diff --git a/cmd/tuple/delete.go b/cmd/tuple/delete.go
index 3d08182d..3426d567 100644
--- a/cmd/tuple/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/tuple/delete.go
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ var deleteCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 		if fileName != "" {
 
-			tuplesWithCondition, err := tuplefile.ReadTupleFile(fileName)
+			clientTuples, err := tuplefile.ReadTupleFile(fileName)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s due to %w", fileName, err)
 			}
 
-			var tuples = tuplefile.ClientTupleKeyToTupleKeyWithoutCondition(tuplesWithCondition)
+			var openfgaTuples = tuplefile.ClientTupleKeyToTupleKeyWithoutCondition(clientTuples)
 			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)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ var deleteCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			}
 
 			deleteRequest := client.ClientWriteRequest{
-				Deletes: tuples,
+				Deletes: openfgaTuples,
 			}
 			response, err := ImportTuples(fgaClient, deleteRequest, maxTuplesPerWrite, maxParallelRequests)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/tuple/delete_test.go b/cmd/tuple/delete_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbba1644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/tuple/delete_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+package tuple
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	openfga "github.com/openfga/go-sdk"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/openfga/cli/internal/tuplefile"
+)
+
+func TestDeleteTuplesFileData(t *testing.T) { //nolint:funlen
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name           string
+		file           string
+		expectedTuples []openfga.TupleKeyWithoutCondition
+		expectedError  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "it can correctly parse a csv file",
+			file: "testdata/tuples.csv",
+			expectedTuples: []openfga.TupleKeyWithoutCondition{
+				{
+					User:     "user:anne",
+					Relation: "owner",
+					Object:   "folder:product",
+				},
+				{
+					User:     "folder:product",
+					Relation: "parent",
+					Object:   "folder:product-2021",
+				},
+				{
+					User:     "team:fga#member",
+					Relation: "viewer",
+					Object:   "folder:product-2021",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "it can correctly parse a csv file regardless of columns order",
+			file: "testdata/tuples_other_columns_order.csv",
+			expectedTuples: []openfga.TupleKeyWithoutCondition{
+				{
+					User:     "user:anne",
+					Relation: "owner",
+					Object:   "folder:product",
+				},
+				{
+					User:     "folder:product",
+					Relation: "parent",
+					Object:   "folder:product-2021",
+				},
+				{
+					User:     "team:fga#member",
+					Relation: "viewer",
+					Object:   "folder:product-2021",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "it can correctly parse a csv file without optional fields",
+			file: "testdata/tuples_without_optional_fields.csv",
+			expectedTuples: []openfga.TupleKeyWithoutCondition{
+				{
+					User:     "user:anne",
+					Relation: "owner",
+					Object:   "folder:product",
+				},
+				{
+					User:     "folder:product",
+					Relation: "parent",
+					Object:   "folder:product-2021",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "it can correctly parse a csv file with condition_name header but no condition_context header",
+			file: "testdata/tuples_with_condition_name_but_no_condition_context.csv",
+			expectedTuples: []openfga.TupleKeyWithoutCondition{
+				{
+					User:     "user:anne",
+					Relation: "owner",
+					Object:   "folder:product",
+				},
+				{
+					User:     "folder:product",
+					Relation: "parent",
+					Object:   "folder:product-2021",
+				},
+				{
+					User:     "team:fga#member",
+					Relation: "viewer",
+					Object:   "folder:product-2021",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "it can correctly parse a json file",
+			file: "testdata/tuples.json",
+			expectedTuples: []openfga.TupleKeyWithoutCondition{
+				{
+					User:     "user:anne",
+					Relation: "owner",
+					Object:   "folder:product",
+				},
+				{
+					User:     "folder:product",
+					Relation: "parent",
+					Object:   "folder:product-2021",
+				},
+				{
+					User:     "user:beth",
+					Relation: "viewer",
+					Object:   "folder:product-2021",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "it can correctly parse a yaml file",
+			file: "testdata/tuples.yaml",
+			expectedTuples: []openfga.TupleKeyWithoutCondition{
+				{
+					User:     "user:anne",
+					Relation: "owner",
+					Object:   "folder:product",
+				},
+				{
+					User:     "folder:product",
+					Relation: "parent",
+					Object:   "folder:product-2021",
+				},
+				{
+					User:     "user:beth",
+					Relation: "viewer",
+					Object:   "folder:product-2021",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "it fails to parse a non-supported file format",
+			file:          "testdata/tuples.toml",
+			expectedError: "failed to parse input tuples: unsupported file format \".toml\"",
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "it fails to parse a csv file with wrong headers",
+			file:          "testdata/tuples_wrong_headers.csv",
+			expectedError: "failed to parse input tuples: invalid header \"a\", valid headers are user_type,user_id,user_relation,relation,object_type,object_id,condition_name,condition_context",
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "it fails to parse a csv file with missing required headers",
+			file:          "testdata/tuples_missing_required_headers.csv",
+			expectedError: "failed to parse input tuples: csv header missing (\"object_id\")",
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "it fails to parse a csv file with missing condition_name header when condition_context is present",
+			file:          "testdata/tuples_missing_condition_name_header.csv",
+			expectedError: "failed to parse input tuples: missing \"condition_name\" header which is required when \"condition_context\" is present",
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "it fails to parse an empty csv file",
+			file:          "testdata/tuples_empty.csv",
+			expectedError: "failed to parse input tuples: failed to read csv headers: EOF",
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "it fails to parse a csv file with invalid rows",
+			file:          "testdata/tuples_with_invalid_rows.csv",
+			expectedError: "failed to parse input tuples: failed to read tuple from csv file: record on line 2: wrong number of fields",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		test := test
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			actualTuples, err := tuplefile.ReadTupleFile(test.file)
+			deleteTuples := tuplefile.ClientTupleKeyToTupleKeyWithoutCondition(actualTuples)
+
+			if test.expectedError != "" {
+				require.EqualError(t, err, test.expectedError)
+
+				return
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, test.expectedTuples, deleteTuples)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/tuple/testdata/tuples.csv b/cmd/tuple/testdata/tuples.csv
index 4e2a6210..ad40474a 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,chris,,owner,folder,product,inOfficeIP,
+user,anne,,owner,folder,product,inOfficeIP,
 folder,product,,parent,folder,product-2021,inOfficeIP,"{""ip_addr"":""10.0.0.1""}"
 team,fga,member,viewer,folder,product-2021,,
\ No newline at end of file