.info(f"All contents in {run_dir} have been cleaned.")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    clear()
+    clean()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 82112af..581c463 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ documentation = "https://nbscuid.readthedocs.io"
 cupid-timeseries = "cupid.run_timeseries:run_timeseries"
 cupid-diagnostics = "cupid.run_diagnostics:run_diagnostics"
 cupid-webpage = "cupid.cupid_webpage:build"
-cupid-clear = "cupid.clear:clear"
+cupid-clean = "cupid.clean:clean"