Delete a Directory or Folder in VB.NET

Delete a Directory or Folder in VB.NET

Deleting a   folder/Directory in VB.NET 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 

Shared  Sub DeleteFolder(ByVal src As String)
     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 ex As Exception
         Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
     End Try
 End Sub
 

Method 2 - DirectoryInfo Instance Method

  Shared  Sub DeleteFolder(ByVal src As String)
     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

         Dim dInfo As DirectoryInfo =  New DirectoryInfo(src)
         dInfo.Delete(True)
     Catch ex As Exception
         Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
     End Try
  End Sub

 

 

• 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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