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# delete\_file

Delete a stored project file. The same root allowlist as [`write_file`](/testvibe-api/api-reference/files/write_file.md) applies: only paths under `Features/` or `Configurations/`.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Template scaffolding can't be deleted** — only stored project files. Deleting a stored file that overrides a template path makes the template file show through again.
{% endhint %}

## Request

```
DELETE /api/v1/ops/projects/{project}/files/content?path=
```

| Parameter | In    | Type   | Required | Description                                             |
| --------- | ----- | ------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `project` | path  | string | yes      | The project's public id.                                |
| `path`    | query | string | yes      | The file path (e.g. `Configurations/Mobile.config.js`). |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```bash
curl -X DELETE -H "Authorization: Bearer $TESTVIBE_API_KEY" \
  "$TESTVIBE_SERVER/api/v1/ops/projects/$PROJECT/files/content?path=Configurations%2FMobile.config.js"
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="CLI" %}

```bash
testvibe files delete Configurations/Mobile.config.js
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="MCP" %}
Tool **`delete_file`** — `{ "path": "Configurations/Mobile.config.js" }`. Marked destructive: clients may ask for confirmation.
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Response

```json
{ "ok": true }
```

## Errors

| HTTP                  | When                                                                                 |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `400 invalid_request` | Path outside `Features/`/`Configurations/`, contains `..`, or names a template file. |
| `404 not_found`       | No stored file at that path.                                                         |


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