RmDir

Removes an existing directory or folder.

Syntax: RmDir path

path

A string expression that identifies the directory or folder to be removed. The path may include the drive. If no drive is specified, RmDir removes the directory or folder on the current drive.

RmDir removes only an empty folder. To remove a folder that holds files, delete them first with the Kill statement.

Common Errors

Error	When
-2147467259 (&H80004005), Unspecified error	no folder has the name path, which includes a file, a zero-length string, and a name with a wildcard or a character a name cannot hold the folder holds a file or a folder, or it is the current directory
94 (&H5E), Invalid use of Null	path is Null

Note BETA 1034

When no folder has the name path, which includes a file, a zero-length string, and a name with a wildcard or a character a name cannot hold, VB6 and 64-bit VBA raise error 76 (&H4C), Path not found, instead.

Note BETA 1034

When the folder holds a file or a folder, or it is the current directory, VB6 and 64-bit VBA raise error 75 (&H4B), Path/File access error, instead.

See Also

• ChDir, ChDrive, MkDir statements
• CurDir, Dir functions
• Kill statement

Example

This example uses the RmDir statement to remove an existing directory or folder.

' Assume that MYDIR is an empty directory or folder.
RmDir "MYDIR"   ' Remove MYDIR.