Answers for "not empty remove folder in python"

python remove directory not empty

import shutil

shutil.rmtree('/folder_name')
shutil.rmtree('/folder_name', ignore_errors=True)  # for read only files

python delete directory even if not empty

# Delete everything reachable from the directory named in 'top',
# assuming there are no symbolic links.
# CAUTION:  This is dangerous!  For example, if top == '/', it
# could delete all your disk files.
import os
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(top, topdown=False):
    for name in files:
        os.remove(os.path.join(root, name))
    for name in dirs:
        os.rmdir(os.path.join(root, name))