Java I/O How to - Delete the file or directory

Question

We would like to know how to delete the file or directory.

Answer

It won't delete directories that are not empty.

import java.io.File;
public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] a) {
    File file = new File("c:\\test\\test.txt");
    boolean success = file.delete();
    System.out.println(success);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.