diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8863534..0b15ce9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 /target
-Cargo.lock
+*.lock
 .env
-.st*
\ No newline at end of file
+.st*
+.DS_Store
+.idea
diff --git a/interactions/src/commands/base.py b/interactions/src/commands/base.py
index ad53726..ca54fd8 100644
--- a/interactions/src/commands/base.py
+++ b/interactions/src/commands/base.py
@@ -117,6 +117,15 @@ async def message_plural_debug(
         )
     )])
 
+@message_command(
+    name='/plu/ral delete',
+    contexts=InteractionContextType.ALL(),
+    integration_types=ApplicationIntegrationType.ALL())
+async def message_plural_delete(
+        interaction: Interaction,
+        message: Message
+) -> None:
+    await PAGES['delete'](interaction, message)
 
 @message_command(
     name='/plu/ral edit',
@@ -569,6 +578,49 @@ async def slash_delete_all_data(
     await PAGES['delete_all_data'](interaction)
 
 
+@slash_command(
+    name='delete',
+    description='Delete your most recent message',
+    contexts=InteractionContextType.ALL(),
+    integration_types=ApplicationIntegrationType.ALL()
+)
+async def slash_delete(
+    interaction: Interaction
+) -> None:
+    db_message = await DBMessage.find_one(
+        {'user': (await interaction.get_usergroup()).id,
+         'channel_id': interaction.channel_id},
+        sort=[('ts', -1)]
+    )
+
+    if db_message is None:
+        raise InteractionError('No messages found to delete')
+
+    if db_message.interaction_token and db_message.expired:
+        raise InteractionError(
+            'No message found\n\n'
+            'Messages older than 15 minutes cannot be deleted'
+        )
+
+    try:
+        message = await (
+            Webhook.from_db_message(
+                db_message
+            ).fetch_message(
+                db_message.proxy_id)
+            if db_message.interaction_token else
+            Message.fetch(
+                interaction.channel_id,
+                db_message.proxy_id))
+    except Forbidden as e:
+        raise InteractionError(
+            'Unable to read messages in this channel, please use the /plu/ral delete message command'
+            '\n\n(right-click on the message -> Apps -> /plu/ral delete)'
+        ) from e
+
+    await PAGES['delete'](interaction, message)
+
+
 @slash_command(
     name='edit',
     description='Edit your most recent message',
diff --git a/interactions/src/commands/helpers.py b/interactions/src/commands/helpers.py
index 68d163b..340760b 100644
--- a/interactions/src/commands/helpers.py
+++ b/interactions/src/commands/helpers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from datetime import timedelta
 from asyncio import gather
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, Never
 
 from beanie import PydanticObjectId
 from regex import (
@@ -271,10 +271,98 @@ async def edit_message(
         )]
     )
 
+async def forbidden_error(
+        action: str,
+        *reasons: str,
+        src: Exception | None = None,
+) -> Never:
+    if len(reasons) == 0:
+        reasons = (
+            'it is either not a /plu/ral message, older than 7 days, ',
+            'or you are not the author of the message',
+        )
+    if src is None:
+        raise InteractionError(
+            f"You cannot {action} this message, ",
+            *reasons
+        )
+    raise InteractionError(
+        f"You cannot {action} this message, ",
+        *reasons
+    ) from src
+
+
+async def can_delete(
+    interaction: Interaction,
+    message: Message,
+) -> None:
+    db_message = await DBMessage.find_one({
+        'user': (await interaction.get_usergroup()).id,
+        'channel_id': interaction.channel_id,
+        '$or': [
+            {'original_id': message.id},
+            {'proxy_id': message.id}
+        ]
+    })
+
+    if db_message is None:
+        await forbidden_error('delete')
+
+    match db_message.reason:
+        case 'Userproxy /proxy command' | 'Userproxy Reply command':
+            userproxy = await ProxyMember.find_one({
+                'userproxy.bot_id': message.author.id
+            })
+
+            if userproxy is None:
+                raise InteractionError('Userproxy not found')
+
+            usergroup = await interaction.get_usergroup()
+
+            group = await userproxy.get_group()
+
+            if not (
+                usergroup.id == group.account or
+                interaction.author_id in group.users
+            ):
+                await forbidden_error(
+                    'delete'
+                )
+
+            if not db_message.expired:
+                return
+
+            try:
+                await Channel.fetch(
+                    message.channel_id,
+                    userproxy.userproxy.token)
+            except HTTPException as e:
+                await forbidden_error(
+                    'delete',
+                    'Userproxy messages can be deleted normally',
+                    src=e
+                )
+        case '/say command' if (
+            message.interaction_metadata and
+            message.interaction_metadata.user.id == interaction.author_id
+        ):
+            return
+        case _ if message.webhook_id:
+            if message.webhook_id != db_message.webhook_id:
+                await forbidden_error(
+                    'delete'
+                )
+        case _ if message.author.bot:
+            pass
+        case _:
+            await forbidden_error(
+                'delete'
+            )
+
 
