Java Utililty Methods File Path Delete

List of utility methods to do File Path Delete

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Description

The list of methods to do File Path Delete are organized into topic(s).

Method

voiddeleteDir(File directory, boolean removeAll)
delete Dir 
if (directory == null || !directory.isDirectory()) {
    return;
for (File file : directory.listFiles()) {
    if (file.isDirectory() && removeAll) {
        deleteDir(file, removeAll);
    } else {
        file.delete();
...
booleandeleteDir(File dirFile)
delete Dir 
if (!dirFile.exists()) {
    return false;
if (dirFile.isFile()) {
    return dirFile.delete();
} else {
    File[] files = dirFile.listFiles();
    if (files == null || files.length == 0) {
...
booleandeleteDir(File dirPath)
delete Dir 
boolean isOk = true;
if (dirPath.isDirectory()) {
    try {
        deleteDirs(dirPath);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        isOk = false;
return isOk;
voiddeleteDir(File f)
delete Dir 
File[] subs = f.listFiles();
for (int i = 0; i < subs.length; i++) {
    File sub = subs[i];
    if (sub.isDirectory()) {
        deleteDir(sub);
    } else {
        sub.delete();
f.delete();
booleandeleteDir(File f)
delete Dir 
if (f.isDirectory()) {
    boolean res = true;
    for (File child : f.listFiles()) {
        res = deleteDir(child) && res;
    res = f.delete() && res;
    return res;
} else {
...
booleandeleteDir(File f)
delete Dir 
if (f.isDirectory()) {
    String[] children = f.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        boolean success = deleteDir(new File(f, children[i]));
        if (!success) {
            System.err.println("warning: failed to delete file " + f);
            return false;
return f.delete();
booleandeleteDir(File fDir)
Deletes all files and sub directories under the specified directory including the specified directory 
boolean bRetval = false;
if (fDir != null && fDir.exists()) {
    bRetval = deleteDirectoryContent(fDir);
    if (bRetval) {
        bRetval = bRetval && fDir.delete();
return bRetval;
...
voiddeleteDir(File file)
delete Dir 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    for (File child : file.listFiles()) {
        deleteDir(child);
file.delete();
booleandeleteDir(File path)
delete Dir 
if (path == null || !path.isDirectory()) {
    return false;
File[] files = path.listFiles();
for (File file : files) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        deleteDir(file);
    if (!file.delete()) {
        return false;
return path.delete();
voiddeleteDir(File path)
Recursively delete a directory and all the files it contains. 
try {
    if (path.isDirectory()) {
        File[] files = path.listFiles();
        if (files != null) {
            for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
                deleteDir(files[i]);
    path.delete();
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();