# How to empty a folder in Node.js

> Learn how to empty a folder in Node.js and remove all files from a directory using the fs-extra library and its emptyDirSync() method.

Author: [Flavio Copes](https://flaviocopes.com/about/) | Published: 2022-05-06 | Topics: [Node.js](https://flaviocopes.com/tags/node/) | Canonical: https://flaviocopes.com/node-empty-folder/

I had the need to remove all files from a directory in a [Node.js](https://flaviocopes.com/nodejs/) script.

I searched for the best solution and the one that worked was using the [`fs-extra`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/fs-extra) library.

Install it:

```
npm install fs-extra
```

Then import the library

```js
import fsExtra from 'fs-extra'
```

And use the `emptyDirSync()` method in this way:

```js
const folder = './public/images'

fsExtra.emptyDirSync(folder)
```