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How to Delete Files in Java

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Karl San Gabriel

Background This article demonstrates how to delete files in Java. Software Environment Windows 7 Professional SP1 Eclipse – Kepler Release Java 1.7 (1.7.0_67 – Windows x86) Delete It

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package com.turreta.io.file;
import java.io.File;

public class MyFileUtil {
	
	public static boolean deleteFile(String fileName) {
		File file = new File(fileName);
		
		/* Check if we are deleting a file and not a directory 
		 * which can be non-empty.
		 */		
		if(file.isFile()) {
			return file.delete();
		} else {
			// Log reason
			return false; 
		}
	}
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// File C:/Users/user123/Desktop/delete_me.txt needs to be existing
		boolean t = MyFileUtil.deleteFile("C:/Users/user123/Desktop/delete_me.txt");
		System.out.println(t ? "File deleted" : "File not deleted");
	}
}

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package com.turreta.io.file;

import java.io.File;

public class MyFileUtil {

public static boolean deleteFile(String fileName) {

File file = new File(fileName);

/* Check if we are deleting a file and not a directory

* which can be non-empty.

if(file.isFile()) {

return file.delete();

} else {

// Log reason

return false;

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

// File C:/Users/user123/Desktop/delete_me.txt needs to be existing

boolean t = MyFileUtil.deleteFile("C:/Users/user123/Desktop/delete_me.txt");

System.out.println(t ? "File deleted" : "File not deleted");

}

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