Java Utililty Methods Delete File

List of utility methods to do Delete File

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Method

voiddeleteFile(File source)
delete File 
if (source.exists()) {
    source.delete();
booleandeleteFile(final File f, final int attempts, final long sleepTime)
delete File 
int retries = attempts;
while (retries > 0) {
    if (f.delete()) {
        break;
    retries--;
    try {
        Thread.sleep(sleepTime);
...
booleandeleteFile(final File file)
delete file or directory 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    final File[] children = file.listFiles();
    for (File child : children) {
        if (!deleteFile(child)) {
            return false;
return file.delete();
voiddeleteFile(final File file)
Opens a thread to delete the specified file. 
new Thread(new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        while (file.exists()) {
            file.delete();
            try {
                Thread.sleep(100);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
...
booleandeleteFile(final File file)
Deletes the specified file. 
try {
    return file.delete();
} catch (final Exception ex) {
    ex.printStackTrace();
    return false;
booleandeleteFile(final File file)
deletes recursevelly a directory 
if (file == null) {
    throw new NullPointerException("file");
boolean status = true;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    for (File child : file.listFiles()) {
        status = status && deleteFile(child);
return status && file.delete();
booleandeleteFile(final String dirname)
delete File 
final File f = new File(dirname);
if (f.exists()) {
    return deleteR(f);
return false;
booleandeleteFile(Object fileObj)
Deletes a file from the file system. 
if (fileObj instanceof File) {
    return deleteFile((File) fileObj);
return false;
voiddeleteFile(String archiveFilename)
delete File 
try {
    new File(archiveFilename).delete();
} catch (Exception ex) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Cannot remove file: " + archiveFilename, ex);
voiddeleteFile(String dest)
delete File 
deleteFile(new File(dest));