Laravel 5.4: how to delete a file stored in storage/app

Question

I want to delete a file that is stored in storage/app/myfolder/file.jpg. I have tried the following codes but none of this works:

use File    
$file_path = url().'/storage/app/jobseekers_cvs/'.$filename;
unlink($file_path);

and

use File
$file_path = public_path().'/storage/app/myfolder/'.$filename;
unlink($file_path);

and

use File
$file_path = app_path().'/storage/app/myfolder/'.$filename;
unlink($file_path);

and also,

File::Delete('/storage/app/myfolder/'.$filename);

Please help.

score 55 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 12 '17 at 21:04

You could either user Laravels facade Storage like this:

Storage::delete($file);

or you could use this:

unlink(storage_path('app/folder/'.$file));

If you want to delete a directory you could use this:

rmdir(storage_path('app/folder/'.$folder);

One important part to mention is that you should first check wether the file or directory exists or not.

So if you want to delete a file you should probably do this:

if(is_file($file))
{
    // 1. possibility
    Storage::delete($file);
    // 2. possibility
    unlink(storage_path('app/folder/'.$file));
}
else
{
    echo "File does not exist";
}

And if you want to check wether it is a directory do this:

if(is_dir($file))
{
    // 1. possibility
    Storage::delete($folder);
    // 2. possibility
    unlink(storage_path('app/folder/'.$folder));
    // 3. possibility
    rmdir(storage_path('app/folder/'.$folder));
}
else
{
    echo "Directory does not exist";
}

Minar Mnr · Answer 2 · 2019-10-15T06:02:27.260

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Use storage

//demo 
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;

Storage::delete($filename);

Another way,

unlink(storage_path('app/folder/'.$filename));

edited Oct 15 '19 at 06:02

answered Jul 12 '17 at 18:33

Minar Mnr

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how can I set the path. like storage/app/myfolder/filename – Ajmal Razeel Jul 12 '17 at 18:37

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 12 '17 at 19:02

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I found the answer. This code worked for me.

unlink(storage_path('app/foldername/'.$filename));

answered Jul 12 '17 at 19:02

Ajmal Razeel

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It worked for me, thanks – Loganathan Natarajan Jan 19 '22 at 06:45

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 19 '19 at 11:32

The delete method accepts a single filename or an array of files to remove from the disk:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;

Storage::delete('file.jpg');

Storage::delete(['file.jpg', 'file2.jpg']);

If necessary, you may specify the disk that the file should be deleted from:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;

Storage::disk('s3')->delete('folder_path/file_name.jpg');

Delete A Directory

Finally, the deleteDirectory method may be used to remove a directory and all of its files:

Storage::deleteDirectory($directory);

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 16 '19 at 18:15

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This code worked for me.

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
....
$storagePath  = Storage::disk('local')->getDriver()->getAdapter()->getPathPrefix();
if(file_exists($storagePath.$file)) unlink($storagePath.$file);

answered Jun 16 '19 at 18:15

jamel nefzi

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 12 '21 at 15:05

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use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
Storage::delete("public/team/" . $mem->avatar);

Use code above but you need to specify the full path to your file.

answered Aug 12 '21 at 15:05

Hamodea Net

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 30 '20 at 12:49

The default root for the Storage facade is configured in config/filesystems.php and the default is:

'disks' => [

    'local' => [
        'driver' => 'local',
        'root' => storage_path('app'),
    ],

So you should use:

Storage::delete('myfolder/'.$filename)

score 1 · Answer 8 · edited Jul 24 '20 at 13:40

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Try:

unlink(public_path('uploads\users'). DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR .$user->image);

This worked for me..

edited Jul 24 '20 at 13:40

Stevy

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answered Jul 24 '20 at 11:15

Geetha Ramachandran

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Please add some explanation to your answer such that others can learn from it. Where does `$user` come from? The OP did not use that variable – Nico Haase Jul 24 '20 at 13:41

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 23 '20 at 13:48

For example update customer profile image and remove old image

Stored file in database ($customer->image)

/storage/customers/mhPKW870zGFupAZLI5cwNLoHTAuguCQWoBrDXJCU.jpeg

Update method

if ($request->file('image')) {
  if ($customer->image) {
      // get filename
      $filename = str_replace('/storage/customers/', '', $customer->image);
      // remove old image
      unlink(storage_path('app/public/customers/'.$filename));
  }
  // add new image
  $path = Storage::putFile('public/customers', $request->file('image'));
  $url = Storage::url($path);

  $customer->image = $url;
}
       
$saveResult = $customer->save();

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 11 '21 at 06:34

For local storage use this

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;

Storage::disk('local')->delete('folder_path/file_name.jpg');

For S3 bucket use this

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;

Storage::disk('s3')->delete('folder_path/file_name.jpg');

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered May 02 '21 at 07:16

for example, I store my file ini that path, so I use this code for delete 020521_0204_17111623001_8340.pdf

Storage::delete('files/8340/020521_0204_17111623001_8340.pdf');

Because by default in config/filesystems.php, default path is storage_path('app/public').

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Apr 07 '22 at 23:58

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 Storage::disk('s3')
        ->delete("path/to/file/".$fileName.".mp3");

Remember to include the file extension if you are working with s3 objects. I forgot in my case but seems to be equally important. Hope this helps.

answered Apr 07 '22 at 23:58

sirATL

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