How to empty a folder in Node.js

May 6, 2022

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.

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I had the need to remove all files from a directory in a Node.js script.

I searched for the best solution and the one that worked was using the fs-extra library.

Install it:

npm install fs-extra

Then import the library

import fsExtra from 'fs-extra'

And use the emptyDirSync() method in this way:

const folder = './public/images'

fsExtra.emptyDirSync(folder)

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