diff --git a/.changeset/wicked-dancers-count.md b/.changeset/wicked-dancers-count.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24d3e95a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wicked-dancers-count.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': patch
+---
+
+Fixed bug in fs:delete causing no files to be deleted on windows machines
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/delete.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/delete.test.ts
index f037323c04..b0b16c6d12 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/delete.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/delete.test.ts
@@ -144,4 +144,25 @@ describe('fs:delete', () => {
       expect(fileExists).toBe(false);
     });
   });
+
+  it('should handle windows style file paths', async () => {
+    const files = ['unit-test-a.js', 'unit-test-b.js'];
+
+    files.forEach(file => {
+      const filePath = resolvePath(workspacePath, file);
+      const fileExists = fs.existsSync(filePath);
+      expect(fileExists).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    await action.handler({
+      ...mockContext,
+      input: { files: files.map(file => `.\\${file}`) },
+    });
+
+    files.forEach(file => {
+      const filePath = resolvePath(workspacePath, file);
+      const fileExists = fs.existsSync(filePath);
+      expect(fileExists).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/delete.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/delete.ts
index 5a06c7d2aa..b2f9cddea4 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/delete.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/delete.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ export const createFilesystemDeleteAction = () => {
       }
 
       for (const file of ctx.input.files) {
-        const safeFilepath = resolveSafeChildPath(ctx.workspacePath, file);
+        // globby cannot handle backslash file separators
+        const safeFilepath = resolveSafeChildPath(
+          ctx.workspacePath,
+          file,
+        ).replace(/\\/g, '/');
         const resolvedPaths = await globby(safeFilepath, {
           cwd: ctx.workspacePath,
           absolute: true,