Title: WP_Filesystem_ftpsockets::rmdir
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Filesystem_ftpsockets::rmdir( string $path, bool $recursive = false ): bool

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/rmdir/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/rmdir/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/rmdir/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/rmdir/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/rmdir/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Deletes a directory.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/rmdir/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$path`stringrequired

Path to directory.

`$recursive`booloptional

Whether to recursively remove files/directories.

Default:`false`

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/rmdir/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool True on success, false on failure.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/rmdir/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function rmdir( $path, $recursive = false ) {
    	return $this->delete( $path, $recursive );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php#L611)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php#L611-L613)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/rmdir/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Filesystem_ftpsockets::delete()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/delete/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php` |

Deletes a file or directory.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/rmdir/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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