Vb kill file

You can use the MacID function to specify file type instead of repeating the command with separate file names. For example, the following statement deletes all TEXT files in the current folder. An error also occurs if you try to use Kill to delete an open file.

To delete directories, use the RmDir statement. Have questions or feedback about Office VBA or this documentation? The PathName argument represents the path of a file, folder, or directory. It helps to delete a file or files. Here is a simple example of the VBA Kill function. This below example deletes a file and displays message. A simple KILL function will delete the folder, specific file, all excel files, etc.

The kill method cannot delete read-only files. Path Name: pathname is nothing but the folder path in the computer to delete the files. Note: Pathname can include wildcard characters as well.

Asterisk denotes multiple characters, a question mark denotes a single character, and a tilde denotes the identification of a wild card character. We have seen how we can delete a single excel file and all the excel files. But if we want to delete all the files in the folder, how can we delete it.

Since we are using Excel VBA, can it delete other files? To do this, the first thing we need to do is we need to delete all the files in the folder by using the KILL function and then to delete the folder, and we need to use one more function called RmDir.

Quite often, you'll find that viruses resist being killed and have other code hidden away to restart the file that has been killed. I'd leave it to the anti-virus companies to be brutally honest.

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