Delete a directory and all its contents

Question

_{Monday, August 21, 2006 1:01 PM | 2 votes}

Hello.
I would like to delete a directory and all its contents.
The problem with Directory.Delete is that the folder is not empty and the deletion cannot be completed.

Any idea or suggestion?

All replies (4)

_{Monday, August 21, 2006 1:59 PM ✅Answered | 5 votes}

Directory.Delete(@"C:\bleah", true);

System.IO.Directory.Delete has a 2nd overload that acepts a 2nd parameter that specifies whether to recursively delete the contents. The documentation for this can be seen here.

_{Tuesday, August 22, 2006 6:07 AM}

didn't noticed that.

thank you a lot!

_{Thursday, April 8, 2010 7:58 PM}

Here is a method to recursively delete all of the files and folders as you needed:

How To: Recursively Delete All Files and Directories in .NET:

http://allen-conway-dotnet.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-to-recursively-delete-all-files-and.html

_{Friday, June 22, 2018 12:18 PM}

Actually I would like to thank you for this participation which indicates the correct understanding of the code