Deleting folders in python recursively

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00:00 Deleting Folders In Python Recursively
01:06 Accepted Answer Score 715
01:19 Answer 2 Score 45
01:28 Answer 3 Score 37
01:45 Answer 4 Score 18
01:56 Answer 5 Score 8
02:10 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 723

Try shutil.rmtree:

import shutil
shutil.rmtree('/path/to/your/dir/')

ANSWER 2

Score 38

The default behavior of os.walk() is to walk from root to leaf. Set topdown=False in os.walk() to walk from leaf to root.

ANSWER 3

Score 18

Try rmtree() in shutil from the Python standard library

ANSWER 4

Score 8

better to use absolute path and import only the rmtree function from shutil import rmtree as this is a large package the above line will only import the required function.

from shutil import rmtree
rmtree('directory-absolute-path')