How can I delete all data in a text file

Question

Hello I'm using the code below for writing text in a text file. StreamWriter dosya = new StreamWriter(mac.txt); dosya.WriteLine(first line); dosya.WriteLine(second line); dosya.Close(); But I couldnt be able to find how can I delete all data in this text file?

Vulpes · Answer

An easy way to delete all the text from a text file without actually deleting the file itself is this: System.IO.File.WriteAllText(mac.txt ); If you check the file length it will now be zero.

Morcos Adel · Answer

Hi Sleepy.. i think that if you wanna delete all the Data in a text file and not deleting the file you can do the following: StreamWriter Sw=new StreamWriter(mac.text); Sw.AutoFlush=true; Sw.close(); hope this hepls :)

Jiteendra Sampathirao · Answer

Hi FileInfo finfo = new FileInfo ( @D:\xyz\filename.txt ); using ( TextWriter txtw = new StreamWriter ( finfo . Open ( FileMode . Truncate ))) { txtw . Write ( write my new text here ); } hope it works...

yokzu · Answer

I think this works same; File.Delete(mac.txt);