Here you can find the source of deleteFolderRecursively(File folder)
public static void deleteFolderRecursively(File folder)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w. j a va 2 s. c o m*/ * Created by Angel Leon (@gubatron), Alden Torres (aldenml) * Copyright (c) 2011-2015, FrostWire(R). All rights reserved. * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.File; public class Main { public static void deleteFolderRecursively(File folder) { if (folder != null && folder.isDirectory() && folder.canWrite()) { //delete your contents and recursively delete sub-folders File[] listFiles = folder.listFiles(); if (listFiles != null) { for (File f : listFiles) { if (f.isFile()) { f.delete(); } else if (f.isDirectory()) { deleteFolderRecursively(f); } } folder.delete(); } } } }