Remove all files from within documentDirectory in Swift

Just use code as Follow

to save AudioFile in Document Directory as

func getDocumentsDirectory() -> URL
    {
        //Get Basic URL
        let documentsDirectory = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first!
        /// Enter a Directory Name in which files will be saved
        let dataPath1 = documentsDirectory.appendingPathComponent("folder_name_enter")
        let dataPath = dataPath1.appendingPathComponent("folder inside directory if required (name)")
        //Handler
        do
        {
            try FileManager.default.createDirectory(atPath: dataPath.path, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
        }
        catch let error as NSError
        {
            print("Error creating directory: \(error.localizedDescription)")
        }
        return dataPath
    }

Delete

func clearAllFilesFromTempDirectory()
    {
        let fileManager = FileManager.default
        let dirPath = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.documentDirectory, .userDomainMask, true)[0]
        let tempDirPath = dirPath.appending("/folder_name/\(inside_directoryName)")

        do {
            let folderPath = tempDirPath
            let paths = try fileManager.contentsOfDirectory(atPath: tempDirPath)
            for path in paths
            {
                try fileManager.removeItem(atPath: "\(folderPath)/\(path)")
            }
        }
        catch let error as NSError
        {
            print(error.localizedDescription)
        }
    }

Saving Method

getDocumentsDirectory().appendingPathComponent("\(audioName).wav")

Deletion Method

/// Just call
clearAllFilesFromTempDirectory

First of all the error occurs because the signature of the API is wrong. It's just removeItem(at:) without the other parameters.

A second issue is that you are going to delete the Documents directory itself rather than the files in the directory which you are discouraged from doing that.

You have to get the contents of the directory and add a check for example to delete only MP3 files. A better solution would be to use a subfolder.

let documentsUrl =  FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first!

do {
    let fileURLs = try FileManager.default.contentsOfDirectory(at: documentsUrl,
                                                               includingPropertiesForKeys: nil,
                                                               options: .skipsHiddenFiles)
    for fileURL in fileURLs where fileURL.pathExtension == "mp3" {
        try FileManager.default.removeItem(at: fileURL)   
    }
} catch  { print(error) }

Side note: It is highly recommended to use always the URL related API of FileManager.


Try this

func clearAllFile() {
        let fileManager = FileManager.default

        let paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.documentDirectory, .userDomainMask, true).first!

        print("Directory: \(paths)")

        do
        {
            let fileName = try fileManager.contentsOfDirectory(atPath: paths)

            for file in fileName {
                // For each file in the directory, create full path and delete the file
                let filePath = URL(fileURLWithPath: paths).appendingPathComponent(file).absoluteURL
                try fileManager.removeItem(at: filePath)
            }
        }catch let error {
            print(error.localizedDescription)
        }
    }