{"json_modified": "2016-09-21T15:00:29.541814", "uuid": "9f6438a8-b4c0-41bc-9641-835665efb0c2", "title": "FileSystemEntry.remove()", "url": "/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemEntry/remove", "tags": ["API", "Files", "Reference", "Non-standard", "File and Directory Entries API", "FileSystemEntry", "File System API", "Non-Standard", "delete", "remove", "Method"], "translations": [], "modified": "2016-09-21T15:00:29", "label": "FileSystemEntry.remove()", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 195665, "last_edit": "2016-09-21T15:00:24", "summary": "The <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemEntry\" title=\"The FileSystemEntry interface of the File and Directory Entries API represents a single in a file system. The entry can be a file or a directory (directories are represented by the DirectoryEntry interface. It includes methods for working with files&#x2014;including copying, moving, removing, and reading files&#x2014;as well as information about a file it points to&#x2014;including the file name and its path from the root to the entry.\"><code>FileSystemEntry</code></a> interface's method <code><strong>remove</strong></code><strong><code>()</code></strong> deletes the file or directory from the file system. Directories must be empty before they can be removed.", "sections": [{"id": "Quick_Links", "title": null}, {"id": "Syntax", "title": "Syntax"}, {"id": "Parameters", "title": "Parameters"}, {"id": "Return_value", "title": "Return value"}, {"id": "Errors", "title": "Errors"}, {"id": "Example", "title": "Example"}, {"id": "Specifications", "title": "Specifications"}, {"id": "Browser_compatibility", "title": "Browser compatibility"}, {"id": "See_also", "title": "See also"}], "slug": "Web/API/FileSystemEntry/remove", "review_tags": []}