diff --git a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/delete/delete-account.go b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/delete/delete-account.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1249d88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/delete/delete-account.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Copyright © 2021 Finn Herzfeld <finn@janky.solutions>
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package delete
+
+import (
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/common"
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald/client-protocol/v1"
+)
+
+var (
+	server bool
+
+	DeleteAccountCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "delete [phone number]",
+		Short: "delete an account from the local signald instance, and optionally from the server as well",
+		PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			if len(args) != 1 {
+				common.Must(cmd.Help())
+				log.Fatal("must specify phone number")
+			}
+		},
+		Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			go common.Signald.Listen(nil)
+			req := v1.DeleteAccountRequest{Account: args[0]}
+			err := req.Submit(common.Signald)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal("error from signald: ", err)
+			}
+			log.Println("account deleted")
+		},
+	}
+)
+
+func init() {
+	DeleteAccountCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&server, "server", false, "delete the account from the server as well")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/root.go b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/root.go
index 95a77a6..adf9cc1 100644
--- a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/root.go
+++ b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/root.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package account
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/delete"
 	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/link"
 	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/list"
 	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/register"
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ var AccountCmd = &cobra.Command{
 }
 
 func init() {
+	AccountCmd.AddCommand(delete.DeleteAccountCmd)
 	AccountCmd.AddCommand(link.LinkAccountCmd)
 	AccountCmd.AddCommand(list.ListAccountCmd)
 	AccountCmd.AddCommand(register.RegisterAccountCmd)