diff --git a/src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md b/src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md
index dcf3a73744d26..ba3f3cfca46cd 100644
--- a/src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 - Added more datatypes to serving component ([#16018](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/pull/16018))
 
+- Added `work.delete` method to delete the work ([#16103](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/pull/16103))
+
 - Added `display_name` property to LightningWork for the cloud ([#16095](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/pull/16095))
 
 
diff --git a/src/lightning_app/core/work.py b/src/lightning_app/core/work.py
index 12203d4db3ff8..b34f42f2fef9a 100644
--- a/src/lightning_app/core/work.py
+++ b/src/lightning_app/core/work.py
@@ -644,6 +644,19 @@ def stop(self):
         app = _LightningAppRef().get_current()
         self._backend.stop_work(app, self)
 
+    def delete(self):
+        """Delete LightingWork component and shuts down hardware provisioned via L.CloudCompute.
+
+        Locally, the work.delete() behaves as work.stop().
+        """
+        if not self._backend:
+            raise Exception(
+                "Can't delete the work, it looks like it isn't attached to a LightningFlow. "
+                "Make sure to assign the Work to a flow instance."
+            )
+        app = _LightningAppRef().get_current()
+        self._backend.delete_work(app, self)
+
     def _check_run_is_implemented(self) -> None:
         if not is_overridden("run", instance=self, parent=LightningWork):
             raise TypeError(
diff --git a/src/lightning_app/runners/backends/mp_process.py b/src/lightning_app/runners/backends/mp_process.py
index dc0681390046e..36f3cb8097604 100644
--- a/src/lightning_app/runners/backends/mp_process.py
+++ b/src/lightning_app/runners/backends/mp_process.py
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ def stop_work(self, app, work: "lightning_app.LightningWork") -> None:
         work_manager: MultiProcessWorkManager = app.processes[work.name]
         work_manager.kill()
 
+    def delete_work(self, app, work: "lightning_app.LightningWork") -> None:
+        self.stop_work(app, work)
+
 
 class CloudMultiProcessingBackend(MultiProcessingBackend):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -108,3 +111,6 @@ def stop_work(self, app, work: "lightning_app.LightningWork") -> None:
         disable_port(work._port)
         self.ports = [port for port in self.ports if port != work._port]
         return super().stop_work(app, work)
+
+    def delete_work(self, app, work: "lightning_app.LightningWork") -> None:
+        self.stop_work(app, work)
diff --git a/tests/tests_app/core/test_lightning_work.py b/tests/tests_app/core/test_lightning_work.py
index 01f55b1f90d1b..ea3288e6b761b 100644
--- a/tests/tests_app/core/test_lightning_work.py
+++ b/tests/tests_app/core/test_lightning_work.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from queue import Empty
 from re import escape
-from unittest.mock import Mock
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, Mock
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -386,6 +386,18 @@ def test_lightning_app_work_start(cache_calls, parallel):
     MultiProcessRuntime(app, start_server=False).dispatch()
 
 
+def test_lightning_work_delete():
+    work = WorkCounter()
+
+    with pytest.raises(Exception, match="Can't delete the work"):
+        work.delete()
+
+    mock = MagicMock()
+    work._backend = mock
+    work.delete()
+    assert work == mock.delete_work._mock_call_args_list[0].args[1]
+
+
 class WorkDisplay(LightningWork):
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()