34.4 Delete File

By | October 6, 2021

Delete a File

To delete a file, you must import the OS module, and run its os.remove() function:

Example

Remove the file “demofile.txt”:
import os
os.remove(“demofile.txt”)

Check if File exist:

To avoid getting an error, you might want to check if the file exists before you try to delete it:

Example

Check if file exists, then delete it:
import os
if os.path.exists(“demofile.txt”):
  os.remove(“demofile.txt”)
else:
  print(“The file does not exist”)

Delete Folder

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

Example

Remove the folder “myfolder”:
import os
os.rmdir(“myfolder”)

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