Java Utililty Methods Delete Directory

List of utility methods to do Delete Directory

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Method

booleandeleteDirectory(File directory, boolean ignoreErrors)
delete Directory 
try {
    if (directory.exists() && directory.isDirectory()) {
        File files[] = directory.listFiles();
        for (File file : files) {
            if (file.isDirectory()) {
                deleteDirectory(file, true);
            } else {
                file.delete();
...
voiddeleteDirectory(File f)
Borra todos los ficheros contenidos en un directorio. 
File[] contents = f.listFiles();
for (int i = 0; i < contents.length; i++) {
    if (contents[i].isDirectory())
        deleteDirectory(contents[i]);
    contents[i].delete();
voiddeleteDirectory(File f)
Recursive delete method for deleting directories. 
if (f.isDirectory()) {
    for (File c : f.listFiles())
        deleteDirectory(c);
if (!f.delete()) {
    throw new FileNotFoundException("Failed to delete file: " + f);
voiddeleteDirectory(File f)
delete Directory 
if (f.isDirectory()) {
    for (File c : f.listFiles()) {
        deleteDirectory(c);
if (!f.delete())
    throw new FileNotFoundException("Failed to delete file: " + f);
booleandeleteDirectory(File f)
delete Directory 
if (f.exists() && f.isDirectory()) {
    File[] files = f.listFiles();
    if (null != files) {
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
            if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
                deleteDirectory(files[i]);
            } else {
                files[i].delete();
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voiddeleteDirectory(File file)
Delete a Directory. 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    if (file.list().length == 0) {
        file.setWritable(true);
        boolean b = file.delete();
        if (!b)
            throw new IOException(
                    "Directory cannot be deleted : " + file.getAbsolutePath() + "\nCheck permissions.");
    } else {
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booleandeleteDirectory(File file)
delete Directory 
if (file == null) {
    return false;
if (file.exists()) {
    for (final File f : file.listFiles()) {
        if (f.isDirectory()) {
            deleteDirectory(f);
            f.delete();
...
voiddeleteDirectory(File file)
delete Directory 
if (!file.exists()) {
    return;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    File[] fileList = file.listFiles();
    if (fileList != null) {
        for (File ff : fileList) {
            deleteDirectory(ff);
...
voiddeleteDirectory(File file)
Deletes the directory if the directory has no files. 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    if (file.list().length == 0) {
        file.delete();
    } else {
        String[] files = file.list();
        for (String temp : files) {
            File fileDelete = new File(file, temp);
            deleteDirectory(fileDelete);
...
voiddeleteDirectory(File file)
delete Directory 
try {
    File[] files = file.listFiles();
    if (files != null)
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
            deleteDirectory(files[i]);
} catch (Exception e) {
try {
    file.delete();
} catch (Exception e) {