Java tutorial
import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.DirectoryNotEmptyException; import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Path p = Paths.get("C:\\Java_Dev\\test1.txt"); try { Files.delete(p); System.out.println(p + " deleted successfully."); } catch (NoSuchFileException e) { System.out.println(p + " does not exist."); } catch (DirectoryNotEmptyException e) { System.out.println("Directory " + p + " is not empty."); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }