diff --git a/tests/System/integration/api/com_newsfeed/Categories.cy.js b/tests/System/integration/api/com_newsfeed/Categories.cy.js
index 3c849aad38de7..be4a0f6425421 100644
--- a/tests/System/integration/api/com_newsfeed/Categories.cy.js
+++ b/tests/System/integration/api/com_newsfeed/Categories.cy.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 describe('Test that newsfeed categories API endpoint', () => {
+  afterEach(() => cy.task('queryDB', "DELETE FROM #__categories where title = 'automated test feed category'"));
   it('can deliver a list of categories', () => {
     cy.db_createCategory({ title: 'automated test category', extension: 'com_newsfeeds' })
       .then((id) => cy.db_createNewsFeed({ name: 'automated test feed', catid: id }))
diff --git a/tests/System/integration/api/com_newsfeed/NewsFeed.cy.js b/tests/System/integration/api/com_newsfeed/NewsFeed.cy.js
index daa2a601d127e..5f573d77c3fef 100644
--- a/tests/System/integration/api/com_newsfeed/NewsFeed.cy.js
+++ b/tests/System/integration/api/com_newsfeed/NewsFeed.cy.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 describe('Test that newsfeed API endpoint', () => {
+  afterEach(() => cy.task('queryDB', "DELETE FROM #__newsfeeds where name LIKE 'automated test feed'"));
   ['joomla.org'].forEach((file) => {
     it(`can deliver a list of feeds from ${file}`, () => {
       cy.db_createNewsFeed({ name: 'automated test feed', link: `${Cypress.config('baseUrl')}/tests/System/data/com_newsfeeds/${file}.xml` })