Java Utililty Methods Delete File Recursively

List of utility methods to do Delete File Recursively

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Method

voiddeleteRecursively(File file)
delete Recursively 
deleteRecursively(file, false);
booleandeleteRecursively(File file)
delete Recursively 
boolean success = true;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    success = deleteDirectoryContents(file);
return file.delete() && success;
voiddeleteRecursively(File file)
Delete the file recursively. 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    deleteDirectoryContents(file);
if (file.exists() && !file.delete()) {
    throw new IOException("Failed to delete " + file);
voiddeleteRecursively(File file)
delete Recursively 
if (file == null) {
    return;
if (file.isDirectory() && !isSymlink(file)) {
    IOException savedIOException = null;
    for (File child : listFilesSafely(file)) {
        try {
            deleteRecursively(child);
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voiddeleteRecursively(File file)
Delete a file/directory, recursively. 
if (file.exists()) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        File[] files = file.listFiles();
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; ++i) {
            deleteRecursively(files[i]);
    if (file.exists() && !file.delete()) {
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voiddeleteRecursively(File file)
delete Recursively 
if (file.exists()) {
    File[] files = file.listFiles();
    if (files != null) {
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
            deleteRecursively(files[i]);
    boolean deleted = file.delete();
...
booleandeleteRecursively(File file)
delete Recursively 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    boolean success = true;
    for (File child : file.listFiles()) {
        if (!deleteRecursively(child)) {
            success = false;
    if (success) {
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booleandeleteRecursively(File file)
Deletes the given file or directory. 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    boolean success = true;
    File[] children = file.listFiles();
    for (File child : children) {
        success &= deleteRecursively(child);
    return success && file.delete();
} else {
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voiddeleteRecursively(File file)
delete Recursively 
if (file == null || !file.exists() || !file.canRead() || !file.canWrite()) {
    return;
if (file.isDirectory() && file.canExecute()) {
    for (File f : file.listFiles()) {
        deleteRecursively(f);
file.delete();
voiddeleteRecursively(File file)
Recursively delete a file. 
File[] children;
File child;
if (file == null || !file.exists())
    return; 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    children = file.listFiles();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        child = children[i];
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