diff --git a/shard.yml b/shard.yml
index 589d303..c5230c5 100644
--- a/shard.yml
+++ b/shard.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 name: teeplate
-version: 0.4.5
+version: 0.5.0
 
 authors:
   - mosop
 
-crystal: 0.21.1
+crystal: 0.24.1
 
 development_dependencies:
   have_files:
-    github: mosop/have_files
-    version: ~> 0.3.3
+    github: amberframework/have_files
+    version: ~> 0.4.0
   stdio:
     github: mosop/stdio
     version: ~> 0.1.2
diff --git a/src/lib.cr b/src/lib.cr
index 5403244..8a8a753 100644
--- a/src/lib.cr
+++ b/src/lib.cr
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ require "base64"
 require "colorize"
 require "ecr/macros"
 require "process"
-require "./version"
+require "./teeplate/*"
 require "./lib/as_data_entry"
 require "./lib/*"
diff --git a/src/lib/file_entry_collector.cr b/src/lib/file_entry_collector.cr
index 9d59a72..478aefc 100644
--- a/src/lib/file_entry_collector.cr
+++ b/src/lib/file_entry_collector.cr
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ module Teeplate
 
     def each_file(abs, rel, &block : String, String ->)
       Dir.open(abs) do |d|
-        d.each do |entry|
-          if entry != "." && entry != ".."
-            each_file abs, rel, entry, &block
-          end
+        d.each_child do |entry|
+          each_file abs, rel, entry, &block
         end
       end
     end
@@ -27,6 +25,7 @@ module Teeplate
     end
 
     @entries : Array(AsDataEntry)?
+
     def entries
       @entries ||= begin
         a = [] of AsDataEntry
diff --git a/src/lib/file_tree.cr b/src/lib/file_tree.cr
index a4bf0c7..7930ba9 100644
--- a/src/lib/file_tree.cr
+++ b/src/lib/file_tree.cr
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 module Teeplate
   # Collects template files from a local directory.
   abstract class FileTree
+
+    # Array of paths to skip when performing destroy
+    @skip_on_destroy = [] of String
+
     # Collects and embeds template files.
     #
     # It runs another macro process that collects template files and embeds the files as code.
@@ -8,6 +12,11 @@ module Teeplate
       {{ run(__DIR__ + "/file_tree/macros/directory", dir.id) }}
     end
 
+    # Skip directory/file at the given path. The path is relative to the out_dir.
+    def skip_on_destroy(path)
+      @skip_on_destroy.push(path)
+    end
+    
     @file_entries : Array(AsDataEntry)?
     # Returns collected file entries.
     def file_entries : Array(AsDataEntry)
@@ -28,6 +37,14 @@ module Teeplate
       renderer
     end
 
+    # Destroy the rendered files.
+    def destroy(out_dir, force : Bool = false, interactive : Bool = false, interact : Bool = false, list : Bool = false, color : Bool = false, per_entry : Bool = false, quit : Bool = true)
+      renderer = Renderer.new(out_dir, force: force, interact: interactive || interact, list: list, color: color, per_entry: per_entry, quit: quit)
+      renderer << destroy_file_entries
+      renderer.destroy(@skip_on_destroy)
+      renderer
+    end
+
     # Returns file entries to be rendered.
     #
     # This method just returns the `#file_entries` method's result. To filter entries, override this method.
@@ -35,6 +52,11 @@ module Teeplate
       file_entries
     end
 
+    # :nodoc:
+    def destroy_file_entries
+      file_entries
+    end
+
     # :nodoc:
     def ____collect_files(files)
     end
diff --git a/src/lib/file_tree/macros/directory.cr b/src/lib/file_tree/macros/directory.cr
index 8991867..5c56640 100644
--- a/src/lib/file_tree/macros/directory.cr
+++ b/src/lib/file_tree/macros/directory.cr
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ require "base64"
 
 def each_file(abs, rel, &block : String, String ->)
   Dir.open(abs) do |d|
-    d.each do |entry|
-      if entry != "." && entry != ".."
-        each_file abs, rel, entry, &block
-      end
+    d.each_child do |entry|
+      each_file abs, rel, entry, &block
     end
   end
 end
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ end
 def pack_blob(sb, abs, rel)
   STDOUT << "\n____files << ::Teeplate::Base64Data.new(\"#{rel}\", "
   io = IO::Memory.new
-  File.open(abs){|f| IO.copy(f, io)}
+  File.open(abs) { |f| IO.copy(f, io) }
   if io.size > 0
     STDOUT << "#{io.size}_u64, <<-EOS\n"
     Base64.encode io, STDOUT
diff --git a/src/lib/renderer.cr b/src/lib/renderer.cr
index d137385..218fc6d 100644
--- a/src/lib/renderer.cr
+++ b/src/lib/renderer.cr
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ module Teeplate
     # :nodoc:
     getter data_entries = [] of AsDataEntry
 
