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title: Delete directories
sidebarTitle: Delete directories
mode: center
---

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

```ts delete-directory.ts icon="/icons/typescript.svg"
import { rm } from "node:fs/promises";

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

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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:

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

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See [File I/O](/runtime/file-io) for more filesystem operations.
