Java tutorial
import java.io.File; public class DirectoryIO { /** * * recursivly delete directory * * @param directory */ public static boolean delete(File directory) { boolean result = false; if (directory.isDirectory()) { File[] files = directory.listFiles(); for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) { if (files[i].isDirectory()) { delete(files[i]); } files[i].delete(); } result = directory.delete(); } return result; } }