Let’s learn how to delete a directory in java(Recursively).
How to delete a directory in java(Recursively)
In java to delete a directory use delete() method of java.io.File class.
delete() method deletes file or directory denoted by this abstract pathname.
If this pathname denotes a directory, then the directory must be empty in order to be deleted.

delete() method returns true if and only if the file or directory is successfully deleted; false otherwise.
Let’s learn to delete a directory using recursion or recursively.
import java.io.File; public class DeleteDirectoryRecursively { public static void main(String[] args) { String strFolder = "B:\New folder"; //delete folder recursively deleteRecursive(new File(strFolder)); } public static void deleteRecursive(File fl) { if(!fl.exists()) return; // if directory call recursively if(fl.isDirectory()) { for(File file : fl.listFiles()) { // recursive call deleteRecursive(file); } } // delete files and empty directory fl.delete(); System.out.println("Deleted file/directory: " + fl.getAbsolutePath()); } }
Output:
Deleted file/directory: B:\New folder\123.txt Deleted file/directory: B:\New folder\abc.txt Deleted file/directory: B:\New folder\New folder2\456.txt
Deleted file/directory: B:\New folder\New folder2\New folder3\bmw.txt
Deleted file/directory: B:\New folder\New folder2\New folder3\mno.txt
Deleted file/directory: B:\New folder\New folder2\New folder3\tvs.txt
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