Description:-

Deletes a file from its location on the server.

<cffile
    action = "delete"
    file = "full pathname"
>

Attributes:-

action:- This is a required attribute, the type of file manipulation the tag performs.

file:- This is a required attribute, the Pathname of the file to delete. If it is not an absolute path (starting with a drive letter and a colon, or a forward or backward slash), it is relative to the ColdFusion temporary directory, which is returned by the GetTempDirectory function.

Example:-

The following example deletes the testNote.txt file from the d:\files\documents\textNote\ directory.

<cffile
    action = "delete"
    file = "d:\files\documents\textNote\testNote.txt"
>