Python - delete file

In this article, we would like to show you how to delete a file using Python.

Quick solution:

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import os

os.remove("example.txt")

In this example, we import the os module and use os.remove() method to delete the example.txt file from our project.

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import os

os.remove("example.txt")

or if the file is in a different location than our project we need to specify the path:

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import os

os.remove("C:\\example_directory\\example.txt")

To avoid getting an error, check if the file exists first.

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import os

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if os.path.exists("example.txt"):

    os.remove("example.txt")

else:

    print("The file does not exist")