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Java Example - Deleting a File

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The following example demonstrates how to delete a file using the delete() method:

Main.java File

import java.io.*;

public class Main
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try{
            File file = new File("c:\\test.txt");
            if(file.delete()){
                System.out.println(file.getName() + " file has been deleted!");
            }else{
                System.out.println("File deletion failed!");
            }
        }catch(Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

The above code outputs the following result (requires the test.txt file to be created on the C drive):

test.txt file has been deleted!

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