我强烈建议使用Boost.FileSystem。

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_38_0/libs/filesystem/doc/index.htm

在您的情况下，这将是

boost::filesystem::remove_all(yourPath)

在C++17中，您可以使用 std::filesystem ，在C++14中 std::experimental::filesystem 已经可用。两者都允许使用 filesystem::remove() 。

C++17：

#include <filesystem>
std::filesystem::remove("myEmptyDirectoryOrFile"); // Deletes empty directories or single files.
std::filesystem::remove_all("myDirectory"); // Deletes one or more files recursively.

C++14：

#include <experimental/filesystem>
std::experimental::filesystem::remove("myDirectory");

注1:这些函数在出现错误时抛出 filesystem_error 。如果您希望避免捕获异常，请使用重载的变体，并将 std::error_code 作为第二个参数。例如。

std::error_code errorCode;
if (!std::filesystem::remove("myEmptyDirectoryOrFile", errorCode)) {
    std::cout << errorCode.message() << std::endl;
}

注2:从不同的编码隐式地转换为 std::filesystem::path ，因此您可以将字符串传递给 filesystem::remove() 。

在Windows (VisualC++)中删除文件夹(sub_folders和文件)不使用外壳API，这是最好的工作示例：

#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <conio.h>
int DeleteDirectory(const std::string &refcstrRootDirectory,
                    bool              bDeleteSubdirectories = true)
  bool            bSubdirectory = false;       // Flag, indicating whether
                                               // subdirectories have been found
  HANDLE          hFile;                       // Handle to directory
  std::string     strFilePath;                 // Filepath
  std::string     strPattern;                  // Pattern
  WIN32_FIND_DATA FileInformation;             // File information
  strPattern = refcstrRootDirectory + "\\*.*";
  hFile = ::FindFirstFile(strPattern.c_str(), &FileInformation);
  if(hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
      if(FileInformation.cFileName[0] != '.')
        strFilePath.erase();
        strFilePath = refcstrRootDirectory + "\\" + FileInformation.cFileName;
        if(FileInformation.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
          if(bDeleteSubdirectories)
            // Delete subdirectory
            int iRC = DeleteDirectory(strFilePath, bDeleteSubdirectories);
            if(iRC)
              return iRC;
            bSubdirectory = true;
          // Set file attributes
          if(::SetFileAttributes(strFilePath.c_str(),
                                 FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL) == FALSE)
            return ::GetLastError();
          // Delete file
          if(::DeleteFile(strFilePath.c_str()) == FALSE)
            return ::GetLastError();
    } while(::FindNextFile(hFile, &FileInformation) == TRUE);
    // Close handle
    ::FindClose(hFile);
    DWORD dwError = ::GetLastError();
    if(dwError != ERROR_NO_MORE_FILES)
      return dwError;
      if(!bSubdirectory)
        // Set directory attributes
        if(::SetFileAttributes(refcstrRootDirectory.c_str(),
                               FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL) == FALSE)
          return ::GetLastError();
        // Delete directory
        if(::RemoveDirectory(refcstrRootDirectory.c_str()) == FALSE)
          return ::GetLastError();
  return 0;
int main()
  int         iRC                  = 0;
  std::string strDirectoryToDelete = "c:\\mydir";
  // Delete 'c:\mydir' without deleting the subdirectories
  iRC = DeleteDirectory(strDirectoryToDelete, false);
  if(iRC)
    std::cout << "Error " << iRC << std::endl;
    return -1;
  // Delete 'c:\mydir' and its subdirectories
  iRC = DeleteDirectory(strDirectoryToDelete);
  if(iRC)
    std::cout << "Error " << iRC << std::endl;
    return -1;