delete folder

Removes a folder from the user's system.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server, mobile OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android Introduced: 1.0 Security: disk

# Syntax

delete folder pathname

# Params

- pathName : Specifies the name and location of the folder. If you specify a name but not a location, LiveCode assumes the folder is in the defaultFolder.

# Examples

delete folder "/bin/badprogram/"

delete folder "../Last Version"

answer folder "Choose the folder you wish to delete." put it into tChosenFolder delete folder tChosenFolder

# Description

Use the delete folder command to clean up by removing a folder you created.

If a folder contains any files or folders, it cannot be deleted with the delete folder command until the items inside it are deleted or moved. To delete a folder that is not empty, use the revDeleteFolder command.

This command can also be used to remove folders your stack did not create. Of course, a stack should not remove folders it did not create without obtaining explicit confirmation from the user.

>*Note:* iOS imposes strict controls over what you can and cannot > access. Each application in iOS is stored in its own 'sandbox' folder > (referred to as the home folder). An application is free to read and > write files within this folder and its descendants, but it is not > allowed to access anything outside of the 'sandbox'.

>*Note:* An Android application is installed on the phone in the form of > its zip package. This means that any assets that are included are not > available as discrete files in the native filesystem. In order to > manage this the engine essentially 'virtualizes' the asset files you > include, allowing (read-only) manipulation with all the standard > LiveCode file and folder handling syntax.

# Tags

file system,

# See

- **command:** revDeleteFolder, delete URL, delete, revMoveFolder - **function:** specialFolderPath - **glossary:** command, folder