diff --git a/cmd/tuple/delete.go b/cmd/tuple/delete.go
index ff5ab8e..3d08182 100644
--- a/cmd/tuple/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/tuple/delete.go
@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@ package tuple
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 
 	"github.com/openfga/go-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	"github.com/openfga/cli/internal/cmdutils"
 	"github.com/openfga/cli/internal/output"
+	"github.com/openfga/cli/internal/tuplefile"
 )
 
 // deleteCmd represents the delete command.
@@ -46,19 +45,15 @@ var deleteCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse file name due to %w", err)
 		}
+
 		if fileName != "" {
-			var tuples []client.ClientTupleKeyWithoutCondition
 
-			data, err := os.ReadFile(fileName)
+			tuplesWithCondition, err := tuplefile.ReadTupleFile(fileName)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s due to %w", fileName, err)
 			}
 
-			err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, &tuples)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse input tuples due to %w", err)
-			}
-
+			var tuples = tuplefile.ClientTupleKeyToTupleKeyWithoutCondition(tuplesWithCondition)
 			maxTuplesPerWrite, err := cmd.Flags().GetInt("max-tuples-per-write")
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse max tuples per write due to %w", err)
diff --git a/cmd/tuple/testdata/tuples.csv b/cmd/tuple/testdata/tuples.csv
index b2f7810..4e2a621 100644
--- a/cmd/tuple/testdata/tuples.csv
+++ b/cmd/tuple/testdata/tuples.csv
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 user_type,user_id,user_relation,relation,object_type,object_id,condition_name,condition_context
-user,anne,,owner,folder,product,inOfficeIP,
+user,chris,,owner,folder,product,inOfficeIP,
 folder,product,,parent,folder,product-2021,inOfficeIP,"{""ip_addr"":""10.0.0.1""}"
-team,fga,member,viewer,folder,product-2021,,
+team,fga,member,viewer,folder,product-2021,,
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tuplefile/read.go b/internal/tuplefile/read.go
index 041d43c..565d9a3 100644
--- a/internal/tuplefile/read.go
+++ b/internal/tuplefile/read.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 
+	openfga "github.com/openfga/go-sdk"
 	"github.com/openfga/go-sdk/client"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
@@ -32,3 +33,16 @@ func ReadTupleFile(fileName string) ([]client.ClientTupleKey, error) {
 
 	return tuples, nil
 }
+
+func ClientTupleKeyToTupleKeyWithoutCondition(clientTupleKey []client.ClientTupleKey) []openfga.TupleKeyWithoutCondition {
+	var tuples []openfga.TupleKeyWithoutCondition
+	for _, tuple := range clientTupleKey {
+		convertedTuple := openfga.TupleKeyWithoutCondition{
+			User:     tuple.User,
+			Relation: tuple.Relation,
+			Object:   tuple.Object,
+		}
+		tuples = append(tuples, convertedTuple)
+	}
+	return tuples
+}