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Nikola Savic answered on March 10, 2020 Popularity 9/10 Helpfulness 5/10

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// Simple synchronous file deletion operations with no user interface.
// To run this sample, create the following files on your drive:
// C:\Users\Public\DeleteTest\test1.txt
// C:\Users\Public\DeleteTest\test2.txt
// C:\Users\Public\DeleteTest\SubDir\test2.txt

public class SimpleFileDelete
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // Delete a file by using File class static method...
        if(System.IO.File.Exists(@"C:\Users\Public\DeleteTest\test.txt"))
        {
            // Use a try block to catch IOExceptions, to
            // handle the case of the file already being
            // opened by another process.
            try
            {
                System.IO.File.Delete(@"C:\Users\Public\DeleteTest\test.txt");
            }
            catch (System.IO.IOException e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
                return;
            }
        }

        // ...or by using FileInfo instance method.
        System.IO.FileInfo fi = new System.IO.FileInfo(@"C:\Users\Public\DeleteTest\test2.txt");
        try
        {
            fi.Delete();
        }
        catch (System.IO.IOException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
        }

        // Delete a directory. Must be writable or empty.
        try
        {
            System.IO.Directory.Delete(@"C:\Users\Public\DeleteTest");
        }
        catch (System.IO.IOException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
        }
        // Delete a directory and all subdirectories with Directory static method...
        if(System.IO.Directory.Exists(@"C:\Users\Public\DeleteTest"))
        {
            try
            {
                System.IO.Directory.Delete(@"C:\Users\Public\DeleteTest", true);
            }

            catch (System.IO.IOException e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
            }
        }

        // ...or with DirectoryInfo instance method.
        System.IO.DirectoryInfo di = new System.IO.DirectoryInfo(@"C:\Users\Public\public");
        // Delete this dir and all subdirs.
        try
        {
            di.Delete(true);
        }
        catch (System.IO.IOException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
        }
    }
}

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Directory.Delete(@"folderPath", true);

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File.Delete(@"C:\Temp\Data\Authors.txt");

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string rootFolderPath = @"C:\\SomeFolder\\AnotherFolder\\FolderCOntainingThingsToDelete";
string filesToDelete = @"*DeleteMe*.doc";   // Only delete DOC files containing "DeleteMe" in their filenames
string[] fileList = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(rootFolderPath, filesToDelete);
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    System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(file + "will be deleted");
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File.Delete("path");

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string gpath;

        string path=@"c:\Users\Adam\Desktop\";

        string name="file";

        string f="";

        int i=0;

        string ext=".txt";

        while(File.Exists(path + name + f + ext))
        {
            i++;

            f = i.ToString();
        }

        gpath = path + name + f + ext;

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        File.Create(gpath);

        File.Delete(gpath);//why there is an Error??

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