deleting folder from java [duplicate]

Answer 1

You should delete the file in the folder first , then the folder.This way you will recursively call the method.

Answer 2

I have something like this :

public static boolean deleteDirectory(File directory) {
    if(directory.exists()){
        File[] files = directory.listFiles();
        if(null!=files){
            for(int i=0; i<files.length; i++) {
                if(files[i].isDirectory()) {
                    deleteDirectory(files[i]);
                }
                else {
                    files[i].delete();
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return(directory.delete());
}

Answer 3

I wrote a method for this sometime back. It deletes the specified directory and returns true if the directory deletion was successful.

/**
 * Delets a dir recursively deleting anything inside it.
 * @param dir The dir to delete
 * @return true if the dir was successfully deleted
 */
public static boolean deleteDirectory(File dir) {
    if(! dir.exists() || !dir.isDirectory())    {
        return false;
    }

    String[] files = dir.list();
    for(int i = 0, len = files.length; i < len; i++)    {
        File f = new File(dir, files[i]);
        if(f.isDirectory()) {
            deleteDirectory(f);
        }else   {
            f.delete();
        }
    }
    return dir.delete();
}

Answer 4

It will delete a folder recursively

public static void folderdel(String path){
    File f= new File(path);
    if(f.exists()){
        String[] list= f.list();
        if(list.length==0){
            if(f.delete()){
                System.out.println("folder deleted");
                return;
            }
        }
        else {
            for(int i=0; i<list.length ;i++){
                File f1= new File(path+"\\"+list[i]);
                if(f1.isFile()&& f1.exists()){
                    f1.delete();
                }
                if(f1.isDirectory()){
                    folderdel(""+f1);
                }
            }
            folderdel(path);
        }
    }
}

Answer 5

If you use Apache Commons IO it's a one-liner:

FileUtils.deleteDirectory(dir);

See FileUtils.deleteDirectory()

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Guava used to support similar functionality:

Files.deleteRecursively(dir);

This has been removed from Guava several releases ago.

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While the above version is very simple, it is also pretty dangerous, as it makes a lot of assumptions without telling you. So while it may be safe in most cases, I prefer the "official way" to do it (since Java 7):

public static void deleteFileOrFolder(final Path path) throws IOException {
  Files.walkFileTree(path, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>(){
    @Override public FileVisitResult visitFile(final Path file, final BasicFileAttributes attrs)
      throws IOException {
      Files.delete(file);
      return CONTINUE;
    }

    @Override public FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(final Path file, final IOException e) {
      return handleException(e);
    }

    private FileVisitResult handleException(final IOException e) {
      e.printStackTrace(); // replace with more robust error handling
      return TERMINATE;
    }

    @Override public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(final Path dir, final IOException e)
      throws IOException {
      if(e!=null)return handleException(e);
      Files.delete(dir);
      return CONTINUE;
    }
  });
};