File.Delete Method

Definition

Deletes the file or directory denoted by this abstract pathname.

[Android.Runtime.Register("delete", "()Z", "GetDeleteHandler")]
public virtual bool Delete ();
[<Android.Runtime.Register("delete", "()Z", "GetDeleteHandler")>]
abstract member Delete : unit -> bool
override this.Delete : unit -> bool

Returns

true if and only if the file or directory is successfully deleted; false otherwise

Attributes

Remarks

Deletes the file or directory denoted by this abstract pathname. If this pathname denotes a directory, then the directory must be empty in order to be deleted.

Note that the java.nio.file.Files class defines the java.nio.file.Files#delete(Path) delete method to throw an IOException when a file cannot be deleted. This is useful for error reporting and to diagnose why a file cannot be deleted.

Java documentation for java.io.File.delete().

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Applies to