Delete file or directory

/*
  Delete file or directory
  This Java example shows how to delete a particular file or directory from
  filesystem using delete method of Java File class.
*/
 
import java.io.*;
 
public class DeleteFileOrDirectory {
 
  public static void main(String[] args) {
 
    //create file object
    File file = new File("C://FileIO/DeleteDemo.txt");
 
    /*
     * To delete a file or directory from filesystem, use
     * boolean delete() method of File class.
     *
     * This method returns true if file or directory successfully deleted. If
     * the file is a directory, it must be empty.
     */
 
     boolean blnDeleted = file.delete();
 
     System.out.println("Was file deleted ? : " + blnDeleted);
 
    /*
     * Please note that delete method returns false if the file did not exists or
     * the directory was not empty.
     */
  }
}
 
/*
Output would be
Was file deleted ? : true
*/