Delete directories

To recursively delete a directory and all its contents, use rm from node:fs/promises. This is like running rm -rf in JavaScript.

delete-directory.ts

import { rm } from "node:fs/promises";

// Delete a directory and all its contents
await rm("path/to/directory", { recursive: true, force: true });

These options configure the deletion behavior:

recursive: true - Delete subdirectories and their contents
force: true - Don’t throw errors if the directory doesn’t exist

Omit force to get an error if the directory doesn’t exist:

delete-directory.ts

try {
  await rm("path/to/directory", { recursive: true });
} catch (error) {
  if (error.code === "ENOENT") {
    console.log("Directory doesn't exist");
  } else {
    throw error;
  }
}

See File I/O for more filesystem operations.

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