diff --git a/modelscope/cli/clearcache.py b/modelscope/cli/clearcache.py
index dcd3d1df..0713db94 100644
--- a/modelscope/cli/clearcache.py
+++ b/modelscope/cli/clearcache.py
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
-from pathlib import Path
 
 from modelscope.cli.base import CLICommand
 from modelscope.hub.constants import TEMPORARY_FOLDER_NAME
 from modelscope.hub.utils.utils import get_model_masked_directory
+from modelscope.utils.file_utils import (get_dataset_cache_root,
+                                         get_model_cache_root,
+                                         get_modelscope_cache_dir)
 
 
 def subparser_func(args):
@@ -20,9 +22,7 @@ class ClearCacheCMD(CLICommand):
 
     def __init__(self, args):
         self.args = args
-        self.cache_dir = os.getenv(
-            'MODELSCOPE_CACHE',
-            Path.home().joinpath('.cache', 'modelscope'))
+        self.cache_dir = get_modelscope_cache_dir()
 
     @staticmethod
     def define_args(parsers: ArgumentParser):
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ class ClearCacheCMD(CLICommand):
                 self._remove_directory(self.cache_dir)
                 print('Cache cleared.')
             else:
-                entity_directory = os.path.join(
-                    self.cache_dir, 'hub' if single_model else 'datasets', id)
-                temp_directory = os.path.join(
-                    self.cache_dir, 'hub' if single_model else 'datasets',
-                    TEMPORARY_FOLDER_NAME, id)
+                entity_root = get_model_cache_root(
+                ) if single_model else get_dataset_cache_root()
+                entity_directory = os.path.join(entity_root, id)
+                temp_directory = os.path.join(entity_root,
+                                              TEMPORARY_FOLDER_NAME, id)
                 entity_removed = self._remove_directory(entity_directory)
                 temp_removed = self._remove_directory(temp_directory)
                 if (not entity_removed) and (not temp_removed):
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_scancache_cmd.py b/tests/cli/test_scancache_cmd.py
index a5c409b6..bde80db8 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_scancache_cmd.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_scancache_cmd.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import tempfile
 import unittest
+from argparse import Namespace
+from unittest import mock
 
+from modelscope.hub.constants import TEMPORARY_FOLDER_NAME
 from modelscope.utils.file_utils import get_modelscope_cache_dir
 
 
@@ -36,5 +40,47 @@ class TestScanCacheCommand(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn('not found', output)
 
 
+class TestClearCacheCommand(unittest.TestCase):
+    """clear-cache must resolve the right cache root in both scenarios:
+      * MODELSCOPE_CACHE set   -> $MODELSCOPE_CACHE/{models,datasets}/<id>
+      * MODELSCOPE_CACHE unset -> ~/.cache/modelscope/hub/{models,datasets}/<id>
+    """
+
+    def _clear_and_assert(self, root, kind, entity_id):
+        from modelscope.cli.clearcache import ClearCacheCMD
+        sub = {'model': 'models', 'dataset': 'datasets'}[kind]
+        entity_dir = os.path.join(root, sub, entity_id)
+        temp_dir = os.path.join(root, sub, TEMPORARY_FOLDER_NAME, entity_id)
+        os.makedirs(entity_dir)
+        os.makedirs(temp_dir)
+        args = Namespace(
+            model=entity_id if kind == 'model' else None,
+            dataset=entity_id if kind == 'dataset' else None)
+        with mock.patch('builtins.input', return_value='Y'):
+            ClearCacheCMD(args).execute()
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(entity_dir))
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(temp_dir))
+
+    def test_env_cache(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp, \
+                mock.patch.dict(os.environ,
+                                {'MODELSCOPE_CACHE': tmp}, clear=False):
+            for kind in ('model', 'dataset'):
+                with self.subTest(kind=kind):
+                    self._clear_and_assert(tmp, kind, f'org/{kind}')
+
+    def test_default_cache(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            env = {
+                k: v
+                for k, v in os.environ.items() if k != 'MODELSCOPE_CACHE'
+            }
+            env['HOME'] = tmp
+            with mock.patch.dict(os.environ, env, clear=True):
+                self._clear_and_assert(
+                    os.path.join(tmp, '.cache', 'modelscope', 'hub'), 'model',
+                    'org/repo')
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()