deleting folder from java [duplicate]

Solution 1:

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

FileUtils.deleteDirectory(dir);

See FileUtils.deleteDirectory()

Guava used to support similar functionality:

Files.deleteRecursively(dir);

This has been removed from Guava several releases ago.

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;
    }
  });
};

Solution 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());
}

Solution 3:

Try this:

public static boolean deleteDir(File dir) 
{ 
  if (dir.isDirectory()) 
  { 
    String[] children = dir.list(); 
    for (int i=0; i<children.length; i++)
      return deleteDir(new File(dir, children[i])); 
  }  
  // The directory is now empty or this is a file so delete it 
  return dir.delete(); 
}