diff --git a/chatmastermind/message.py b/chatmastermind/message.py
index d88ac5c..ced11bb 100644
--- a/chatmastermind/message.py
+++ b/chatmastermind/message.py
@@ -517,6 +517,13 @@ class Message():
             yaml.dump(data, temp_fd, sort_keys=False)
         shutil.move(temp_file_path, file_path)
 
+    def rm_file(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Delete the message file. Ignore empty file_path and not existing files.
+        """
+        if self.file_path is not None:
+            self.file_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+
     def filter_tags(self, prefix: Optional[str] = None, contain: Optional[str] = None) -> set[Tag]:
         """
         Filter tags based on their prefix (i. e. the tag starts with a given string)
diff --git a/tests/test_message.py b/tests/test_message.py
index e486ce1..6e39143 100644
--- a/tests/test_message.py
+++ b/tests/test_message.py
@@ -874,3 +874,22 @@ This is a question.
 {Answer.txt_header}
 This is an answer."""
         self.assertEqual(self.message.to_str(with_tags=True, with_file=True), expected_output)
+
+
+class MessageRmFileTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False, suffix=msg_suffix)
+        self.file_path = pathlib.Path(self.file.name)
+        self.message = Message(Question('This is a question.'),
+                               file_path=self.file_path)
+        self.message.to_file()
+
+    def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        self.file.close()
+        self.file_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+
+    def test_rm_file(self) -> None:
+        assert self.message.file_path
+        self.assertTrue(self.message.file_path.exists())
+        self.message.rm_file()
+        self.assertFalse(self.message.file_path.exists())