PYTHON

delete files inside folder python

import os
import glob

files = glob.glob('/YOUR/PATH/*')
for f in files:
    os.remove(f)

python delete folder and contents

import shutil
shutil.rmtree("dir-you-want-to-remove")

Python Removing Directory or File

>>> os.listdir()
['new_one', 'old.txt']

>>> os.remove('old.txt')
>>> os.listdir()
['new_one']

>>> os.rmdir('new_one')
>>> os.listdir()
[]

python how to delete a directory with files in it

import shutil

dir_path = '/tmp/img'

try:
    shutil.rmtree(dir_path)
except OSError as e:
    print("Error: %s : %s" % (dir_path, e.strerror))

How to delete a file or folder in Python?

os.remove() removes a file.

os.rmdir() removes an empty directory.

shutil.rmtree() deletes a directory and all its contents.