From a7b367fda289a1cd3227bdc98aa5663c0eb6ce33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Eichhorn <alex@eichhorn.dev>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:33:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: only delete individual LoRA file instead of entire
 parent directory (#8954)
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When deleting a file-based model (e.g. LoRA), the previous logic used
rmtree on the parent directory, which would delete all files in that
folder — even unrelated ones. Now only the specific model file is
removed, and the parent directory is cleaned up only if empty afterward.
---
 .../services/model_install/model_install_default.py    | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/model_install/model_install_default.py b/invokeai/app/services/model_install/model_install_default.py
index f20a1784be..8503811bcd 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/model_install/model_install_default.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/model_install/model_install_default.py
@@ -663,10 +663,12 @@ class ModelInstallService(ModelInstallServiceBase):
         # directory. However, the path we store in the model record may be either a file within the key directory,
         # or the directory itself. So we have to handle both cases.
         if model_path.is_file() or model_path.is_symlink():
-            # Sanity check - file models should be in their own directory under the models dir. The parent of the
-            # file should be the model's directory, not the Invoke models dir!
-            assert model_path.parent != self.app_config.models_path
-            rmtree(model_path.parent)
+            # Delete the individual model file, not the entire parent directory.
+            # Other unrelated files may exist in the same directory.
+            model_path.unlink()
+            # Clean up the parent directory only if it is now empty
+            if model_path.parent != self.app_config.models_path and not any(model_path.parent.iterdir()):
+                model_path.parent.rmdir()
         elif model_path.is_dir():
             # Sanity check - folder models should be in their own directory under the models dir. The path should
             # not be the Invoke models dir itself!