diff --git a/src/sentry/api/endpoints/debug_files.py b/src/sentry/api/endpoints/debug_files.py
index c0ac4f8ba70b6..65cd999c75275 100644
--- a/src/sentry/api/endpoints/debug_files.py
+++ b/src/sentry/api/endpoints/debug_files.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from sentry.api.exceptions import ResourceDoesNotExist
 from sentry.api.paginator import OffsetPaginator
 from sentry.api.serializers import serialize
+from sentry.auth.access import Access
 from sentry.auth.superuser import is_active_superuser
 from sentry.auth.system import is_system_auth
 from sentry.constants import DEBUG_FILES_ROLE_DEFAULT, KNOWN_DIF_FORMATS
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
     create_files_from_dif_zip,
 )
 from sentry.models.debugfile import ProguardArtifactRelease
+from sentry.models.project import Project
 from sentry.models.release import get_artifact_counts
 from sentry.tasks.assemble import (
     AssembleTask,
@@ -87,6 +89,12 @@ def has_download_permission(request, project):
     return roles.get(current_role).priority >= roles.get(required_role).priority
 
 
+def _has_delete_permission(access: Access, project: Project) -> bool:
+    if access.has_scope("project:write"):
+        return True
+    return access.has_project_scope(project, "project:write")
+
+
 @region_silo_endpoint
 class ProguardArtifactReleasesEndpoint(ProjectEndpoint):
     publish_status = {
@@ -296,7 +304,7 @@ def on_results(difs: Sequence[ProjectDebugFile]):
             on_results=on_results,
         )
 
-    def delete(self, request: Request, project) -> Response:
+    def delete(self, request: Request, project: Project) -> Response:
         """
         Delete a specific Project's Debug Information File
         ```````````````````````````````````````````````````
@@ -310,8 +318,7 @@ def delete(self, request: Request, project) -> Response:
         :qparam string id: The id of the DIF to delete.
         :auth: required
         """
-
-        if request.GET.get("id") and (request.access.has_scope("project:write")):
+        if request.GET.get("id") and _has_delete_permission(request.access, project):
             with atomic_transaction(using=router.db_for_write(File)):
                 debug_file = (
                     ProjectDebugFile.objects.filter(id=request.GET.get("id"), project_id=project.id)
diff --git a/tests/sentry/api/endpoints/test_debug_files.py b/tests/sentry/api/endpoints/test_debug_files.py
index 7b7a8f9a1ba25..fc7015c748ad9 100644
--- a/tests/sentry/api/endpoints/test_debug_files.py
+++ b/tests/sentry/api/endpoints/test_debug_files.py
@@ -283,6 +283,77 @@ def test_dsyms_search(self):
         dsyms = response.data
         assert len(dsyms) == 20
 
+    def test_dsyms_delete_as_team_admin(self):
+        project = self.create_project(name="foo")
+        self.login_as(user=self.user)
+
+        url = reverse(
+            "sentry-api-0-dsym-files",
+            kwargs={"organization_slug": project.organization.slug, "project_slug": project.slug},
+        )
+        response = self._upload_proguard(url, PROGUARD_UUID)
+
+        assert response.status_code == 201
+        assert len(response.data) == 1
+
+        url = reverse(
+            "sentry-api-0-associate-dsym-files",
+            kwargs={"organization_slug": project.organization.slug, "project_slug": project.slug},
+        )
+        response = self.client.post(
+            url,
+            {
+                "checksums": ["e6d3c5185dac63eddfdc1a5edfffa32d46103b44"],
+                "platform": "android",
+                "name": "MyApp",
+                "appId": "com.example.myapp",
+                "version": "1.0",
+                "build": "1",
+            },
+            format="json",
+        )
+
+        url = reverse(
+            "sentry-api-0-dsym-files",
+            kwargs={"organization_slug": project.organization.slug, "project_slug": project.slug},
+        )
+        response = self.client.get(url)
+        download_id = response.data[0]["id"]
+
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+
+        team_admin = self.create_user()
+        team_admin_without_access = self.create_user()
+
+        self.create_member(
+            user=team_admin,
+            organization=project.organization,
+            role="member",
+        )
+        self.create_member(
+            user=team_admin_without_access,
+            organization=project.organization,
+            role="member",
+        )
+        self.create_team_membership(user=team_admin, team=self.team, role="admin")
+        self.create_team_membership(
+            user=team_admin_without_access, team=self.create_team(), role="admin"
+        )
+
+        # Team admin without project access can't delete
+        self.login_as(team_admin_without_access)
+        response = self.client.delete(url + "?id=" + download_id)
+
+        assert response.status_code == 404, response.content
+        assert ProjectDebugFile.objects.count() == 1
+
+        # Team admin with project access can delete
+        self.login_as(team_admin)
+        response = self.client.delete(url + "?id=" + download_id)
+
+        assert response.status_code == 204, response.content
+        assert ProjectDebugFile.objects.count() == 0
+
     def test_source_maps(self):
         project = self.create_project(name="foo")