Python delete files and folders

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chapter

• Python Introduction
• Python development environment to build
• Python syntax
• Python variables
• Python Value Type
• Python type conversion
• Python String (String)
• Operators Python
• Python list (list)
• Python tuples (Tuple)
• Python collection (Set)
• Python dictionary (Dictionary)
• Python If … Else
• Python While loop
• Python For loop
• Python functions
• Python Lambda
• Python Classes and Objects
• Python inheritance
• Python iterator (Iterator)
• Python module
• Python date (Datetime)
• Python JSON
• Python regular expression (RegEx)
• Python PIP package manager
• Python exception handling (Try ... Except)
• Python Open File (File Open)
• Python read file
• Python write file
• Python delete files and folders

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Delete Files

To delete a file, you need to import OS module, use one of the os.remove()function:

Examples

Delete the file "test.txt":

import os
os.remove("test.txt")

Check if the file exists

To avoid errors, you need to check whether a file exists before deleting:

Examples

Delete the file exists before the examination:

import os
if os.path.exists("test.txt"):
  os.remove("test.txt")
else:
  print("文件不存在")

Delete the folder

To delete the entire folder, use the os.rmdir()method:

Examples

Delete the folder "testfolder":

import os
os.rmdir("testfolder")

Note : You can only delete empty folders.