Android Utililty Methods Directory Delete

List of utility methods to do Directory Delete

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Description

The list of methods to do Directory Delete are organized into topic(s).

Method

voiddeleteContents(String directory)
delete all files (recursively) in a directory. 
File f = new File(directory);
if (!f.exists()) {
    return;
if (!f.isDirectory()) {
    throw new IOException(directory + " is not a vaid directory");
for (String s : f.list()) {
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voiddeleteDir(File pDirectory)
delete Dir 
if (pDirectory.exists()) {
    if (pDirectory.isDirectory()) {
        for (File lFile : pDirectory.listFiles()) {
            if (!lFile.equals(pDirectory.getParentFile())) {
                deleteDir(lFile);
    pDirectory.delete();
booleandeleteDir(String path)
Deletes a file or directory. 
return deleteDir(new File(path));
booleandeleteDirectory(File dir)
Deletes the directory and all of its subdirectories and files. 
if (dir.isDirectory()) {
    String[] children = dir.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        boolean success = deleteDirectory(new File(dir, children[i]));
        if (!success) {
            return false;
return dir.delete();
voiddeleteDirectory(File dir)
delete Directory 
if (!dir.exists())
    return;
File[] subs = dir.listFiles();
if (subs != null) {
    for (File f : dir.listFiles()) {
        if (f.isFile()) {
            if (!f.delete()) {
                throw new IllegalStateException(
...
voiddeleteDirectory(File directory)
delete Directory 
if (!directory.exists()) {
    return;
cleanDirectory(directory);
if (!directory.delete()) {
    String message = "Directory " + directory
            + " unable to be deleted.";
    throw new IOException(message);
...
voiddeleteDirectory(File directory)
Deletes a directory recursively. 
if (!directory.exists()) {
    return;
cleanDirectory(directory);
if (!directory.delete()) {
    String message = "Unable to delete directory " + directory
            + ".";
    throw new IOException(message);
...
booleandeleteDirectory(File path)
delete Directory 
if (path.exists()) {
    File[] files = path.listFiles();
    for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
        if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
            deleteDirectory(files[i]);
        } else {
            files[i].delete();
return path.delete();
booleandeleteDirectory(File path)
delete Directory 
if (path.exists()) {
    File[] files = path.listFiles();
    for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
        if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
            deleteDirectory(files[i]);
        } else {
            files[i].delete();
return (path.delete());
voiddeleteDirectory(File path)
Convenience function to delete a directory. 
if (!path.exists())
    return;
for (File file : path.listFiles()) {
    if (file.isDirectory())
        deleteDirectory(file);
    else if (!file.delete()) {
        throw new IOException(String.format(
                "Unable to delete file '%s'", file));
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