Java tutorial
import java.io.File; public class Utils { /** * Empty and delete a folder (and subfolders). * @param folder * folder to empty */ public static void rmdir(final File folder) { // check if folder file is a real folder if (folder.isDirectory()) { File[] list = folder.listFiles(); if (list != null) { for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) { File tmpF = list[i]; if (tmpF.isDirectory()) { rmdir(tmpF); } tmpF.delete(); } } if (!folder.delete()) { System.out.println("can't delete folder : " + folder); } } } }