Java Utililty Methods Recursive Delete

List of utility methods to do Recursive Delete

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Description

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

Method

voidrecursiveDelete(File f)
Recursively delete files starting with the one that is given. 
if (f == null)
    return;
if (!f.exists())
    return;
File parent = f.getParentFile();
if (parent == null) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot delete a root directory");
File moveTo = new File(parent, "rdelete" + System.currentTimeMillis());
boolean moved = f.renameTo(moveTo);
if (moved == true)
    f = moveTo;
simpleRecursiveDelete(f);
voidrecursiveDelete(File f)
Recursive delete 
if (f != null && f.exists()) {
    File[] files = f.listFiles();
    if (files != null) {
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
            if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
                recursiveDelete(files[i]);
            } else {
                if (!files[i].delete())
...
booleanrecursiveDelete(File file)
recursive Delete 
boolean status = true;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    File[] files = file.listFiles();
    for (File f : files) {
        if (!f.getName().equals(".") && !f.getName().equals("..")) {
            status = status && recursiveDelete(f);
return status && file.delete();
voidrecursiveDelete(File file)
Delete Folder with Sub-files 
if (!file.exists()) {
    return;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    for (File f : file.listFiles()) {
        recursiveDelete(f);
file.delete();
voidrecursiveDelete(File file)
Recursively delete the contents of a directory or just delete a file 
if (!file.exists())
    return;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    File[] contents = file.listFiles();
    for (int i = 0; i < contents.length; i++)
        recursiveDelete(contents[i]);
try {
...
booleanrecursiveDelete(File file)
recursive Delete 
boolean success = true;
if (file != null && file.exists()) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        File[] files = file.listFiles();
        if (files != null) {
            for (File child : files) {
                recursiveDelete(child);
    success = file.delete();
return success;
booleanrecursiveDelete(File file)
Attempt to recursively delete the specified file or folder. 
if (file != null && file.exists()) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        for (File child : file.listFiles()) {
            if (!recursiveDelete(child)) {
                return false;
    return file.delete();
} else {
    return true;
voidrecursiveDelete(File file)
recursive Delete 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    if (file.list().length == 0) {
        file.delete();
    } else {
        String files[] = file.list();
        for (String f : files) {
            File fileToDel = new File(file, f);
            recursiveDelete(fileToDel);
...
booleanrecursiveDelete(File file)
recursive Delete 
Deque<File> toDelete = new ArrayDeque<>();
toDelete.push(file);
while (!toDelete.isEmpty()) {
    File target = toDelete.pop();
    File[] contents = target.listFiles();
    if (contents == null || contents.length == 0) {
        if (target.exists() && !target.delete()) {
            return false;
...
voidrecursiveDelete(File file)
recursive Delete 
if (file == null) {
    return;
File[] files = file.listFiles();
if (files != null) {
    for (File each : files) {
        recursiveDelete(each);
if (!file.delete()) {
    throw new IOException("Failed to remove " + file);