How to delete given file in Java?



Problem Description :


Write a program in Java that deletes a given file.

Java program that deletes a given file.
How to delete a given file in Java?

Concept :


Here I am assuming that file is present in current working directory. For deleting given file we need to use below method of File class that is present in java.io.* package.

public boolean delete()

Java Program :



Output :


Output of Java program that deletes a given file - case 1
Output - Deletion of given file

After deletion of "demo.txt" file

Output of Java program that deletes a given file - case 2
Output - After deletion of file


References :


https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/File.html#delete()

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/File.html#exists()

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html


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Tags : File Handling, delete given file, if else, Scanner, File, String, Regular Expressions, java.io, delete(), exists().

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