import net.lingala.zip4j.ZipFile; import net.lingala.zip4j.exception.ZipException; import net.lingala.zip4j.model.FileHeader; import java.io.IOException; public class SampleClass{ public static void main(String[] args) throws ZipException, IOException{ ZipFile zip = null; try{ zip = new ZipFile ("myzip.zip"); FileHeader header = zip.getFileHeader("img.jpg"); if(header != null){ zip.removeFile(header); System.out.println("\"img.jpg\""+ " has been removed."); } } finally{ if(zip != null) zip.close(); } } }