directory delete in use file c# code example

Example 1: how to delete all files in a directory c#

System.IO.DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo("YourPath");

foreach (FileInfo file in di.GetFiles())
{
    file.Delete(); 
}
foreach (DirectoryInfo dir in di.GetDirectories())
{
    dir.Delete(true); 
}

Example 2: c# how to delete a file

File.Delete(@"C:\Temp\Data\Authors.txt");

Example 3: delete all dir content c#

new System.IO.DirectoryInfo(@"C:\Temp").Delete(true);

 //Or

 System.IO.Directory.Delete(@"C:\Temp", true);