diff --git a/.changeset/proud-dolls-behave.md b/.changeset/proud-dolls-behave.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a93bdb4bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/proud-dolls-behave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': minor
+---
+
+Support file globbing in fs:delete
diff --git a/.github/vale/config/vocabularies/Backstage/accept.txt b/.github/vale/config/vocabularies/Backstage/accept.txt
index 936b0ec8b6..253a8feb0a 100644
--- a/.github/vale/config/vocabularies/Backstage/accept.txt
+++ b/.github/vale/config/vocabularies/Backstage/accept.txt
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ Gitiles
 gitlab
 GitLab
 globals
+globbing
 Gource
 Grafana
 graphql
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/delete.examples.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/delete.examples.ts
index 8aea076b9d..a32249f210 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/delete.examples.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/delete.examples.ts
@@ -33,4 +33,19 @@ export const examples: TemplateExample[] = [
       ],
     }),
   },
+  {
+    description: 'Delete files with wildcard',
+    example: yaml.stringify({
+      steps: [
+        {
+          action: 'fs:delete',
+          id: 'deleteFiles',
+          name: 'Delete files',
+          input: {
+            files: ['*.txt'],
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    }),
+  },
 ];
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 8226133376..f037323c04 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
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ describe('fs:delete', () => {
     ).rejects.toThrow(
       /Relative path is not allowed to refer to a directory outside its parent/,
     );
+
+    await expect(
+      action.handler({
+        ...mockContext,
+        input: { files: ['../../../**/index.js'] },
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(
+      /Relative path is not allowed to refer to a directory outside its parent/,
+    );
   });
 
   it('should call fs.rm with the correct values', async () => {
@@ -114,4 +123,25 @@ describe('fs:delete', () => {
       expect(fileExists).toBe(false);
     });
   });
+
+  it('should handle wildcards', 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: ['unit-*.js'] },
+    });
+
+    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 13dfc69525..5a06c7d2aa 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/delete.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/filesystem/delete.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { createTemplateAction } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { resolveSafeChildPath } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
+import globby from 'globby';
 import { examples } from './delete.examples';
 
 /**
@@ -52,14 +53,20 @@ export const createFilesystemDeleteAction = () => {
       }
 
       for (const file of ctx.input.files) {
-        const filepath = resolveSafeChildPath(ctx.workspacePath, file);
+        const safeFilepath = resolveSafeChildPath(ctx.workspacePath, file);
+        const resolvedPaths = await globby(safeFilepath, {
+          cwd: ctx.workspacePath,
+          absolute: true,
+        });
 
-        try {
-          await fs.remove(filepath);
-          ctx.logger.info(`File ${filepath} deleted successfully`);
-        } catch (err) {
-          ctx.logger.error(`Failed to delete file ${filepath}:`, err);
-          throw err;
+        for (const filepath of resolvedPaths) {
+          try {
+            await fs.remove(filepath);
+            ctx.logger.info(`File ${filepath} deleted successfully`);
+          } catch (err) {
+            ctx.logger.error(`Failed to delete file ${filepath}:`, err);
+            throw err;
+          }
         }
       }
     },