---
title: "Delete Example Models"
source: dbt Core Documentation
source_url: https://github.com/dbt-labs/docs.getdbt.com
licence: Apache-2.0
domain: data-and-analysis
subdomain: dbt-docs
date_added: 2026-04-25
---

You can now delete the files that dbt created when you initialized the project:

1. Delete the `models/example/` directory.
2. Delete the `example:` key from your `dbt_project.yml` file, and any configurations that are listed under it.

    <File name='dbt_project.yml'>

    ```yaml
    # before
    models:
      jaffle_shop:
        +materialized: table
        example:
          +materialized: view
    ```

    </File>

    <File name='dbt_project.yml'>

    ```yaml
    # after
    models:
      jaffle_shop:
        +materialized: table
    ```

    </File>

3. Save your changes.

#### FAQs

<FAQ path="Models/removing-deleted-models" />
<FAQ path="Troubleshooting/unused-model-configurations" />
