diff --git a/src/controllers/fileStore.controller.js b/src/controllers/fileStore.controller.js
index 95a76621..d4b79d36 100644
--- a/src/controllers/fileStore.controller.js
+++ b/src/controllers/fileStore.controller.js
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ export const getFileList = async (req, res) => {
   }
 };
 
+export const deleteFile = async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    await FileStore.deleteFileStorItem(req.params.fileId);
+    res.status(204).end();
+  } catch (error) {
+    res.status(400).json({
+      message: 'Can not delete file from filestore',
+      error: error.message,
+    });
+  }
+};
+
 export const getFile = async (req, res) => {
   try {
     const { fileId } = req.body;
diff --git a/src/models/file-store/file-store.model.js b/src/models/file-store/file-store.model.js
index 1e8e49bd..58251bfb 100644
--- a/src/models/file-store/file-store.model.js
+++ b/src/models/file-store/file-store.model.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { sequelize } from '../../database';
 import { Organization } from '../organizations';
 
 import datalayer from '../../datalayer';
+import { encodeHex } from '../../utils/datalayer-utils';
 
 import ModelTypes from './file-store.modeltypes.cjs';
 
@@ -93,6 +94,26 @@ class FileStore extends Model {
     });
   }
 
+  static async deleteFileStorItem(SHA256) {
+    const myOrganization = await Organization.getHomeOrg();
+    let fileStoreId = myOrganization.fileStoreId;
+
+    if (!fileStoreId) {
+      fileStoreId = await datalayer.createDataLayerStore();
+      datalayer.syncDataLayer(myOrganization.orgUid, { fileStoreId });
+      throw new Error('New File store being created, please try again later.');
+    }
+
+    const changeList = {
+      action: 'delete',
+      key: encodeHex(SHA256),
+    };
+
+    datalayer.pushChangesWhenStoreIsAvailable(fileStoreId, changeList);
+
+    FileStore.destroy({ where: { SHA256, orgUid: myOrganization.org } });
+  }
+
   static async getFileStoreItem(SHA256) {
     const myOrganization = await Organization.getHomeOrg();
     let fileStoreId = myOrganization.fileStoreId;
diff --git a/src/routes/v1/resources/filestore.js b/src/routes/v1/resources/filestore.js
index a25703f7..083943fe 100644
--- a/src/routes/v1/resources/filestore.js
+++ b/src/routes/v1/resources/filestore.js
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ FileStoreRouter.post('/get_file', validator.body(getFileSchema), (req, res) => {
   return FileStoreController.getFile(req, res);
 });
 
+FileStoreRouter.delete(
+  '/delete_file',
+  validator.body(getFileSchema),
+  (req, res) => {
+    return FileStoreController.deleteFile(req, res);
+  },
+);
+
 FileStoreRouter.get('/get_file_list', (req, res) => {
   return FileStoreController.getFileList(req, res);
 });