Delete folder from Catalog masterpage

Introduction

We may came across this situation to delete a folder in catalog master page when you deactivating feature. Here we are going to see, how can we delete this kind of folder programmatically

Code

using (SPSite site = new SPSite(siteUrl))

{

 SPList listCatalog = site.GetCatalog(SPListTemplateType.MasterPageCatalog);

                site.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;

                SPFolder masterpageFolder = listCatalog.RootFolder.SubFolders["FolderName"];

                if (masterpageFolder != null)

                {

                    masterpageFolder.Delete();

                }

                site.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;

                site.RootWeb.Update();

}