Create a Text File in C# The following 4 methods can be used to create a text file in C#. In this article and code sample, we will learn how to use these methods to create text files. File.Create File.CreateText FileInfo.Create FileInfo.CreateText File.Create Method The File.Create() method takes a file name with the full path as its first and required parameter and creates a file at the specified location. If same file already exists at the same location, this method overwrites the file. The following code snippet creates a file Mahesh.txt in C:\Temp folder. If file already exists, the code will delete the existing file. The code writes two arrays of bytes to the file. The Create method creates and returns a FileStream object that is responsible for reading and writing the specified file. string fileName = @"C:\Temp\Mahesh.txt"; 
 try 
 { 
 // Check if file already exists. If yes, delete it. if (File.Exists(fileName)) 
 { 
 File.Delete(fileName); 
 } 
 // Create a new file using (FileStream fs = File.Create(fileName)) 
 { 
 // Add some text to file Byte[] title = new UTF8Encoding( true ).GetBytes("New Text File"); fs.Write(title, 0, title.Length); byte [] author = new UTF8Encoding( true ).GetBytes("Mahesh Chand"); 
 fs.Write(author, 0, author.Length); 
 } 
 // Open the stream and read it back. using (StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(fileName)) 
 { 
 string s = ""; 
 while ((s = sr.ReadLine()) != null ) 
 { 
 Console.WriteLine(s); 
 } 
 } 
 } 
 catch (Exception Ex) 
 { 
 Console.WriteLine(Ex.ToString()); 
 }
