text: 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
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