---
title: "delfolder"
description: "Recursively deletes a workspace folder and its contents."
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```lua
delfolder(path: string): ()
```

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## Aliases

None.

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## Arguments

<ParamField body="path" type="string" required>
  A UTF-8 path relative to the Byte workspace.
</ParamField>

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## Returns

This function returns no values.

The workspace root cannot be deleted. Missing folders raise an error.

**Related types:** [Filesystem types & behavior](/reference/filesystem/types).

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## Example

```lua
makefolder("docs-example/remove-me")
writefile("docs-example/remove-me/temp.txt", "temporary")
delfolder("docs-example/remove-me")
```