Java Utililty Methods Delete File or Directory

List of utility methods to do Delete File or Directory

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Method

voiddeleteFileOrDir(File dir, int max)
delete File Or Dir 
File[] listFiles = dir.listFiles();
if (listFiles != null && max > 0) {
    for (File file : listFiles) {
        deleteFileOrDir(file, max - 1);
dir.delete();
voiddeleteFileOrDir(File fd)
Deletes the directory or file fd from the file system. 
boolean deleted = fd.delete();
if (!deleted) {
    String type = fd.isFile() ? "file" : "directory";
    throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to delete " + type + " '" + fd.getPath() + "'");
voiddeleteFileOrDir(File file)
Utility method used to delete the profile directory when run as a stand-alone application. 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    File[] childs = file.listFiles();
    for (File child : childs) {
        deleteFileOrDir(child);
file.delete();
voiddeleteFileOrDir(File file)
Utility method used to delete the profile directory when run as a stand-alone application. 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    for (File child : file.listFiles()) {
        deleteFileOrDir(child);
if (!file.delete()) {
    throw new IOException("Could not remove '" + file + "'!");
booleandeleteFileOrDir(File filehandle)
Returns true if all deletions were successful. 
if (filehandle.isDirectory()) {
    String[] children = filehandle.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        boolean success = deleteFileOrDir(new File(filehandle, children[i]));
        if (!success) {
            return false;
boolean isdel = filehandle.delete();
if (!isdel) {
    filehandle.deleteOnExit();
return isdel;
voiddeleteFileOrDir(File instanceFileOrDir)
delete File Or Dir 
if (instanceFileOrDir.isDirectory()) {
    deleteDirectory(instanceFileOrDir);
} else {
    if (!instanceFileOrDir.delete()) {
        throw new RuntimeException("BB Stoch model factory: Could not delete instance file "
                + instanceFileOrDir.getAbsolutePath());
booleandeleteFileOrDirectory(File dir)
delete a file or directory 
if (!dir.exists())
    return true;
if (dir.isFile())
    return dir.delete();
File fis[] = dir.listFiles();
for (int i = 0; i < fis.length; i++)
    deleteFileOrDirectory(fis[i]);
return dir.delete();
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voiddeleteFileOrDirectory(File file)
Delete a directory or file 
if (file.delete())
    System.out.println("Deleted : " + file.getAbsolutePath());
else
    System.out.println("Failed to delete : " + file.getAbsolutePath());
voiddeleteFileOrDirectory(File fileOrDirectory)
delete File Or Directory 
if (fileOrDirectory.isDirectory()) {
    for (File file : fileOrDirectory.listFiles())
        deleteFileOrDirectory(file);
if (!fileOrDirectory.delete()) {
    throw new IOException("Failed deleting " + fileOrDirectory);
voiddeleteFileOrDirectory(String fileName)
delete File Or Directory 
File file = new File(fileName);
if (file.exists()) {
    deleteFileOrDirectory(file);
throw new IllegalArgumentException("file:[" + fileName + "] not exists,please check it!");