Java Utililty Methods Recursive Delete

List of utility methods to do Recursive Delete

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

Method

voidrecursiveDelete(final File path, final boolean deleteParent)
recursive Delete 
if (!path.exists()) {
    return;
for (final File file : path.listFiles()) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        recursiveDelete(file, true);
    } else {
        file.delete();
...
booleanrecursiveDelete(final File pFile)
Deleting a storage recursive. 
if (pFile.isDirectory()) {
    for (final File child : pFile.listFiles()) {
        if (!recursiveDelete(child)) {
            return false;
return pFile.delete();
...
voidrecursiveDelete(final File root, final File file)
recursive Delete 
if (!file.isDirectory()) {
    file.delete();
} else {
    for (File next : file.listFiles()) {
        recursiveDelete(root, next);
    if (!file.equals(root)) {
        file.delete();
...
booleanrecursiveDelete(String fileName)
recursive Delete 
File file = new File(fileName);
if (file.exists()) {
    if (file.isDirectory() && (file.list()).length > 0) {
        for (String s : file.list()) {
            recursiveDelete(fileName + System.getProperty("file.separator") + s);
    if (!file.setWritable(true)) {
...
booleanrecursiveDelete(String p_path, boolean p_deletemetoo)
Recursively delete a directory. 
if (p_path == null) {
    return true;
String path = p_path;
if (path.endsWith("\\") || path.endsWith("/")) {
    path = path.substring(0, path.length() - 1);
File f = new File(path);
...
voidrecursiveDelete(String path)
Recursively deletes the given path (file or directory). 
recursiveDelete(new File(path));
voidrecursiveDeleteFile(File f)
recursive Delete File 
File[] children = f.listFiles();
if (children != null) {
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++)
        recursiveDeleteFile(children[i]);
f.delete();
voidrecursiveDeleteFile(File file)
recursive Delete File 
if (!file.exists()) {
    return;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    Arrays.stream(file.listFiles()).forEach(a -> recursiveDeleteFile(a));
file.delete();
booleanrecursiveDeleteFile(File file)
recursive Delete File 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    File[] fileArray = file.listFiles();
    boolean returned = true;
    for (int i = 0; i < fileArray.length; i++) {
        File curFile = fileArray[i];
        if (recursiveDeleteFile(curFile) == false) {
            returned = false;
    return returned && file.delete();
} else {
    return file.delete();
voidrecursiveDeleteHelper(File parent, List failed)
recursive Delete Helper 
if (parent.isDirectory()) {
    for (File child : parent.listFiles()) {
        recursiveDeleteHelper(child, failed);
if (!parent.delete())
    failed.add(parent);