+    # :nodoc:
+    getter? pending_destroy = false
+
     # :nodoc:
     getter entries = [] of RenderingEntry
 
@@ -97,5 +100,87 @@ module Teeplate
         @quitted = true
       end
     end
+    
+    # Destroy templates.
+    #
+    # If passing paths as skip, these paths will be skipped in the destroy process, and thus will remain on the 
+    # file system
+    def destroy(skip : Array(String)?)
+      @pending_destroy = true
+      begin
+        if @interactive
+          @entries.each do |entry|
+            entry.destroy(should_destroy?(entry))
+          end
+        elsif should_destroy_all?(@entries)
+          @entries.each do |entry|
+            entry.destroy(should_skip_on_destroy?(entry, skip))
+          end
+        end
+      rescue ex : Quit
+        @quitted = true
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Confirm whether the user wants to destroy a singe file.
+    def should_destroy?(entry : RenderingEntry)
+      STDOUT.puts "Destroy #{entry.out_path}? (y/n)"
+
+      loop do
+        case input = ::STDIN.gets.to_s.strip.downcase
+        when "y"
+          return true
+        when "n"
+          return false
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  
+    # Confirm whether or not the user wishes to destroy multiple files.
+    def should_destroy_all?(entries : Array(RenderingEntry))
+      return should_destroy?(entries.first) if entries.size == 1
+
+      STDOUT.puts "Destroy all the following files? (y/n)"
+
+      entries.each do |entry|
+        STDOUT.puts entry.out_path
+      end
+
+      loop do
+        case input = ::STDIN.gets.to_s.strip.downcase
+        when "y"
+          return true
+        when "n"
+          return false
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Determine whether a file should be skipped upon performing #destroy, based on the
+    # provided array of paths to skip.
+    def should_skip_on_destroy?(file : RenderingEntry, skip : Array(String)?) : Bool
+      skip_file = false
+
+      skip_path_parts : Array(String)?
+      entry_path_parts : Array(String)?
+      entry_path_parts = file.out_path.split("/")
+
+      skip.each do |skip_path|
+        skip_path_parts = skip_path.split("/")
+
+        skip_path_parts.unshift(entry_path_parts.first)
+        skip_path_parts.each_with_index do |part, i|
+          if i + 1 > entry_path_parts.size
+            skip_file = false
+            break
+          end
+          skip_file = part.downcase == entry_path_parts[i].downcase
+        end
+
+        break if skip_file
+      end
+
+      skip_file
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/src/lib/rendering_entry.cr b/src/lib/rendering_entry.cr
index a569ccc..63d2827 100644
--- a/src/lib/rendering_entry.cr
+++ b/src/lib/rendering_entry.cr
@@ -91,6 +91,20 @@ module Teeplate
       end
     end
 
+    # :nodoc:
+    def destroy(skip? = false)
+      unless skip?
+        begin
+          File.delete out_path
+          list_if_any "destroyed ", :red
+        rescue
+          list_if_any "skipped ", :yellow
+        end
+      else
+        list_if_any "skipped ", :yellow
+      end
+    end
+
     # :nodoc:
     def set_perm
       if perm = @data.perm? && File.file?(out_path)
@@ -125,6 +139,7 @@ module Teeplate
       return :keep if !@renderer.interactive? || @renderer.keeps_all?
       return modifies?("#{local_path} is a symlink...", diff: false) if File.symlink?(out_path)
       return :modify if appends?
+      return :destroy if @renderer.pending_destroy?
       return :none if identical?
       modifies?("#{local_path} already exists...", diff: true)
     end
@@ -200,9 +215,9 @@ module Teeplate
       end
       begin
         if !GIT.empty?
-          Process.new(GIT, ["diff", "--no-index", "--", out_path, "-"], shell: true, input: r, output: true, error: true).wait
+          Process.new(GIT, ["diff", "--no-index", "--", out_path, "-"], shell: true, input: r, output: Process::Redirect::Inherit, error: Process::Redirect::Inherit).wait
         elsif !DIFF.empty?
-          Process.new(DIFF, ["-u", out_path, "-"], shell: true, input: r, output: true, error: true).wait
+          Process.new(DIFF, ["-u", out_path, "-"], shell: true, input: r, output: Process::Redirect::Inherit, error: Process::Redirect::Inherit).wait
         else
           STDOUT.puts "No diff command is installed."
         end
diff --git a/src/version.cr b/src/teeplate/version.cr
similarity index 50%
rename from src/version.cr
rename to src/teeplate/version.cr
index 199502e..1143ece 100644
--- a/src/version.cr
+++ b/src/teeplate/version.cr
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Teeplate
-  VERSION = "0.4.5"
+  VERSION = "0.5.0"
 end