From 339d57f63699c906ce74282fae4fe54080b91c4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Iwona Just <iwona@pixelandtonic.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:14:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] allow deleting below minEntries

---
 src/fields/Matrix.php                            | 11 +----------
 src/web/assets/cp/src/js/NestedElementManager.js |  4 +---
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/fields/Matrix.php b/src/fields/Matrix.php
index f2707a4d999..bc5e4e86c19 100644
--- a/src/fields/Matrix.php
+++ b/src/fields/Matrix.php
@@ -590,8 +590,7 @@ public function canDeleteElement(NestedElementInterface $element, User $user): ?
             return false;
         }
 
-        // Make sure we aren't hitting the Min Entries limit
-        return !$this->minEntriesReached($owner);
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -602,14 +601,6 @@ public function canDeleteElementForSite(NestedElementInterface $element, User $u
         return false;
     }
 
-    private function minEntriesReached(ElementInterface $owner): bool
-    {
-        return (
-            $this->minEntries &&
-            $this->minEntries >= $this->totalEntries($owner)
-        );
-    }
-
     private function maxEntriesReached(ElementInterface $owner): bool
     {
         return (
diff --git a/src/web/assets/cp/src/js/NestedElementManager.js b/src/web/assets/cp/src/js/NestedElementManager.js
index a2e51d34c3f..2b17553c8b8 100644
--- a/src/web/assets/cp/src/js/NestedElementManager.js
+++ b/src/web/assets/cp/src/js/NestedElementManager.js
@@ -285,9 +285,7 @@ Craft.NestedElementManager = Garnish.Base.extend(
         return true;
       }
 
-      const total = this.getTotalElements();
-
-      return total !== null && total - (num || 1) >= this.settings.minElements;
+      return this.getTotalElements() !== null;
     },
 
     getElementIds() {