Python Delete Folder and Files Recursively Example

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In this example, we will use exists() and rmtree() of "os" and shutil library to delete all folder and files recursively. so let's see below example and do it.

exists() will check file is exists or not.

rmtree() will delete directory with all files recursively.

You can use these examples with python3 (Python 3) version.

let's see below simple example with output:

Example:

I have created following files on files folder and remove all files and folders:

files/test.txt
files/demo/test.txt
files/test/test.txt

main.py

import os
import shutil
    
folderPath = 'files/';
      
# Check Folder is exists or Not
if os.path.exists(folderPath):
        
    # Delete Folder code
    shutil.rmtree(folderPath)
    
    print("The folder has been deleted successfully!")
else:
    print("Can not delete the folder as it doesn't exists")

Output:

The folder has been deleted successfully!

I hope it can help you...