Delete a file

Return	Method	Summary
boolean	delete()	Deletes the file or directory.
void	deleteOnExit()	Requests that the file or directory to be deleted when the virtual machine terminates.


import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    
    try {
      File tempFile = File.createTempFile("abc","txt",new File("c:\\"));
      tempFile.delete();
    } catch (IOException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

Use deleteOnExit method:


import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    
    try {
      File tempFile = File.createTempFile("abc","txt",new File("c:\\"));
      tempFile.deleteOnExit();
    } catch (IOException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

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