# Delete Directory

This action can be used to delete an existing directory from a specific location together with all the files and folders inside it.

{% hint style="info" %}
This activity performs a permanent deletion, you can't restore the folder from Recycle Bin.
{% endhint %}

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## **Properties**

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### **Input**

* **Folder Path**: set the path to the location of the folder to be deleted.

### **Misc**

* **Display Name**: action display name in your implementation project.
* **Wait Before**: number milliseconds robot to wait before executing the action.
* **Wait After:** number milliseconds robot to wait until moving to the next action.
* **Abort on Error**: True/False
* **Retry Times**: Specifies the number of times to retry an action if it doesn't end successfully. Default value 0 (no retry); Use -1 if you want to retry indefinitely. 

## **Use Case**

### **Potential Use Cases**

* Delete a folder containing scan copies of accounting documents older than the legal period to store them
* Delete confidential documents before assigning a station to a different employee
* Ince an employee's access was reduced, delete folders from his/her station where he/she doesn't have access anymore.

### **Examples of Using Delete Directory**

**Example** 

In this example, the robot will delete a folder selected using the Choose Folder activity.

Watch the robot in action:

{% embed url="<https://youtu.be/W3yR6OU1VeU>" %}

You can see how the **Delete Directory** activity is used in an example that incorporates multiple activities. You can check and download the example from here:

{% file src="/files/-MT5bDH8XFgRU3bOAcQw" %}
Delete Directory sample project
{% endfile %}

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