diff --git a/lib/business_logic/interactions/interactions.dart b/lib/business_logic/interactions/interactions.dart
index cff609b..39a18fa 100644
--- a/lib/business_logic/interactions/interactions.dart
+++ b/lib/business_logic/interactions/interactions.dart
@@ -103,3 +103,21 @@ Future<int> makeFullInteraction(
   }
   return await makeInteractionFromUrl(id, posturl, type);
 }
+
+Future<int> deletePost(PostModel model) async {
+  final identity = global.settings!.identities[model.identity]!;
+  final headers = {
+    ...identity.getAuthHeaders(),
+    ...global.defaultHeaders,
+  };
+
+  final uri = Uri(
+    scheme: "https",
+    host: identity.instanceUrl,
+    path: "/api/v1/statuses/${model.id}",
+  );
+
+  final response = await http.delete(uri, headers: headers);
+
+  return response.statusCode;
+}
diff --git a/lib/i18n/en_US.json b/lib/i18n/en_US.json
index 4b208c9..2020cbe 100644
--- a/lib/i18n/en_US.json
+++ b/lib/i18n/en_US.json
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@
     "unread": "unread",
     "expand": "expand",
     "requested-to-follow": "has requested to follow:",
-    "follow-requests": "follow requests"
+    "follow-requests": "follow requests",
+    "post-deleted": "post deleted",
+    "delete-this": "delete this", 
+    "deletion-failed": "deletion failed"
 }
   
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/partials/post_options.dart b/lib/partials/post_options.dart
index e22c999..046a735 100644
--- a/lib/partials/post_options.dart
+++ b/lib/partials/post_options.dart
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import 'package:loris/dialogues/full_post_view.dart';
 import 'package:loris/partials/interaction_button.dart';
 import 'package:url_launcher/url_launcher.dart';
 import 'package:clipboard/clipboard.dart';
+import 'package:loris/global.dart' as global;
 
 void popupPostOptions(context, PostModel model) {
   showModalBottomSheet(
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ class _PostOptionsState extends State<PostOptions> {
           "show-in-browser".i18n(),
         ),
       ),
+
       widget.model.visibility.boostable
           ? InteractionButton(
               model: widget.model,
@@ -105,6 +107,24 @@ class _PostOptionsState extends State<PostOptions> {
         type: InteractionType.favorite,
         extended: true,
       ),
+      if ("${widget.model.account.acct}@${global.settings!.identities[widget.model.identity]!.instanceUrl}" ==
+          widget.model.identity)
+        TextButton.icon(
+            onPressed: () async {
+              final result = await deletePost(widget.model);
+              if (result == 200) {
+                // ignore: use_build_context_synchronously
+                Navigator.of(context).pop();
+                // ignore: use_build_context_synchronously
+                ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(
+                    SnackBar(content: Text("post-deleted".i18n())));
+              }
+              // ignore: use_build_context_synchronously
+              ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(
+                  SnackBar(content: Text("deletion-failed".i18n())));
+            },
+            icon: const Icon(Icons.delete),
+            label: Text("delete-this".i18n())),
       const SizedBox(
         height: 24,
       ),