How to delete file in Java

http://www.mkyong.com/java/how-to-delete-file-in-java/

 

 

No nonsense, just issue the File.delete() to delete a file, it will return a boolean value to indicate the delete operation status; true if the file is deleted; false if failed.

Example

In this example, it will delete a log file named “c:\\logfile20100131.log”.

package com.mkyong.file;
import java.io.File;
 
public class DeleteFileExample
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    { 
     try{ 
      File file = new File("c:\\logfile20100131.log");
 
      if(file.delete()){
       System.out.println(file.getName() + " is deleted!");
      }else{
       System.out.println("Delete operation is failed.");
      } 
     }catch(Exception e){ 
      e.printStackTrace(); 
     } 
    }
}