Android Utililty Methods File Delete

List of utility methods to do File Delete

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Description

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

Method

booleandeleteFile(File file)
delete File 
if (file != null && file.exists()) {
    if (file.isFile()) {
        return file.delete();
    } else {
        for (File f : file.listFiles()) {
            deleteFile(f);
        return file.delete();
...
booleandeleteFile(File root)
delete File 
if (root.exists()) {
    if (root.isDirectory()) {
        File[] files = root.listFiles();
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++)
            deleteFile(files[i]);
    return root.delete();
return false;
booleandeleteFile(File spec)
Deletes a file or directory. 
return deleteDir(spec);
voiddeleteFile(String filePath)
delete File 
if (StringUtil.isEmpty(filePath)) {
    return;
File file = new File(filePath);
if (!file.exists()) {
    return;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
...
voiddeleteFile(String filePath)
delete File 
File file = new File(filePath);
deleteFile(file);
booleandeleteFile(String filename)
delete File 
File file = new File(filename);
if (file.isFile()) {
    return file.delete();
return false;
voiddeleteFile(String path)
Convenience function to delete a file. 
if (!new File(path).delete())
    throw new IOException(String.format(
            "Unable to delete file '%s'", path));
voiddeleteFile(String path)
delete File 
File file = new File(path);
if (!file.exists() || file.isFile())
    return;
if (file.isDirectory())
    deleteSubfiles(file.getAbsolutePath());
file.delete();
booleandeleteFile(String path)
Deletes a file or directory. 
return deleteDir(new File(path));
voiddeleteFile(String path)
delete File 
File file = new File(path);
deleteFile(file);