.rmdir()

The Python .rmdir() method allows the user to delete a folder if it exists in the system or computer and does not contain other folders or files.

Note: A FileNotFoundError is raised if the directory is not found.

Syntax

This method is provided by the os module which must be imported beforehand.

import os

os.rmdir("folder_name")

os.rmdir("folder_path")

The .rmdir() method works in the following ways:

• A "folder_name" that will be successfully deleted if the folder exists in the current directory.
• A "folder_path" can also be passed if it exists outside of the current directory.

Files can be removed using the .remove() method.

Example

Use .rmdir() to delete the myfolder folder:

import os

# Delete folder in current directory
os.rmdir("myfolder")

# Delete folder in another directory
os.rmdir("/path/to/myfolder")

Codebyte Example

In this example the ./project directory is deleted using the .rmdir() method:

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