# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Add file deletion to desktop file tree UI

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #40596: feat(desktop): add file deletion via context menu and Delete key in file tree

These issues and pull requests concern adding the ability to delete files in the desktop application's file tree, using both the Delete key and a right-click context menu. The members cover the feature request and corresponding implementation work.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.39`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #40483: Hermes Desktop: file tree should support deleting files via Delete key / right-click menu
- #40484: Hermes Desktop: file tree should support deleting files via Delete key / right-click menu

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#40596: feat(desktop): add file deletion via context menu and Delete key in file tree**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.cjs`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.cjs`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/files/ipc.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/files/tree.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/files/use-project-tree.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`
- **#40603: feat(desktop): add delete file support via keyboard and context menu**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `68680db10d1744bcff4fd2fbc519cccc8447e0e3`, `#40484`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`