Last updated on December 5, 2022
In this tutorial, you will learn how to delete a file in Deno. And Deleting directories using Deno’s built-in functions.
For deleting a file or a directory using any of the functions below, you need to add the --allow-write flag.
Examples to delete files using Deno.
// async
await Deno.remove("./file.txt");
// sync
Deno.removeSync("./file.txt");Examples to delete directories using Deno.
// delete empty folder
await Deno.remove("./dir_name");
// delete non-empty folder
await Deno.remove("./dir_name", { recursive: true });
// delete empty folder sync
Deno.removeSync("./dir_name");
// delete non-empty folder sync
Deno.removeSync("./dir_name", { recursive: true });