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maxsap
maxsap

Reputation: 3001

How to delete internal storage file in android?

I have used the Android internal storage to save a file for my application (using openFileOutput) but I would like to delete that file, is it possible and how?

Upvotes: 64

Views: 125318

Answers (8)

Nijat Ahmadli
Nijat Ahmadli

Reputation: 899

Another alternative in Kotlin

val file: File = context.getFileStreamPath("file_name")
val deleted: Boolean = file.delete()

Upvotes: 2

djdance
djdance

Reputation: 3219

 void clearMyFiles() {
    File[] files = context.getFilesDir().listFiles();
    if(files != null)
        for(File file : files) {
           file.delete();
        }
 }

Upvotes: 3

Kailas Bhakade
Kailas Bhakade

Reputation: 1922

If you want to delete all files from a folder then use the following function:

private void deleteTempFolder(String dir) {
        File myDir = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/"+dir);
        if (myDir.isDirectory()) {
            String[] children = myDir.list();
            for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
                new File(myDir, children[i]).delete();
            }
        }
    }

Folder must be present on storage. If not we can check one more codition for it.

  if (myDir.exists() && myDir.isDirectory()) {
//write same defination for it.
}

Upvotes: 8

Vipul Divyanshu
Vipul Divyanshu

Reputation: 196

You should always delete files that you no longer need. The most straightforward way to delete a file is to have the opened file reference call delete() on itself.

myFile.delete();

If the file is saved on internal storage, you can also ask the Context to locate and delete a file by calling deleteFile():

myContext.deleteFile(fileName);

Note: When the user uninstalls your app, the Android system deletes the following: All files you saved on internal storage All files you saved on external storage using getExternalFilesDir(). However, you should manually delete all cached files created with getCacheDir() on a regular basis and also regularly delete other files you no longer need.

Source : http://developer.android.com/training/basics/data-storage/files.html

Upvotes: 9

Barry
Barry

Reputation: 1258

I know this is a bit of an oldie, but the docs say to use:

deleteFile("filename");

rather than:

File.delete();

Which if you are already using:

getFilesDir();

kind of makes sense.

Upvotes: 25

dev mz
dev mz

Reputation: 397

new File(mUri.toString).delete();

Upvotes: 4

plugmind
plugmind

Reputation: 7986

File dir = getFilesDir();
File file = new File(dir, "my_filename");
boolean deleted = file.delete();

Upvotes: 135

st0le
st0le

Reputation: 33565

Use delete method of File

Upvotes: 1

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