diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 15e9a1b..bb5e636 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: objr
 Title: Wrapper for Objective APIs
-Version: 0.0.0.9002
+Version: 0.0.0.9003
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Scottish Government", , , "statistics.enquiries@gov.scot", role = "cph"),
     person("Alice", "Hannah", , "alice.hannah@gov.scot", c("aut", "cre"))
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index f71a00c..8974032 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export(allow_bypass_2fa)
 export(asset_info)
 export(comments)
 export(create_folder)
+export(delete_asset)
 export(download_file)
 export(my_user_id)
 export(my_workspaces)
diff --git a/R/assets.R b/R/assets.R
index 3d44421..270d013 100644
--- a/R/assets.R
+++ b/R/assets.R
@@ -86,3 +86,30 @@ asset_info <- function(asset_uuid,
   response[c("uuid", "name", "type", "extension", "description")]
 
 }
+
+
+#' Delete an asset
+#'
+#' @param asset_uuid UUID of asset
+#' @inheritParams objr
+#'
+#' @export
+
+delete_asset <- function(asset_uuid,
+                         use_proxy = FALSE) {
+
+  response <- objr(
+    endpoint = "assets",
+    method = "DELETE",
+    url_path = list(asset_uuid),
+    use_proxy = use_proxy
+  ) |>
+    httr2::resp_body_json()
+
+  if(tolower(response$status) == "complete") {
+    cli::cli_alert_success("Asset deleted: {asset_uuid}.")
+  }
+
+  invisible(response)
+
+}
diff --git a/_pkgdown.yml b/_pkgdown.yml
index fd59a8d..aa05005 100644
--- a/_pkgdown.yml
+++ b/_pkgdown.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ reference:
   - download_file
   - upload_file
   - new_version
+  - delete_asset
 
 - subtitle: Comments
   desc: View comments and create new threads and replies in workspaces
diff --git a/man/delete_asset.Rd b/man/delete_asset.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01cfc62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/delete_asset.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/assets.R
+\name{delete_asset}
+\alias{delete_asset}
+\title{Delete an asset}
+\usage{
+delete_asset(asset_uuid, use_proxy = FALSE)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{asset_uuid}{UUID of asset}
+
+\item{use_proxy}{Logical to indicate whether to use proxy}
+}
+\description{
+Delete an asset
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/api/assets/test_asset_uuid-DELETE.R b/tests/testthat/api/assets/test_asset_uuid-DELETE.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7745081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/api/assets/test_asset_uuid-DELETE.R
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+structure(list(method = "POST", url = "https://api/assets/test_asset_uuid",
+  status_code = 200L, headers = structure(list(
+    Date = "Tue, 09 Apr 2024 13:20:11 GMT",
+    `Content-Type` = "application/json", `Transfer-Encoding` = "chunked",
+    Connection = "keep-alive", `X-CONNECT-MDC` = "apisyjgCiSS",
+    `X-Frame-Options` = "deny", `X-XSS-Protection` = "1; mode=block",
+    `Cache-Control` = "no-cache, no-store", Expires = "0",
+    Pragma = "no-cache", `Strict-Transport-Security` = "max-age=31536000 ; includeSubDomains",
+    `Content-Security-Policy` = "script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'",
+    `X-Content-Type-Options` = "nosniff", `Referrer-Policy` = "strict-origin-when-cross-origin",
+    `Feature-Policy` = "vibrate 'none'; geolocation 'none'",
+    Authorization = "REDACTED", `Set-Cookie` = "REDACTED"), class = "httr2_headers"),
+  body = charToRaw("{\"model\":[\"Asset\"],\"uuid\":[\"test_asset_uuid\"],\"status\":[\"COMPLETE\"]}"),
+  cache = new.env(parent = emptyenv())), class = "httr2_response")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-assets.R b/tests/testthat/test-assets.R
index 079b3a1..3c9aeff 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-assets.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-assets.R
@@ -83,3 +83,39 @@ with_mock_api({
   })
 
 })
+
+
+# delete_asset ----
+
+without_internet({
+
+  test_that("Valid request", {
+
+    expect_DELETE(
+      delete_asset(asset_uuid = "test_asset_uuid"),
+      paste0("https://secure.objectiveconnect.co.uk/publicapi/1/assets/",
+             "test_asset_uuid")
+    )
+
+  })
+
+})
+
+with_mock_api({
+
+  test_that("Function returns invisible", {
+
+    expect_invisible(
+      suppressMessages(delete_asset(asset_uuid = "test_asset_uuid"))
+    )
+
+  })
+
+  test_that("Function returns success message", {
+
+    expect_message(delete_asset(asset_uuid = "test_asset_uuid"))
+
+  })
+
+})
+