How to delete a file in Swift
Last Updated: October 16, 2017
To delete a file in iOS development with Swift you can use the removeItemAtPath()
method in the FileManager
class
let home = FileManager.default.homeDirectoryForCurrentUser let playgroundPath = "Documents/dev/xcode/DatePicker/c" // get your playground URL let playgroundURL = home.appendingPathComponent(playgroundPath) // First create a FileManager instance let fileManager = FileManager.default let oldFile = playgroundURL.appendingPathComponent("test-new.txt").path do{ try fileManager.removeItem(atPath: oldFile) } catch { print("error") }