Delete a Directory or Folder in C#

Delete a Directory or Folder in C#

Deleting a   folder/Directory in C# Can be done by 2 ways.

1.Static Method of Directory class Delete

2.Instance method of DirectoryInfo Delete

Before that Call  using System.IO;

Calling

DeleteDirectory(@"c:\personal");

 

Method1   - Directory Static method 

static void DeleteFolder(String src)

 {

     try

     {

        //true means all sub directories with content will be deleted

        //false : Only Empty Directory will be deleted.
        // false: If directory has content recursion set to false exception will be thrown

         Directory.Delete(src,true);

     }

     catch (Exception ex)

     {

         Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);

     }

 }

 

Method 2 - DirectoryInfo Instance Method

 static void DeleteFolder(String src)

 {

     try

     {

        //true means all sub directories with content will be deleted

        //false : Only Empty Directory will be deleted.
        // false: If directory has content recursion set to false exception will be thrown

         DirectoryInfo dInfo = new DirectoryInfo(src);

         dInfo.Delete(true);

     }

     catch (Exception ex)

     {

         Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);

     }

 }

 

 

• Could not find a part of the path 'c:\mypersonal'. If directory mypersonal does not exists.

• The directory is not empty.  if directory has files/folders and recursion set to false.

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