Laravel 5.4: how to delete a file stored in storage/app

Question

I want to delete a file that is stored in storage/app/myfolder/file.jpg. I have tried the following codes but none of this works:

use File    
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Answer 1

For example update customer profile image and remove old image

Stored file in database ($customer->image)

/storage/customers/mhPKW870zGFupAZLI5cwNLoHTAuguCQWoBrDXJCU.jpeg

Update method

if ($request->file('image')) {
  if ($customer->image) {
      // get filename
      $filename = str_replace('/storage/customers/', '', $customer->image);
      // remove old image
      unlink(storage_path('app/public/customers/'.$filename));
  }
  // add new image
  $path = Storage::putFile('public/customers', $request->file('image'));
  $url = Storage::url($path);

  $customer->image = $url;
}
       
$saveResult = $customer->save();