diff --git a/src/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank/MossTankPanel.cs b/src/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank/MossTankPanel.cs
index 787abb9c6..cb6983af8 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank/MossTankPanel.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank/MossTankPanel.cs
@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ internal sealed partial class MossTankPanel
     public Action CreateProfile => () => CreateProfileCore(copyCurrent: false);
     public Action CopyProfile => () => CreateProfileCore(copyCurrent: true);
     public Action ClearProfile => ClearProfileCore;
+    public Action DeleteProfile => DeleteProfileCore;
     public Action ToggleMineOnly => () =>
     {
         string before = _profiles.Selected;
@@ -3465,6 +3466,17 @@ internal sealed partial class MossTankPanel
         ResetProfileConsumers();
     }
 
+    private void DeleteProfileCore()
+    {
+        if (!_profiles.Delete(out string notice))
+        {
+            _profileLifecycleNotice = notice;
+            return;
+        }
+        LoadSelectedProfile();
+        _profileLifecycleNotice = notice;
+    }
+
     private void LoadSelectedProfile()
     {
         _profiles.LoadCurrent(_allSettings, _noBuffItemNames);
diff --git a/src/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank/MossTankProfileStore.cs b/src/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank/MossTankProfileStore.cs
index 003bfc4ce..40d0c03ae 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank/MossTankProfileStore.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank/MossTankProfileStore.cs
@@ -217,6 +217,33 @@ internal sealed class MossTankProfileStore
         return true;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Deletes the currently selected named profile's <c>.usd</c> file and
+    /// its side-car, then falls back to <see cref="ByCharacter"/>. Refuses
+    /// for <see cref="ByCharacter"/> itself — there is no file to delete,
+    /// only a reset (see <see cref="ClearCurrent"/>).
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool Delete(out string notice)
+    {
+        if (_selected.Equals(ByCharacter, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            notice = "'By char' is the built-in character profile and cannot be deleted.";
+            return false;
+        }
+        string fileName = _selected;
+        if (VtankStorage.IsAvailable)
+            VtankStorage.Delete(fileName);
+        if (_host.Storage.IsAvailable)
+            _host.Storage.Delete(SideCarKey(fileName));
+        _selected = ByCharacter;
+        _pendingLegacyBareName = null;
+        _currentDatabase = null;
+        _currentDatabaseFileName = null;
+        WriteBinding();
+        notice = $"Deleted profile {fileName}.";
+        return true;
+    }
+
     public void LoadCurrent(
         VtankSettingsProfileSerializer.AllSettings settings,
         ISet<string> noBuffItemNames)
diff --git a/src/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank/mosstank.xml b/src/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank/mosstank.xml
index 84dfdd7b4..f89fcff1a 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank/mosstank.xml
+++ b/src/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank/mosstank.xml
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@
             onclick="{CreateProfile}" />
     <button x="448" y="36" w="112" h="23" text="Clear profile!"
             onclick="{ClearProfile}" />
+    <button x="568" y="36" w="76" h="23" text="Delete"
+            onclick="{DeleteProfile}"
+            tooltip="Delete the selected named profile's real .usd file. Not available for By char." />
 
     <toggle x="580" y="4" w="120" h="20" text="Mine only"
             checked="{MineOnlyEnabled}" onclick="{ToggleMineOnly}" />
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank.Tests/MossTankMarkupContractTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank.Tests/MossTankMarkupContractTests.cs
index eddad0027..a9a491d90 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank.Tests/MossTankMarkupContractTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank.Tests/MossTankMarkupContractTests.cs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public sealed class MossTankMarkupContractTests
         XElement[] controls = root.Descendants()
             .Where(element => interactive.Contains(element.Name.LocalName))
             .ToArray();
-        Assert.Equal(190, controls.Length);
+        Assert.Equal(191, controls.Length);
 
         foreach (XElement control in controls)
         {
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank.Tests/MossTankPanelTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank.Tests/MossTankPanelTests.cs
index dae614c9a..bc17592bb 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank.Tests/MossTankPanelTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank.Tests/MossTankPanelTests.cs
@@ -846,6 +846,42 @@ public sealed class MossTankPanelTests
         Assert.Equal(0.88f, panel.NormalHealthValue, precision: 2);
     }
 
+    // Campaign VT slice 1 Part A round 2 step 5: the Profiles tab's new
+    // Delete button (mosstank.xml), bound through DeleteProfile exactly
+    // like every other markup action.
+    [Fact]
+    public void DeleteProfileRemovesTheRealFileAndFallsBackToByCharacter()
+    {
+        var storage = new MemoryStorage();
+        var automation = new FakeAutomation { Name = "Moss Wart" };
+        var panel = new MossTankPanel(new FakeHost(automation, storage));
+        panel.SetNormalHealth(0.42f);
+        panel.SetProfileNameDraft("Fellowship");
+        panel.CopyProfile();
+        const string fellowshipFile = "--Moss Wart__Fellowship.usd";
+        Assert.Equal(fellowshipFile, panel.SelectedMacroProfile);
+        Assert.Contains(fellowshipFile, panel.MacroProfileNames);
+
+        panel.DeleteProfile();
+
+        Assert.Equal(MossTankProfileStore.ByCharacter, panel.SelectedMacroProfile);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain(fellowshipFile, panel.MacroProfileNames);
+        Assert.False(storage.Text.ContainsKey(fellowshipFile));
+        Assert.Contains("Deleted", panel.ProfileLifecycleNotice, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DeleteProfileRefusesToRemoveByCharacter()
+    {
+        var storage = new MemoryStorage();
+        var panel = new MossTankPanel(new FakeHost(new FakeAutomation(), storage));
+
+        panel.DeleteProfile();
+
+        Assert.Equal(MossTankProfileStore.ByCharacter, panel.SelectedMacroProfile);
+        Assert.Contains("cannot be deleted", panel.ProfileLifecycleNotice, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+
     // Item J (slice-1 fix round): renamed from
     // NavCommandsImportAndExportExactVtankNavFiles — .af is a real writer
     // output now (item E's header/fold-marker emission), not a byte-exact