node.js remove file

Question

How do I delete a file with node.js?

http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_rename_oldpath_newpath_callback

I don\'t see a remove command?

Answer 1

2019 and Node 10+ is here. Below the version using sweet async/await way.

Now no need to wrap fs.unlink into Promises nor to use additional packages (like fs-extra) anymore.

Just use native fs Promises API.

const fs = require('fs').promises;

(async () => {
  try {
    await fs.unlink('~/any/file');
  } catch (e) {
    // file doesn't exist, no permissions, etc..
    // full list of possible errors is here 
    // http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/unlink.2.html#ERRORS
    console.log(e);
  }
})();

Here is fsPromises.unlink spec from Node docs.

Also please note that fs.promises API marked as experimental in Node 10.x.x (but works totally fine, though), and no longer experimental since 11.14.0.