VBA Send File to Recycle Bin

Delete Files using VBA

There are many methods to delete the file:- simple VBA Kill method, using FileSystemObject etc. Here is one snippet my friend Devakottai PaneerSelvam used for deleting files (if I can say it, temporarily). The advantage here is that the deleted file is available in Recycle Bin for the user to restore if needed.

Private Type SHFILEOPSTRUCT

hwnd As Long

wFunc As Long

sFrom As String

sTo As String

fFlags As Integer

fAnyOperationsAborted As Boolean

hNameMappings As Long

lpszProgressTitle As String

End Type

Private Declare Function SHFileOperation Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHFileOperationA" _

(ByRef lpFileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCT) As Long

Private Const FO_DELETE = &H3

Private Const FOF_SILENT = &H4

Private Const FOF_NOCONFIRMATION = &H10

Private Const FOF_ALLOWUNDO = &H40

Sub DeleteFileUsingAPI()

Dim oFilAPI As SHFILEOPSTRUCT

Dim lReturn As Long

Dim sFile As String ' File that needs to be deleted

sFile = "C:\ Temp\VBADUD\Hints and Tips.htm"

With oFilAPI

.wFunc = FO_DELETE

.sFrom = sFile

.sTo = vbNullChar

.fFlags = FOF_SILENT + FOF_NOCONFIRMATION + FOF_ALLOWUNDO

End With

' Use WinAPI User Defined Function

lReturn = SHFileOperation(oFilAPI)

Err_Delete:

MsgBox(Err.Number & " - " & Err.Description)

Err.Clear()

Resume Next

End Sub

Delete Files using VBA, Temporary Deletion using VBA, VBA Code to send files to Recycle Bin

See also:

Move and Overwrite Files in C# (.NET)

Delete Files using C# / Delete Files using .NET

Clean Temp (.tmp) and Word Backup files (.wbk) using Word VBA

Primitive File Handling Functions