In this section we will learn how to write a program to delete a file in java. You can delete the file or folder, java File class provide two methods.
How to delete file in java ?
In this section we will learn how to write a program to delete a file in java. You can delete the file or folder, java File class provide two methods:
delete(path) : This method delete the file or throw an exception if file not deleted. delete() is a static method, to delete a directory then directory should be empty.
deleteIfExists(path) : This method also delete file but if file does not exist then it will not throw an exception.
Now, here is the code to delete a file in java.
import java.io.File;
public class DeleteFile
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
try{
File files = new File("C://Documents and Settings//satya//Desktop//shashi//coreJavaExample//DeleteFile//text.txt");
if(files.delete())
{
System.out.println("File is deleted!");
} else
{
System.out.println("Deletion is failed.");
}
}catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Output : After compiling and executing the above program
