diff --git a/electron/main/custom_document.html b/electron/main/custom_document.html
index e21971c..a35de73 100644
--- a/electron/main/custom_document.html
+++ b/electron/main/custom_document.html
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
             <a href="index.html">
                 <button id="goBackBtn">Abbrechen</button>
             </a>
+            <button id="deleteBtn">Dokument löschen</button>
             <button id="generateBtn">Dokument speichern</button>
         </div>
 
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@
     <script>
         const goBackBtn = document.getElementById("goBackBtn");
         const generateBtn = document.getElementById("generateBtn");
+        const deleteBtn = document.getElementById("deleteBtn");
         const existingDocs = document.getElementById("existingDocs");
         const docNameInput = document.getElementById("docName");
         const promptInput = document.getElementById("prompt");
@@ -157,6 +159,41 @@
 
         });
 
+        // dokumente löschen
+        deleteBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
+            const name = docNameInput.value.trim();
+
+            if (!name) {
+                resultDiv.textContent = "Bitte Dokumentname angeben.";
+                setTimeout(() => {
+                    resultDiv.textContent = "";
+                }, 3000);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            const confirmDelete = confirm(
+                `Möchtest du das Dokument "${name}" wirklich löschen?`
+            );
+
+            if (!confirmDelete) return;
+
+            window.api.deleteTxtFile(name).then((success) => {
+                if (success) {
+                    resultDiv.textContent = "Dokument erfolgreich gelöscht!";
+                    reloadDocuments();
+                    existingDocs.value = "newDoc";
+                    existingDocs.dispatchEvent(new Event("change"));
+                } else {
+                    resultDiv.textContent = "Dokument konnte nicht gelöscht werden.";
+                }
+
+                setTimeout(() => {
+                    resultDiv.textContent = "";
+                }, 3000);
+            });
+        });
+
+
         //function to load existingDoc options to the drop down list
         const select = document.getElementById('existingDocs');
 
diff --git a/electron/main/index.html b/electron/main/index.html
index 99a7cdc..ea7fd98 100644
--- a/electron/main/index.html
+++ b/electron/main/index.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
       <nav class="menu1">
         <a href="custom_document.html" class="li1">Manage document types</a>
-        <a href="" class="li1">Help</a>
+        <a href="help_page.html" class="li1">Help</a>
       </nav>
     </nav>
   </section>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
         </div>
         <div class="checkbox-container">
           <input type="checkbox" name="docFormat" id="docFormatCustom" value="custom">
-          <select name="costumDocumentType" id="costumDocumentType">
+          <select name="customDocumentTypes" id="customDocumentTypes">
           </select>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/electron/main/preload.js b/electron/main/preload.js
index 80c4140..bf134fe 100644
--- a/electron/main/preload.js
+++ b/electron/main/preload.js
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ try {
         onFileDrop: (file) => webUtils.getPathForFile(file)
     })
     contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("submit", {
-        submit: (meeting_specifications) => {ipcRenderer.send("file_submit", meeting_specifications)}
+        submit: (meeting_specifications) => { ipcRenderer.send("file_submit", meeting_specifications) }
     })
     contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("electronAPI", {
-        getFilePath: (file) => {return webUtils.getPathForFile(file)}
+        getFilePath: (file) => { return webUtils.getPathForFile(file) }
     })
 
     contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("onStartup", {
@@ -23,27 +23,26 @@ try {
         speakerAudios: (callback) => ipcRenderer.on('speakerAudios', callback)
     })
     contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("submitSpeaker", {
-        speaker_submit: (speaker_names) => {ipcRenderer.send("speaker_submit", speaker_names)}
+        speaker_submit: (speaker_names) => { ipcRenderer.send("speaker_submit", speaker_names) }
     })
 
     contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("download", {
-        file_download: () => {ipcRenderer.send("file_download")}
+        file_download: () => { ipcRenderer.send("file_download") }
     })
-
-
-
+    
     //documenttypes 
-
     contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('api', {
-         getTxtFiles: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('get-txt-files'),
-         saveTxtFile: (name, content) =>
-         ipcRenderer.invoke('save-txt-file', name, content),
-         readTxtFile: (fileName) =>
-         ipcRenderer.invoke('read-txt-file', fileName)
+        getTxtFiles: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('get-txt-files'),
+        saveTxtFile: (name, content) =>
+            ipcRenderer.invoke('save-txt-file', name, content),
+        readTxtFile: (fileName) =>
+            ipcRenderer.invoke('read-txt-file', fileName),
+        deleteTxtFile: (fileName) =>
+            ipcRenderer.invoke('delete-txt-file', fileName)
     });
 
-    
-    ipcRenderer.on("error", (event, err) => {alert(err)})
+
+    ipcRenderer.on("error", (event, err) => { alert(err) })
 } catch (error) {
     console.log("Error in preload.js");
 }
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index a2c7e34..efe940b 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -281,8 +281,21 @@ electron.ipcMain.handle('save-txt-file', (event, fileName, content) => {
   return true;
 });
 
-//
+//read file content
 electron.ipcMain.handle('read-txt-file', (event, fileName) => {
   const filePath = `${mainDir}/storage/documentType/${fileName}`;
   return fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8');
+});
+
+//delete documentfiles
+
+electron.ipcMain.handle('delete-txt-file', (event, fileName) => {
+  const filePath = `${mainDir}/storage/documentType/${fileName}.txt`;
+
+  if (fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
+    fs.unlinkSync(filePath);
+    return true;
+  } else {
+    return false; 
+  }
 });
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