How to delete a file and containing folder in C#

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I have a file in the below mentioned path.

\\10.242.29.232\Docs\DEV\417\59225e54-4892-4ddc-8669-db47270645dd\rejection.doc

My purpose is i want to delete file named 'rejection.doc' and folder '59225e54-4892-4ddc-8669-db47270645dd'.

Thanks in advance

What I have tried:

System.IO.File.Delete

Posted 4-Apr-16 22:44pm

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Updated 4-Apr-16 22:51pm

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Try Directory.Delete:

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string path = @"\\10.242.29.232\Docs\DEV\417\59225e54-4892-4ddc-8669-db47270645dd\rejection.doc";
string containingFolder = Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
Directory.Delete(containingFolder, true);

Posted 4-Apr-16 22:51pm

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Andy Lanng · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-04T22:49:00

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FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(path);
DirectoryInfo di = fi.Directory;
if(di.Exists)
    di.Delete(true);

You should add error handing to this. Both FileInfo and DirectoryInfo classes have an "Exists()" method that should be checked.

The "true" in DirectoryInfo.Delete(true) says that the folder and contents should be deleted.