From d70d1afcd10b66d2a07ef196f837d59f72ce0976 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noah Talerman <47070608+noahtalerman@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:00:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] YAML reference: Remove required keys (#43856)

They're not all required anymore and we have good error messages for
when the required ones are missing:
https://fleetdm.slack.com/archives/C0ACJ8L1FD0/p1776784920625659
---
 docs/Configuration/yaml-files.md | 12 ------------
 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/Configuration/yaml-files.md b/docs/Configuration/yaml-files.md
index 4d014addd2..3352baef57 100644
--- a/docs/Configuration/yaml-files.md
+++ b/docs/Configuration/yaml-files.md
@@ -10,18 +10,6 @@ Use Fleet's best practice GitOps workflow to manage your computers as code. To l
 
 Any settings not defined in your YAML files (including missing or misspelled keys) will be reset to the default values or deleted (e.g. software packages).
 
-The following are the required keys in the `default.yml` and any `fleets/fleet-name.yml` files:
-
-```yaml
-name: # Only fleets/fleet-name.yml
-policies:
-reports:
-agent_options:
-controls:
-software:
-org_settings: # Only default.yml
-settings: # Only fleets/fleet-name.yml
-```
 Paths in YAML files are always relative to the file you’re editing.
 
 For example: