diff --git a/frontend/src/Dashboard.elm b/frontend/src/Dashboard.elm
index f905a74..671c349 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Dashboard.elm
+++ b/frontend/src/Dashboard.elm
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ type Status a
 
 init : Nav.Key -> ( Model, Cmd Msg )
 init navKey =
-    ( Model navKey Loading True defaultCreateTask
+    reloadTasks (Model navKey Loading True defaultCreateTask)
+
+
+reloadTasks : Model -> ( Model, Cmd Msg )
+reloadTasks model =
+    ( model
     , Http.get
         { url = "http://localhost:3000/tasks"
         , expect = Http.expectJson GotTasks (list taskDecoder)
@@ -55,10 +60,12 @@ init navKey =
 type Msg
     = GotTasks (Result Http.Error (List Task))
     | ToggleCreateTask
-    | CreateTask
-    | GotTaskCreated (Result Http.Error Task)
     | CreateTaskUpdateTitle String
     | CreateTaskUpdateDescription String
+    | CreateTask
+    | GotTaskCreated (Result Http.Error Task)
+    | DeleteTask Int
+    | GotTaskDeleted (Result Http.Error ())
 
 
 update : Msg -> Model -> ( Model, Cmd Msg )
@@ -113,6 +120,22 @@ update msg model =
             in
             ( { model | createTask = { createTask | description = description } }, Cmd.none )
 
+        DeleteTask id ->
+            ( model
+            , Http.request
+                { method = "DELETE"
+                , headers = []
+                , url = "http://localhost:3000/tasks/" ++ String.fromInt id
+                , body = Http.emptyBody
+                , expect = Http.expectWhatever GotTaskDeleted
+                , timeout = Nothing
+                , tracker = Nothing
+                }
+            )
+
+        GotTaskDeleted _ ->
+            reloadTasks model
+
 
 taskDecoder : Decoder Task
 taskDecoder =
@@ -186,6 +209,7 @@ viewTaskListItem task =
                             ""
                    )
             )
+        , button [ onClick (DeleteTask task.id) ] [ text "Delete Task" ]
         ]
 
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7f6dfc1..0a7c01e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mod routes;
 
 use axum::http::{StatusCode, Uri};
 use axum::response::IntoResponse;
-use axum::routing::get;
+use axum::routing::{delete, get};
 use dotenvy::dotenv;
 use sqlx::SqlitePool;
 
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ async fn main() {
                 .post(routes::tasks::create)
                 .options(routes::tasks::options),
         )
+        .route(
+            "/tasks/:task_id",
+            delete(routes::tasks::delete).options(routes::tasks::options),
+        )
         .with_state(state);
 
     let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:3000")
diff --git a/src/models/task.rs b/src/models/task.rs
index 196bcab..0bd37e7 100644
--- a/src/models/task.rs
+++ b/src/models/task.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use sqlx::{FromRow, SqlitePool};
+use sqlx::{sqlite::SqliteQueryResult, FromRow, SqlitePool};
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, FromRow)]
 pub struct Task {
@@ -32,4 +32,10 @@ impl Task {
         .fetch_one(pool)
         .await
     }
+
+    pub async fn delete(pool: &SqlitePool, id: i64) -> Result<SqliteQueryResult, sqlx::Error> {
+        sqlx::query!("DELETE FROM task WHERE id = ?1", id)
+            .execute(pool)
+            .await
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/tasks.rs b/src/routes/tasks.rs
index 78124a8..cd5ec41 100644
--- a/src/routes/tasks.rs
+++ b/src/routes/tasks.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-
-use axum::extract::{Json, State};
+use axum::extract::{Json, Path, State};
 use axum::http::header;
 use axum::http::StatusCode;
 use axum::response::IntoResponse;
@@ -59,9 +57,22 @@ pub async fn options() -> impl IntoResponse {
         StatusCode::OK,
         [
             (header::ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGIN, "*"),
-            (header::ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_METHODS, "POST, GET, OPTIONS"),
+            (
+                header::ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_METHODS,
+                "POST, GET, OPTIONS, DELETE",
+            ),
             (header::ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_HEADERS, "Content-Type"),
             (header::ACCESS_CONTROL_MAX_AGE, "86400"),
         ],
     )
 }
+
+pub async fn delete(state: State<AppState>, Path(id): Path<i64>) -> impl IntoResponse {
+    Task::delete(&state.db_pool, id).await.unwrap();
+
+    (
+        StatusCode::OK,
+        [(header::ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGIN, "*")],
+        "",
+    )
+}