Java Utililty Methods Delete Folder

List of utility methods to do Delete Folder

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Method

voiddeleteFolder(File folder)
This method recursively deletes a folder. 
File[] files = folder.listFiles();
for (File file : files) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        deleteFolder(file);
    file.delete();
if (!folder.delete()) {
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booleandeleteFolder(File folder)
delete Folder 
boolean result = false;
try {
    String childs[] = folder.list();
    if (childs == null || childs.length <= 0) {
        if (folder.delete()) {
            result = true;
    } else {
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voiddeleteFolder(File folder)
delete Folder 
if (!folder.exists())
    throw new IOException("" + folder + " doesn't exist.");
if (!folder.isDirectory())
    throw new IOException("" + folder + " is not a folder.");
for (File fileOrFolder : folder.listFiles()) {
    if (fileOrFolder.isDirectory()) {
        deleteFolder(fileOrFolder);
        fileOrFolder.delete();
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booleandeleteFolder(File folder)
delete Folder 
if (folder.exists()) {
    if (folder.isDirectory()) {
        File[] subFiles = folder.listFiles();
        for (File subFile : subFiles) {
            if (subFile.isFile()) {
                deleteFile(subFile);
            } else {
                deleteFolder(subFile);
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voiddeleteFolder(File folder)
Deletes a folder recursively. 
for (File f : folder.listFiles()) {
    if (f.isDirectory()) {
        deleteFolder(f);
    } else {
        f.delete();
voiddeleteFolder(final File folder)
delete Folder 
if (!folder.exists()) {
    return;
File[] files = folder.listFiles();
if (files != null) { 
    for (final File file : files) {
        deleteFolder(file);
if (!folder.delete()) {
    throw new IOException(String.format("Could not delete folder %s", folder));
booleandeleteFolder(final File folder)
Deletes a folder by individually deleting each file and subfolder folder. 
boolean success = false;
if (folder.isDirectory()) {
    for (final File file : folder.listFiles()) {
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            deleteFolder(file);
        } else {
            file.delete();
    success = folder.delete();
return success;
voiddeleteFolder(final String folder)
Delete folder. 
File folderPath = new File(folder);
try {
    final File[] filesList = folderPath.listFiles();
    for (final File file : filesList) {
        file.delete();
    folderPath.delete();
} catch (Exception e) {
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booleandeleteFolder(String folder)
Removes a directory and all sub-directories and files beneath it. 
return deleteFolder(new File(folder));
booleandeleteFolder(String folder)
Deletes a folder from the file system. 
File folder2Delete = new File(folder);
if (folder2Delete.exists()) {
    File[] files = folder2Delete.listFiles();
    for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
        if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
            deleteFolder(files[i].getPath());
        } else {
            files[i].delete();
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