.unlink()
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The Python .unlink()
file method allows the user to delete a file path if it exists in the system or computer. .remove()
is the alternative to delete a specific file.
Note: A FileNotFoundError
is raised if the file is not found or isn’t in the current directory.
Syntax
This method is provided by the os
module which must be imported beforehand.
import os
os.unlink("file_path")
Entire folders or directories can be removed using the .rmdir()
method.
Example
Use .unlink()
to delete the my_file.txt
file:
import os# Delete file pathos.unlink("path/to/my_file.txt")
Codebyte Example
In this example delete_me.txt
is deleted using the complete file path and the .unlink()
method:
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