Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* SoftVolume.java Copyright (C) 2011 Belledonne Communications, Grenoble, France This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */ import java.io.File; public class Main { public static void recursiveFileRemoval(File root) { if (!root.delete()) { if (root.isDirectory()) { File[] files = root.listFiles(); if (files != null) { for (File f : files) { recursiveFileRemoval(f); } } } } } }