Java IO Tutorial - Java Files.delete(Path path)

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Syntax

Files.delete(Path path) has the following syntax.

public static void delete(Path path)   throws IOException

Example

In the following code shows how to use Files.delete(Path path) method.

//  ww w. j  a  va 2s .  c o m

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.FileSystems;


public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Path path = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("C:/tutorial/photos", "Demo.jpg");

        //delete the  file
        try {
            Files.delete(path);
        } catch (IOException | SecurityException e) {
            System.err.println(e);
        }


    }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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