diff --git a/src/maildirclean/filedir.py b/src/maildirclean/filedir.py
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+"""Module containing functionality to interact with the filesystem"""
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def delete_files(file_list: list[str | Path]):
+    """Delete all files in the provided file list
+
+    Args:
+        file_list: List of file paths as either strings or Path
+    """
+    for file in file_list:
+        os.remove(file)
diff --git a/tests/test_filedir.py b/tests/test_filedir.py
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+from fixtures import *
+from maildirclean.filedir import delete_files
+
+
+def test_delete_files(sample_email_dir):
+    file_list = list(Path(sample_email_dir).glob("*"))
+    delete_files(file_list)
+
+    for file in file_list:
+        assert not Path(file).is_file()