Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025
The size of files in Java can be obtained using the File class. The in-built function of 'fileName.length()' is used to find size of file in Bytes. The directory may contain 'N' number of files, for calculating the size of the directory summation of the size of all the files is required.
length() Method:
length() method in the object of the file class is returning the file size in long(datatype) format. The file size is in a unit of Byte.
Return Type: long
Syntax:
java.io.File file = new java.io.File("file_name.txt"); file.length();
Working:
However, the size of the file can be display in Mega, Kilo units using unit conversion.
Java
// Java program to Get the size of a directory
import java.io.File;
class GFG {
private static long getFolderSize(File folder)
{
long length = 0;
// listFiles() is used to list the
// contents of the given folder
File[] files = folder.listFiles();
int count = files.length;
// loop for traversing the directory
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
if (files[i].isFile()) {
length += files[i].length();
}
else {
length += getFolderSize(files[i]);
}
}
return length;
}
// Driver Code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Creating an instances of file class
File file1 = new File("/home/mayur/Downloads");
long size = getFolderSize(file1);
// Size of folder in Bytes
System.out.println("Size of " + file1 + " is "
+ size + " B");
// Size of folder in Kilobytes
System.out.println("Size of " + file1 + " is "
+ (double)size / 1024 + " KB");
// Size of folder in Megabytes
System.out.println("Size of " + file1 + " is "
+ (double)size / (1024 * 1024)
+ " MB");
}
}
Output:
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