diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/blob_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/blob_controller.rb
index 4c39fe98028..a1db856dcfb 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/blob_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/blob_controller.rb
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ class Projects::BlobController < Projects::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def destroy
-    create_commit(Files::DeleteService, success_notice: "The file has been successfully deleted.",
-                                        success_path: namespace_project_tree_path(@project.namespace, @project, @target_branch),
-                                        failure_view: :show,
-                                        failure_path: namespace_project_blob_path(@project.namespace, @project, @id))
+    create_commit(Files::DestroyService, success_notice: "The file has been successfully deleted.",
+                                         success_path: namespace_project_tree_path(@project.namespace, @project, @target_branch),
+                                         failure_view: :show,
+                                         failure_path: namespace_project_blob_path(@project.namespace, @project, @id))
   end
 
   def diff
diff --git a/app/services/files/delete_service.rb b/app/services/files/destroy_service.rb
similarity index 88%
rename from app/services/files/delete_service.rb
rename to app/services/files/destroy_service.rb
index 50f0ffcac9f..c3be806a42d 100644
--- a/app/services/files/delete_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/files/destroy_service.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Files
-  class DeleteService < Files::BaseService
+  class DestroyService < Files::BaseService
     def commit
       repository.remove_file(
         current_user,
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/rename_files_delete_service.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/rename_files_delete_service.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4de1c5b0d63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/rename_files_delete_service.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Rename Files::DeleteService to Files::DestroyService
+merge_request: 9110
+author: dixpac
diff --git a/lib/api/files.rb b/lib/api/files.rb
index c58472de578..2ecdd747c8e 100644
--- a/lib/api/files.rb
+++ b/lib/api/files.rb
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ module API
         authorize! :push_code, user_project
 
         file_params = declared_params(include_missing: false)
-        result = ::Files::DeleteService.new(user_project, current_user, commit_params(file_params)).execute
+        result = ::Files::DestroyService.new(user_project, current_user, commit_params(file_params)).execute
 
         if result[:status] == :success
           status(200)
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/diff/position_tracer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/diff/position_tracer_spec.rb
index 8e3e4034c8f..994995b57b8 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/diff/position_tracer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/diff/position_tracer_spec.rb
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe Gitlab::Diff::PositionTracer, lib: true do
   end
 
   def delete_file(branch_name, file_name)
-    Files::DeleteService.new(
+    Files::DestroyService.new(
       project,
       current_user,
       start_branch: branch_name,