Java Utililty Methods Force Delete

List of utility methods to do Force Delete

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Description

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

Method

voidforceDelete(File f)
force Delete 
if (f.isDirectory()) {
    File[] sub = f.listFiles();
    for (int i = 0; i < sub.length; i++) {
        forceDelete(sub[i]);
f.delete();
voidforceDelete(File f)
force Delete 
if (f.isDirectory()) {
    String[] children = f.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        forceDelete(new File(f, children[i]));
if (f.exists() && !f.delete()) {
    throw new IOException("Failed to delete file : " + f.getAbsolutePath());
...
booleanforceDelete(File file)
Recursively delete file 
if (!file.exists()) {
    return true;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    File[] files = file.listFiles();
    if (files != null) {
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
            if (!forceDelete(files[i])) {
...
booleanforceDelete(File file)
A "brute force" method to delete a file that might be in use by another thread or application. 
if (!file.exists()) {
    return true;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    return file.delete();
for (int i = 1; i < 20; i++) {
    if (file.delete()) {
...
voidforceDelete(File file)
force Delete 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    File[] files = file.listFiles();
    for (File child : files) {
        forceDelete(child);
    deleteFile(file);
} else {
    deleteFile(file);
...
voidforceDelete(File file)
Deletes a file. 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    deleteDirectory(file);
} else {
    boolean filePresent = file.exists();
    if (!file.delete()) {
        if (!filePresent) {
            throw new FileNotFoundException("File does not exist: " + file);
        String message = "Unable to delete file: " + file;
        throw new IOException(message);
voidforceDelete(File file)
Deletes a file. 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    deleteDirectory(file);
} else {
    boolean filePresent = file.exists();
    if (!file.delete()) {
        if (!filePresent) {
            throw new FileNotFoundException("File does not exist: " + file);
        throw new IOException("Unable to delete file: " + file);
voidforceDelete(File file)
force Delete 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    deleteDirectory(file);
} else {
    if (!file.exists())
        throw new FileNotFoundException("File does not exist: " + file);
    if (!file.delete()) {
        String message = "Unable to delete file: " + file;
        throw new IOException(message);
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voidforceDelete(File file)
Deletes a file. 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    deleteDirectory(file);
} else {
    boolean filePresent = file.exists();
    if (!file.delete()) {
        if (!filePresent) {
            throw new FileNotFoundException("File does not exist: " + file);
        String message = "Unable to delete file: " + file;
        throw new IOException(message);
voidforceDelete(File file)
force Delete 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    deleteDirectory(file);
} else {
    boolean filePresent = file.exists();
    if (!file.delete()) {
        if (!filePresent) {
            throw new FileNotFoundException("File does not exist: " + file);
        String message = "Unable to delete file: " + file;
        throw new IOException(message);