Date: 2016aug25 OS: Android Keywords: dotfile, dotfiles, hide, hidden, .nomedia Q. Android: How can I delete a file that begins with a dot? A. By convention in Unix/Linux files that begin with a dot are not shown (hidden). So since you can't see them its hard to delete them. The solution is to avoid graphical tools. 1. Connect the Android device to your computer with a USB cable. 2. Get into the adb shell. One way that works on Windows is: - Start the Windows command shell and enter:

cd c:\Android_sdk\platform-tools adb shell

Where c:\Android_sdk is the location of your Android SDK. 3. Use Linux commands in the adb shell

cd /mnt/sdcard ls -la

Use "cd" to change to whatever director you want. Use the "a" option of ls to see dot files. 4. Delete your file/folder

rm .my_dot_file

Now you know the name of the file you can delete it.