Java Utililty Methods File Path Delete

List of utility methods to do File Path Delete

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Description

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

Method

voiddeleteDir(File dir)
delete Dir 
for (File file : dir.listFiles()) {
    if (!file.delete()) {
        file.deleteOnExit();
if (!dir.delete()) {
    dir.deleteOnExit();
voiddeleteDir(File dir)
Delete the given dir and recursively delete all of its children. 
for (File f : dir.listFiles()) {
    if (f.isDirectory()) {
        deleteDir(f);
    } else {
        f.delete();
dir.delete();
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booleandeleteDir(File dir, boolean deleteRoot)
delete Dir 
if (dir.isDirectory()) {
    String[] children = dir.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        boolean success = deleteDir(new File(dir, children[i]), true);
        if (!success) {
            return false;
if (deleteRoot) {
    return dir.delete();
return true;
booleandeleteDir(File dir, boolean deleteSelf)
delete Dir 
if (dir.isDirectory()) {
    String[] children = dir.list();
    for (String child : children) {
        boolean success = deleteDir(new File(dir, child), true);
        if (!success) {
            return false;
if (deleteSelf) {
    return dir.delete();
} else {
    return true;
booleandeleteDir(File dir, int depth, boolean deleteRootDirectory)
Deletes all files and subdirectories under dir. 
int originalDepth = depth;
depth++;
if (dir.isDirectory()) {
    String[] children = dir.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        boolean success = deleteDir(new File(dir, children[i]), depth, deleteRootDirectory);
        if (!success) {
            return false;
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voiddeleteDir(File dir, String dirPath)
delete Dir 
if (dir.exists() || dir.isDirectory()) {
    String[] filesName = dir.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < filesName.length; i++) {
        String path = dirPath + File.separator + filesName[i];
        File fileToDelete = new File(path);
        if (dir.exists() && fileToDelete.isDirectory()) {
            deleteDir(fileToDelete, path);
        } else {
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booleandeleteDir(File directory)
Deletes the given directory. 
if (directory.isDirectory()) {
    File[] children = directory.listFiles();
    for (File file : children) {
        boolean success = deleteDir(file);
        if (!success) {
            return false;
return directory.delete();
voiddeleteDir(File directory)
delete Dir 
if (directory.exists()) {
    String[] children = directory.list();
    if (children != null) {
        for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
            deleteDir(new File(directory, children[i]));
directory.delete();
booleandeleteDir(File directory)
Delete the directory associated with the File as path if empty 
if (directory == null) {
    return true;
if (!directory.exists()) {
    return true;
if (!directory.isDirectory()) {
    return false;
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booleandeleteDir(File directory)
delete Dir 
boolean ok = true;
File[] children = directory.listFiles();
if (children != null) {
    for (File file : children) {
        if (!file.isDirectory()) {
            ok = ok && file.delete();
        } else {
            ok = ok && deleteDir(file);
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