delete images file when delete project

I have project data in table named "projects" where project images in separate table named "project_images" and my main issue here is that the images uploaded in "uploads/projects" folder does not deleted not sure why...?!

Blade.php

<div class="remove">
<button class="btn btn-sm btn-danger remove-item-btn" onclick="deleteProject({{ $project }})">Delete</button>
</div>

 <!-- Remove Modal -->
 <div class="modal fade zoomIn" id="deleteProjectModal" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true">
    <div class="modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered">
        <div class="modal-content">
            <div class="modal-header">
                <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close" id="btn-close"></button>
            </div>
            <form id="DeleteForm">
            @csrf
            <div class="modal-body">
            <input type="hidden" name="projectid_dfield" id="projectid_dfield">
                <div class="mt-2 text-center">
                    <lord-icon src="https://cdn.lordicon.com/gsqxdxog.json" trigger="loop"
                        colors="primary:#f7b84b,secondary:#f06548" style="width:100px;height:100px"></lord-icon>
                    <div class="mt-4 pt-2 fs-15 mx-4 mx-sm-5">
                        <h4>Are you Sure You want to Delete ?</h4>
                        <p class="text-muted mx-4 mb-0 fw-bold" id="deletedName"></p>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="d-flex gap-2 justify-content-center mt-4 mb-2">
                    <button type="button" class="btn w-sm btn-light" data-bs-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
                    <button type="submit" class="btn w-sm btn-danger " id="delete-record">Yes, Delete It!</button>
                </div>
            </div>
</form>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
<!--end remove modal -->

<script type="text/javascript">

function deleteProject(e) {
        var projectId  = e.id;
        var projectName  = e.project_title;

        $("#projectid_dfield").val(projectId);
        $("#deletedName").text(projectName);
        $('#deleteProjectModal').modal('show');
    }

    $('body').on('submit', '#DeleteForm', function(e){
        let id = $('#projectid_dfield').val();
        let url = window.location.origin;
        let path = url + '/user/projects/delete' + '/'  + id;

        axios.get(path)
        .then( res => {
            /*$('#deleteUserModal').modal('toggle');
            location.reload();*/
            console.log(res)
            })
        .catch( err => console.log(err));
    })

</script>

web.php

Route::controller(ProjectsController::class)->middleware(['auth', 'user'])->prefix('user')->group( function () {
    Route::get('/projects/delete/{id}', 'DeleteProjectUser')->name('DeleteProjectUser');
});

Controller.php

public function DeleteProjectUser(Request $request, $id) {
        
        $projectData = Projects::find($id);
        
        if($projectData->projectImages()) {
            foreach($projectData->projectImages() as $image){
                $image_path = public_path('uploads\projects').'\'.$image->image;
                
                if(File::exists($image_path)){
                    File::delete($image_path);
                }
                $image->delete();
            }
        }

        $projectData->delete();
        return redirect()->back()->with('success', 'تم حذف المشروع بنجاح');
    }

Projects modal

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
use App\Models\UsersList;
use App\Models\ProjectImages;

class Projects extends Model
{
    use SoftDeletes;

    protected $fillable = [
        'project_title',
        'project_shorts',
    ];

    public function projectImages(){
        return $this->hasMany(ProjectImages::class, 'projects_id', 'id');
    }
}

ProjectImages modal

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
use App\Models\Projects;

class ProjectImages extends Model
{
    use SoftDeletes;

    protected $fillable = [
        'projects_id',
        'image',
    ];

    public function projectInfo() {
        return $this->hasOne(Projects::class, 'id', 'projects_id');
    }
}