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DeleteDirectory["dir"]

deletes the specified directory.

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DeleteDirectory

DeleteDirectory["dir"]

deletes the specified directory.

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Basic Examples  (1)

Create a directory:

Wolfram Language code: dir = FileNameJoin[{$TemporaryDirectory, "test"}]; CreateDirectory[dir]

Check the presence of the new directory:

Wolfram Language code: FileNames[dir]

Delete the directory:

Wolfram Language code: DeleteDirectory[dir]

The directory is no longer there:

Wolfram Language code: FileNames[dir]

Scope  (2)

Delete a directory specified as a File object:

Wolfram Language code: dir = FileNameJoin[{$TemporaryDirectory, CreateUUID["tmpdir-"]}];
Wolfram Language code: CreateDirectory[File[dir]]
Wolfram Language code: DeleteDirectory[File[dir]]

Create a CloudObject directory and put two files in the directory:

Wolfram Language code: CreateDirectory[CloudObject["dir"]]; CloudPut[10!, CloudObject["dir/file1"]]; CloudPut[20!, CloudObject["dir/file2"]];

List all cloud objects under the cloud directory:

Wolfram Language code: CloudObjects[CloudObject["dir"]]

Delete the cloud directory with its contents:

Wolfram Language code: DeleteDirectory[CloudObject["dir"], DeleteContents -> True]
Wolfram Research (1991), DeleteDirectory, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteDirectory.html (updated 2016).

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Wolfram Research (1991), DeleteDirectory, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteDirectory.html (updated 2016).

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Wolfram Language. 1991. "DeleteDirectory." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2016. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteDirectory.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1991). DeleteDirectory. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteDirectory.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_deletedirectory, author="Wolfram Research", title="{DeleteDirectory}", year="2016", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteDirectory.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2026_deletedirectory, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={DeleteDirectory}, year={2016}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteDirectory.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}