diff --git a/Duplicati/CommandLine/ServerUtil/Commands/DeleteBackup.cs b/Duplicati/CommandLine/ServerUtil/Commands/DeleteBackup.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4624fb7ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Duplicati/CommandLine/ServerUtil/Commands/DeleteBackup.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2025, The Duplicati Team
+// https://duplicati.com, hello@duplicati.com
+// 
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a 
+// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), 
+// to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation 
+// the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, 
+// and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the 
+// Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+// 
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in 
+// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+// 
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS 
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING 
+// FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER 
+// DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+using System.CommandLine;
+using System.CommandLine.NamingConventionBinder;
+
+namespace Duplicati.CommandLine.ServerUtil.Commands;
+
+public static class DeleteBackup
+{
+    public static Command Create() =>
+        new Command("delete", "Deletes a backup")
+        {
+            new Argument<string>("backup", "The backup to delete, either ID or exact name (case-insensitive)") {
+                Arity = ArgumentArity.ExactlyOne
+            },
+            new Option<bool>(name: "--delete-remote-files", description: "Delete remote files associated with the backup", getDefaultValue: () => false),
+            new Option<bool>(name: "--delete-local-db", description: "Delete local database associated with the backup", getDefaultValue: () => false),
+            new Option<bool>(name: "--force", description: "Force deletion even if the backup is running at the moment", getDefaultValue: () => false),,
+            new Option<bool>("--quiet", "Do not print progress messages") {
+                IsRequired = false
+            }
+        }
+        .WithHandler(CommandHandler.Create<Settings, OutputInterceptor, string, bool, bool, bool, bool>(async (settings, output, backup, deleteRemoteFiles, deleteLocalDb, force, quiet) =>
+        {
+            var connection = await settings.GetConnection(output);
+
+            var matchingBackup = (await connection.ListBackups())
+                .FirstOrDefault(b => string.Equals(b.Name, backup, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || string.Equals(b.ID, backup));
+
+            if (matchingBackup == null)
+                throw new UserReportedException("No backup found with supplied ID or name");
+
+            if (!quiet)
+                output.AppendConsoleMessage($"Deleting backup {matchingBackup.Name} (ID: {matchingBackup.ID})");
+
+            await connection.DeleteBackup(matchingBackup.ID, deleteRemoteFiles: deleteRemoteFiles, deleteLocalDb: deleteLocalDb, force: force);
+
+            if (!quiet)
+                output.AppendConsoleMessage($"Deleted");
+
+            output.SetResult(true);
+        }));
+}
diff --git a/Duplicati/CommandLine/ServerUtil/Connection.cs b/Duplicati/CommandLine/ServerUtil/Connection.cs
index fb24a2235..038afccd4 100644
--- a/Duplicati/CommandLine/ServerUtil/Connection.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/CommandLine/ServerUtil/Connection.cs
@@ -421,6 +421,20 @@ public class Connection
         await EnsureSuccessStatusCodeWithParsing(response);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Deletes a backup
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="backupId">The ID of the backup</param>
+    /// <param name="deleteRemoteFiles">Whether to delete remote files</param>
+    /// <param name="deleteLocalDb">Whether to delete the local database</param>
+    /// <param name="force">Whether to force the deletion even if the backup is running at the moment</param>
+    /// <returns>The task</returns>
+    public async Task DeleteBackup(string backupId, bool deleteRemoteFiles, bool deleteLocalDb, bool force)
+    {
+        var response = await client.DeleteAsync($"backup/{Uri.EscapeDataString(backupId)}?delete-remote-files={deleteRemoteFiles}&delete-local-db={deleteLocalDb}&force={force}");
+        await EnsureSuccessStatusCodeWithParsing(response);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the server state
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/Duplicati/CommandLine/ServerUtil/Program.cs b/Duplicati/CommandLine/ServerUtil/Program.cs
index c879e228f..0fa8ab26a 100644
--- a/Duplicati/CommandLine/ServerUtil/Program.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/CommandLine/ServerUtil/Program.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public static class Program
             {
                 Pause.Create(),
                 Resume.Create(),
+                DeleteBackup.Create(),
                 ListBackups.Create(),
                 RunBackup.Create(),
                 Login.Create(),
@@ -97,4 +98,4 @@ public static class Program
             .UseAdditionalHelpAliases()
             .Build().InvokeAsync(args);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}