How can I delete multiple files asynchronously?

If you want to run a an arbitrary list of tasks (unlinking files) asynchronously, but know when they are all done, you can use the async.js module. It can run tasks in series and parallel.

So push all your unlink function calls into an array, then call async.parallel() and let them fly. Then when they are all done, you land in a single manageble callback.

var files = ['file1.txt', 'file2.txt']; var myParallelTasks = []; files.forEach( function( fileName ) { myParallelTasks.push( fs.unlink( fileName, function(callback) { callback(); }) ); } async.parallel( myParallelTasks, function() { // all done console.log( "all done" ); }); 

Try the option of recursion (code from your link in the question):

function deleteFiles(files, callback){ var i = files.length; var file = files.pop(); if ( file == undefined ) { callback(); } else { // do the unlinking ... deleteFiles(files, callback); } } 

async deleteAll(filePathsList) { try { await this.deleteFiles(filePathsList); logger.log('info', "Following files deleted successfully from EFS --> " + filePathsList.toString()); return true; } catch (error) { logger.log('error', error.stack || error); logger.log('error', "Error occured while deleting files from EFS"); return false; } } async deleteFiles(files) { return new Promise((resolve, reject) => { let i = files.length; files.forEach(function(filepath) { fs.unlink(filepath, function(err) { i--; if (err && err.code == 'ENOENT') { // file doens't exist logger.log('info', "Following file doesn't exist, So won't be deleted-->" + (filepath || '')); } else if (err) { // other errors, e.g. maybe we don't have enough permission logger.log('error', "Error occured while deleting the file " + (filepath || '') + " due to error" + err); reject(err); return; } else if (i <= 0) { resolve(); } }); }); }) }