FLfile.remove()

#### Availability

Flash MX 2004 7.2.

#### Usage

FLfile.remove(fileOrFolderURI)

#### Parameters

fileOrFolderURI A string, expressed as a file:/// URI, specifying the file or folder you want to remove (delete).

#### Returns

A Boolean value of true if successful; false otherwise.

#### Description

Method; deletes the specified file or folder. If the folder contains files, those files will be deleted as well. Files with the R (read-only) attribute cannot be removed.

#### Examples

javascript
The following example warns a user if a file exists and then deletes it if the user chooses to do so:
var fileURI = prompt ("Enter file/folder to be deleted: ", "file:///c|/temp/delete.txt");

if (FLfile.exists(fileURI)) {

    var confirm = prompt("File exists. Delete it? (y/n)", "y"); 

    if (confirm == "y" || confirm == "Y") {

        if(FLfile.remove(fileURI)) { 

            alert(fileURI + " is deleted.");

    }

    else {

            alert("fail to delete " + fileURI);

        }

    }

}

else {

    alert(fileURI + " does not exist");

}
The following example deletes a configuration file created by an application:
if(FLfile.remove("file:///C|/MyApplication/config.ini")) { 

    alert("Configuration file deleted");

}
The following example deletes the Configuration folder and its contents:
FLfile.remove("file:///C|/MyApplication/Configuration/");

FLfile.createFolder() (../FLfile_object/FLfile1.md), FLfile.getAttributes() (../FLfile_object/FLfile3.md)