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DeleteContents

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

Details

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)Summary of the most common use cases

Copy a directory:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0puzza2y2x-erf8sr
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0puzza2y2x-xtobj
In[3]:=3
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0puzza2y2x-c2b0ea

List of files in the directory:

In[4]:=4
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0puzza2y2x-nn850o
Out[4]=4

The contents of the directory cannot be deleted:

In[5]:=5
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0puzza2y2x-nk381f
Out[5]=5

Use DeleteContents->True to automatically delete the contents:

In[6]:=6
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0puzza2y2x-fuf1tt

The directory is no longer there:

In[7]:=7
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0puzza2y2x-ddv900
Out[7]=7
Wolfram Research (1991), DeleteContents, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteContents.html.
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Wolfram Research (1991), DeleteContents, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteContents.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1991), DeleteContents, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteContents.html.

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Wolfram Research (1991), DeleteContents, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteContents.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1991. "DeleteContents." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteContents.html.

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Wolfram Language. 1991. "DeleteContents." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteContents.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1991). DeleteContents. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteContents.html

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Wolfram Language. (1991). DeleteContents. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteContents.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_deletecontents, author="Wolfram Research", title="{DeleteContents}", year="1991", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteContents.html}", note=[Accessed: 16-April-2025 ]}

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_deletecontents, author="Wolfram Research", title="{DeleteContents}", year="1991", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteContents.html}", note=[Accessed: 16-April-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_deletecontents, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={DeleteContents}, year={1991}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteContents.html}, note=[Accessed: 16-April-2025 ]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_deletecontents, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={DeleteContents}, year={1991}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteContents.html}, note=[Accessed: 16-April-2025 ]}