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Deleting a Directory

To delete a directory from the Backendless file storage, it must be identified by the its path. Directories in the Backendless storage have the following URL structure:

https://api.backendless.com/<application id>/<REST API Key>/files/<path>

The API to delete a directory uses the <path> element from the URL above.

Method:

Future<int> Backendless.files.removeDirectory(String directoryPath, [String pattern, bool recursive]);

where:

Argument                Description
path path of the directory to delete.

Example

Backendless.files.removeDirectory("pictures").then((response) {
  print("Directory has been deleted");
});

Codeless Reference

file_codeless_delete_directory_1

where:

Argument                Description
directory path A path leading to a directory which must be deleted along with other files and subdirectories. The path must start with the root directory of the remote file storage.

This operation does not return a value.

Consider the following directory:

file_codeless_delete_directory_2

The example below deletes the "async" directory.

file_codeless_delete_directory_3