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To delete a file, use Bun.file(path).delete().

delete-file.ts

// Delete a file
const file = Bun.file("path/to/file.txt");
await file.delete();

// Now the file doesn't exist
const exists = await file.exists();
// => false

See Docs > API > FileSystem for more filesystem operations.

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