Removing files from a zip file

This topic demonstrates how to remove file(s) from within a zip file using the static Remove method of the QuickZip class.

Remove method

The Remove method can be used to remove one or more files and folders from within a zip file either recursively or not.

The following example demonstrates how to remove all files that begin with "xceed" from a zip file that contains various files.

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`Imports Xceed.Zip` `QuickZip.Remove( "d:\test\files.zip", true, "xceed*" )`

Imports Xceed.Zip

QuickZip.Remove( "d:\test\files.zip", true, "xceed*" )

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`using Xceed.Zip;` `QuickZip.Remove( @"d:\test\files.zip", true, "xceed*" );`

using Xceed.Zip;

QuickZip.Remove( @"d:\test\files.zip", true, "xceed*" );

Note that the filesToRemove parameter of the Remove method cannot be null otherwise an ArgumentNullException exception will be thrown.

The main questions you should ask yourself when removing files from a zip file are:

Do you want to do more complex zip file operations? Use the other classes defined within the Xceed.Zip namespace.