How to delete file from public folder in laravel 5.1

Question

I want to delete a News from database and when I hit the delete button all data from database deleted but the image is remains in upload folder. So, how do I this to work. t

Answer 1

Two ways to delete the image from public folder without changing laravel filesystems config file or messing with pure php unlink function:

1. Using the default local storage you need to specify public subfolder:

Storage::delete('public/'.$image_path);

2. Use public storage directly:

Storage::disk('public')->delete($image_path);

I would suggest second way as the best one.

Hope this help other people.