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DeleteContents

DeleteContents
is an option for DeleteDirectory that specifies whether the contents of directories should automatically be deleted.

With the default setting DeleteContents->False, DeleteDirectory will only delete directories that contain no files.

Copy a directory:

Use DeleteContents->True to automatically delete the contents:

The directory is no longer there: