diff --git a/api/src/nlp/controllers/nlp-entity.controller.ts b/api/src/nlp/controllers/nlp-entity.controller.ts
index 9f1f2c94..d0693c87 100644
--- a/api/src/nlp/controllers/nlp-entity.controller.ts
+++ b/api/src/nlp/controllers/nlp-entity.controller.ts
@@ -223,20 +223,6 @@ export class NlpEntityController extends BaseController<
       throw new BadRequestException('No IDs provided for deletion.');
     }
 
-    const { count: builtinNlpEntitiesCount } = await this.filterCount({
-      _id: { $in: ids },
-      builtin: true,
-    });
-
-    if (builtinNlpEntitiesCount > 0) {
-      this.logger.warn(
-        `Unable to delete NLP entities with provided IDs: ${ids}`,
-      );
-      throw new MethodNotAllowedException(
-        'Deletion failed: Selection includes built-in NLP entities that are protected',
-      );
-    }
-
     const deleteResult = await this.nlpEntityService.deleteMany({
       _id: { $in: ids },
     });
diff --git a/api/src/nlp/controllers/nlp-value.controller.spec.ts b/api/src/nlp/controllers/nlp-value.controller.spec.ts
index 19e80937..981f61c4 100644
--- a/api/src/nlp/controllers/nlp-value.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/nlp/controllers/nlp-value.controller.spec.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ describe('NlpValueController', () => {
         entity: intentNlpEntity!.id,
         value: 'updated',
         expressions: [],
-        builtin: true,
+        builtin: false,
         doc: '',
       };
       const result = await nlpValueController.updateOne(
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ describe('NlpValueController', () => {
   describe('deleteMany', () => {
     it('should delete multiple nlp values', async () => {
       const valuesToDelete = [positiveValue!.id, negativeValue!.id];
-
       const result = await nlpValueController.deleteMany(valuesToDelete);
 
       expect(result.deletedCount).toEqual(valuesToDelete.length);
diff --git a/api/src/nlp/services/nlp-entity.service.spec.ts b/api/src/nlp/services/nlp-entity.service.spec.ts
index 91858e10..61eac63a 100644
--- a/api/src/nlp/services/nlp-entity.service.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/nlp/services/nlp-entity.service.spec.ts
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ describe('NlpEntityService', () => {
             {
               value: 'jhon',
               expressions: ['john', 'joohn', 'jhonny'],
-              builtin: true,
+              builtin: false,
               doc: '',
             },
           ],
diff --git a/api/src/utils/generics/base-repository.ts b/api/src/utils/generics/base-repository.ts
index 16672835..3094d490 100644
--- a/api/src/utils/generics/base-repository.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/generics/base-repository.ts
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ export abstract class BaseRepository<
   }
 
   async deleteMany(criteria: TFilterQuery<T>): Promise<DeleteResult> {
-    return await this.model.deleteMany(criteria);
+    return await this.model.deleteMany({ ...criteria, builtin: { $ne: true } });
   }
 
   async preCreateValidate(
diff --git a/api/src/utils/test/fixtures/nlpvalue.ts b/api/src/utils/test/fixtures/nlpvalue.ts
index d83a582a..92937125 100644
--- a/api/src/utils/test/fixtures/nlpvalue.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/test/fixtures/nlpvalue.ts
@@ -18,35 +18,35 @@ export const nlpValueFixtures: NlpValueCreateDto[] = [
     entity: '0',
     value: 'positive',
     expressions: [],
-    builtin: true,
+    builtin: false,
     doc: '',
   },
   {
     entity: '0',
     value: 'negative',
     expressions: [],
-    builtin: true,
+    builtin: false,
     doc: '',
   },
   {
     entity: '1',
     value: 'jhon',
     expressions: ['john', 'joohn', 'jhonny'],
-    builtin: true,
+    builtin: false,
     doc: '',
   },
   {
     entity: '0',
     value: 'greeting',
     expressions: ['heello', 'Hello', 'hi', 'heyy'],
-    builtin: true,
+    builtin: false,
     doc: '',
   },
   {
     entity: '0',
     value: 'goodbye',
     expressions: ['bye', 'bye bye'],
-    builtin: true,
+    builtin: false,
     doc: '',
   },
   {