diff --git a/cli/cmd/admin.go b/cli/cmd/admin.go
index 3a54b13ac..8a2d7f006 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/admin.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/admin.go
@@ -58,6 +58,28 @@ var _disable2faCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	},
 }
 
+var _deleteUser = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "delete-user",
+	Short: "Delete  a user",
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		recoverWithLog()
+		var flags = &model.AdminActionForUser{}
+		cmd.Flags().VisitAll(func(f *pflag.Flag) {
+			if f.Name == "admin-user" {
+				flags.AdminEmail = f.Value.String()
+			}
+			if f.Name == "user" {
+				flags.UserEmail = f.Value.String()
+			}
+		})
+		if flags.UserEmail == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("user email is required")
+		}
+		return ctrl.DeleteUser(context.Background(), *flags)
+
+	},
+}
+
 var _listUsers = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "list-users",
 	Short: "List all users",
@@ -108,9 +130,11 @@ func init() {
 	_listUsers.Flags().StringP("admin-user", "a", "", "The email of the admin user. ")
 	_disable2faCmd.Flags().StringP("admin-user", "a", "", "The email of the admin user. ")
 	_disable2faCmd.Flags().StringP("user", "u", "", "The email of the user to disable 2FA for. (required)")
+	_deleteUser.Flags().StringP("admin-user", "a", "", "The email of the admin user. ")
+	_deleteUser.Flags().StringP("user", "u", "", "The email of the user to delete. (required)")
 	_updateFreeUserStorage.Flags().StringP("admin-user", "a", "", "The email of the admin user.")
 	_updateFreeUserStorage.Flags().StringP("user", "u", "", "The email of the user to update subscription for. (required)")
 	// add a flag with no value --no-limit
 	_updateFreeUserStorage.Flags().String("no-limit", "True", "When true, sets 100TB as storage limit, and expiry to current date + 100 years")
-	_adminCmd.AddCommand(_userDetailsCmd, _disable2faCmd, _updateFreeUserStorage, _listUsers)
+	_adminCmd.AddCommand(_userDetailsCmd, _disable2faCmd, _updateFreeUserStorage, _listUsers, _deleteUser)
 }
diff --git a/cli/internal/api/admin.go b/cli/internal/api/admin.go
index c2b948111..9e0bcb90a 100644
--- a/cli/internal/api/admin.go
+++ b/cli/internal/api/admin.go
@@ -47,6 +47,24 @@ func (c *Client) ListUsers(ctx context.Context) ([]models.User, error) {
 	return res.Users, nil
 }
 
+func (c *Client) DeleteUser(ctx context.Context, email string) error {
+
+	r, err := c.restClient.R().
+		SetContext(ctx).
+		SetQueryParam("email", email).
+		Delete("/admin/user/delete")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if r.IsError() {
+		return &ApiError{
+			StatusCode: r.StatusCode(),
+			Message:    r.String(),
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (c *Client) Disable2Fa(ctx context.Context, userID int64) error {
 	var res interface{}
 
diff --git a/cli/pkg/admin_actions.go b/cli/pkg/admin_actions.go
index a7a060f66..0105cdc19 100644
--- a/cli/pkg/admin_actions.go
+++ b/cli/pkg/admin_actions.go
@@ -44,6 +44,23 @@ func (c *ClICtrl) ListUsers(ctx context.Context, params model.AdminActionForUser
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *ClICtrl) DeleteUser(ctx context.Context, params model.AdminActionForUser) error {
+	accountCtx, err := c.buildAdminContext(ctx, params.AdminEmail)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = c.Client.DeleteUser(accountCtx, params.UserEmail)
+	if err != nil {
+		if apiErr, ok := err.(*api.ApiError); ok && apiErr.StatusCode == 400 && strings.Contains(apiErr.Message, "Token is too old") {
+			fmt.Printf("Error: old admin token, please re-authenticate using `ente account add` \n")
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Println("Successfully deleted user")
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (c *ClICtrl) Disable2FA(ctx context.Context, params model.AdminActionForUser) error {
 	accountCtx, err := c.buildAdminContext(ctx, params.AdminEmail)
 	if err != nil {