diff --git a/alephclient/api.py b/alephclient/api.py
index e11aa70..8cd19b9 100644
--- a/alephclient/api.py
+++ b/alephclient/api.py
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ def get_entity(self, entity_id: str, publisher: bool = False) -> Dict:
         entity = self._request("GET", url)
         return self._patch_entity(entity, publisher)
 
+    def delete_entity(self, entity_id: str) -> Dict:
+        """Delete a single entity by ID."""
+        url = self._make_url(f"entities/{entity_id}")
+        return self._request("DELETE", url)
+
     def get_collection_by_foreign_id(self, foreign_id: str) -> Optional[Dict]:
         """Get a dict representing a collection based on its foreign ID."""
         if foreign_id is None:
diff --git a/alephclient/cli.py b/alephclient/cli.py
index 8fcc0d1..1631292 100644
--- a/alephclient/cli.py
+++ b/alephclient/cli.py
@@ -237,6 +237,19 @@ def read_json_stream(stream):
         raise click.Abort()
 
 
+@cli.command("delete-entity")
+@click.argument("entity_id", required=True)
+@click.pass_context
+def delete_entity(ctx, entity_id):
+    """Delete a single entity from standard input"""
+    api = ctx.obj['api']
+    entity_id = entity_id.strip()
+    try:
+        api.delete_entity(entity_id)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        raise click.ClickException(exc.message)
+
+
 @cli.command("write-entities")
 @click.option("-i", "--infile", type=click.File("r"), default="-")
 @click.option("-f", "--foreign-id", required=True, help="foreign_id of the collection")
diff --git a/alephclient/tests/test_tasks.py b/alephclient/tests/test_tasks.py
index 22dab28..6fa837d 100644
--- a/alephclient/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/alephclient/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 from alephclient.crawldir import crawl_dir
 from alephclient.api import AlephAPI
 
-
 class TestTasks(object):
     def setup_method(self):
         self.api = AlephAPI(host="http://aleph.test/api/2/", api_key="fake_key")
@@ -43,6 +42,27 @@ def test_write_entity(self, mocker):
         res = self.api.write_entity(collection_id, entity)
         assert res["id"] == 24
 
+
+    def test_delete_entity(self, mocker):
+        mocker.patch.object(self.api, "write_entity", return_value={"id": 24})
+        collection_id = 8
+        entity = {
+            "id": 24,
+            "schema": "Article",
+            "properties": {
+                "title": "",
+                "author": "",
+                "publishedAt": "",
+                "bodyText": "",
+            },
+        }
+
+        res = self.api.write_entity(collection_id, entity)
+        assert res['id'] == 24
+        dres = self.api.delete_entity(eid)
+        assert dres  == {}
+
+
     def test_ingest(self, mocker):
         mocker.patch.object(self.api, "ingest_upload", return_value={"id": 42})
         mocker.patch.object(