{"json_modified": "2016-09-21T14:49:45.289115", "uuid": "0132b371-1c63-4e0e-af1e-20bf8f6b35ef", "title": "FileSystemDirectoryEntry.removeRecursively()", "url": "/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemDirectoryEntry/removeRecursively", "tags": ["API", "Files", "Reference", "Non-standard", "removeRecursively", "File and Directory Entries API", "File System API", "Non-Standard", "FileSystemDirectoryEntry", "Method"], "translations": [], "modified": "2016-09-21T14:49:45", "label": "FileSystemDirectoryEntry.removeRecursively()", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 195621, "last_edit": "2016-09-21T14:49:40", "summary": "The <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemDirectoryEntry\" title=\"The FileSystemDirectoryEntry interface of the File and Directory Entries API represents a directory in a file system. It provides methods which make it possible to access and manipulate the files in a directory, as well as to access the entries within the directory.\"><code>FileSystemDirectoryEntry</code></a> interface's method <code><strong>removeRecursively</strong></code><strong><code>()</code></strong> removes the directory as well as all of its content, hierarchically iterating over its entire subtree of descendant files and directories.", "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/FileSystemDirectoryEntry/removeRecursively", "review_tags": []}