How to delete files and directories in Python

How to delete a file or folder using Python?

Removing files

Remove a file with os.remove()

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import os

os.remove("path/to/file")

Remove a file with pathlib.Path.unlink()

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from pathlib import Path

p = Path("path/to/file")
p.unlink()

Removing directories

Remove an empty directory with os.rmdir()

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import os

os.rmdir("path/to/folder")

Remove an empty directory with pathlib.Path.rmdir()

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from pathlib import Path

p = Path("path/to/folder")
p.rmdir()

Remove an empty directory and its contents with shutil.rmtree()

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import shutil

shutil.rmtree("path/to/folder")