python manage.py thumbnail cleanup
This cleans up the Key Value Store from stale cache. It removes references to images that do not exist and thumbnail references and their actual files for images that do not exist. It removes thumbnails for unknown images.
python manage.py thumbnail clear
This totally empties the Key Value Store from all keys that start with the :ref:THUMBNAIL_KEY_PREFIX. It does not delete any files. It is generally safe to run this if you do not reference the generated thumbnails by name somewhere else in your code. The Key Value store will update when you hit the template tags, and if the thumbnails still exist they will be used and not overwritten.