Question

I am trying to delete a file stored in internal memory. The file does gets deleted by using

activity.deleteFile(filename);

but only in emulator. On the actual device the method always returns false. When I try to access the file from adb shell there is permission denied being displayed. So, I guess there is permission related issue with deleting the files in internal memory.

Can someone let me know how to actually delete the file from internal memory in Android?

Answer 1

If you’re talking about just any file in the file system… Does this not work?

if (new File("fileUrl").delete()) {
  // Deleted
} else {
  // Not deleted
}