Java Utililty Methods Delete File Recursively

List of utility methods to do Delete File Recursively

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Method

booleandeleteRecursively(File file)
delete Recursively 
boolean success = true;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    for (File f : file.listFiles()) {
        if (f.isDirectory()) {
            success = success && deleteRecursively(f);
        success = success && f.delete();
success = success && file.delete();
return success;
voiddeleteRecursively(File fileEntry)
Recursively deletes a directory or a file immediately. 
if (fileEntry.isDirectory()) {
    File[] listFiles = fileEntry.listFiles();
    for (File file : listFiles) {
        deleteRecursively(file);
if (!fileEntry.delete()) {
    fileEntry.deleteOnExit();
...
voiddeleteRecursively(File fileOrDir)
delete Recursively 
if (fileOrDir.isFile()) {
    deleteFile(fileOrDir);
} else if (fileOrDir.isDirectory()) {
    String[] names = fileOrDir.list();
    if (names != null) {
        for (String name : names) {
            deleteRecursively(new File(fileOrDir, name));
    if (!fileOrDir.delete()) {
        throw new IOException("Could not delete dir: " + fileOrDir);
} else {
    throw new IOException("Neither file nor dir: " + fileOrDir);
voiddeleteRecursively(File fileOrDir)
delete Recursively 
if (fileOrDir.isDirectory())
    for (File f : fileOrDir.listFiles())
        deleteRecursively(f);
fileOrDir.delete();
booleandeleteRecursively(File fileToDelete)
Delete a directory recursively 
boolean retval = true;
if (fileToDelete.isDirectory()) {
    for (File fileInDir : fileToDelete.listFiles()) {
        retval &= deleteRecursively(fileInDir);
retval &= fileToDelete.delete();
return retval;
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voiddeleteRecursively(File fRoot)
Deletes all files and directories under the given directory. 
if (fRoot == null) {
    throw new NullPointerException("Root folder is null.");
if (fRoot.isFile()) {
    if (!fRoot.delete()) {
        throw new IOException("Unable to delete file '" + fRoot.getAbsolutePath() + "'");
    return;
...
voiddeleteRecursively(File name)
delete Recursively 
if (name.isDirectory()) {
    File[] subdirs = name.listFiles(new FileFilter() {
        @Override
        public boolean accept(File pathname) {
            return pathname.isDirectory();
    });
    for (int i = 0; i < subdirs.length; ++i) {
...
booleandeleteRecursively(File root)
Delete the supplied File - for directories, recursively delete any nested directories or files as well. 
if (root != null && root.exists()) {
    if (root.isDirectory()) {
        File[] children = root.listFiles();
        if (children != null) {
            for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
                deleteRecursively(children[i]);
    return root.delete();
return false;
booleandeleteRecursively(File root)
Delete the supplied File - for directories, recursively delete any nested directories or files as well. 
if (root.exists()) {
    if (root.isDirectory()) {
        File[] children = root.listFiles();
        for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
            deleteRecursively(children[i]);
    return root.delete();
...
booleandeleteRecursively(File root, boolean deleteRoot)
Delete the supplied java.io.File - for directories, recursively delete any nested directories or files as well. 
if (root != null && root.exists()) {
    if (root.isDirectory()) {
        File[] children = root.listFiles();
        if (children != null) {
            for (File aChildren : children) {
                deleteRecursively(aChildren);
    if (deleteRoot) {
        return root.delete();
    } else {
        return true;
return false;