 async def can_edit(
     interaction: Interaction,
-    message: Message
+    message: Message,
 ) -> None:
     db_message = await DBMessage.find_one({
         'user': (await interaction.get_usergroup()).id,
@@ -286,11 +374,7 @@ async def can_edit(
     })
 
     if db_message is None:
-        raise InteractionError(
-            'You cannot edit this message, '
-            'it is either not a /plu/ral message, older than 7 days, '
-            'or you are not the author of the message'
-        )
+        await forbidden_error('edit')
 
     match db_message.reason:
         case 'Userproxy /proxy command' | 'Userproxy Reply command':
@@ -309,10 +393,8 @@ async def can_edit(
                 usergroup.id == group.account or
                 interaction.author_id in group.users
             ):
-                raise InteractionError(
-                    'You cannot edit this message, '
-                    'it is either not a /plu/ral message, older than 7 days, '
-                    'or you are not the author of the message'
+                await forbidden_error(
+                    'edit'
                 )
 
             if not db_message.expired:
@@ -323,11 +405,12 @@ async def can_edit(
                     message.channel_id,
                     userproxy.userproxy.token)
             except HTTPException as e:
-                raise InteractionError(
-                    'You cannot edit this message, '
+                await forbidden_error(
+                    'edit',
                     'Userproxy messages can only be edited within 15 minutes'
-                    ' of sending them unless the userproxy bot is in the server'
-                ) from e
+                    ' of sending them unless the userproxy bot is in the server',
+                    src=e
+                )
         case '/say command' if (
             message.interaction_metadata and
             message.interaction_metadata.user.id == interaction.author_id
@@ -337,16 +420,12 @@ async def can_edit(
             if message.webhook_id != db_message.webhook_id:
                 raise InteractionError(
                     'You cannot edit this message, '
-                    'it is either not a /plu/ral message, older than 7 days, '
-                    'or you are not the author of the message'
                 )
         case _ if message.author.bot:
             pass
         case _:
-            raise InteractionError(
-                'You cannot edit this message, '
-                'it is either not a /plu/ral message, older than 7 days, '
-                'or you are not the author of the message'
+            await forbidden_error(
+                'edit'
             )
 
 
diff --git a/interactions/src/components/__init__.py b/interactions/src/components/__init__.py
index 77f213a..fd4bebd 100644
--- a/interactions/src/components/__init__.py
+++ b/interactions/src/components/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from .proxy import PAGES as PROXY_PAGES
 from .help import PAGES as HELP_PAGES
 from .base import PAGES as BASE_PAGES
+from .delete import PAGES as DELETE_PAGES
 from .edit import PAGES as EDIT_PAGES
 from .api import PAGES as API_PAGES
 from .bio import PAGES as BIO_PAGES
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
     PROXY_PAGES |
     HELP_PAGES |
     BASE_PAGES |
+    DELETE_PAGES |
     EDIT_PAGES |
     API_PAGES |
     BIO_PAGES |
diff --git a/interactions/src/components/delete.py b/interactions/src/components/delete.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..180b703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/interactions/src/components/delete.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+from plural.db import Message as DBMessage, redis
+
+from src.commands.helpers import make_json_safe
+
+from src.discord import (
+    Message,
+    Interaction
+)
+
+
+PAGES = {
+        'delete': lambda interaction, message: _delete(interaction, message)
+}
+
+async def _delete(
+    interaction: Interaction,
+    message: Message
+) -> None:
+    from src.commands.helpers import can_delete
+
+    await can_delete(interaction, message)
+
+    db_message = await DBMessage.find_one({
+        'user': (await interaction.get_usergroup()).id,
+        'channel_id': interaction.channel_id,
+        '$or': [
+            {'original_id': message.id},
+            {'proxy_id': message.id}
+        ]
+    })
+
+    if db_message is None:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            'DBMessage not found but delete check passed.\n\n'
+            'this should never happen'
+        )
+
+    pipeline = redis.pipeline()
+    pipeline.json().set(
+        f'discord:pending_delete:{message.id}', '$',
+        make_json_safe(
+            message.model_dump(
+                mode='json',
+                exclude_defaults=True)))
+    pipeline.expire(f'discord:pending_delete:{message.id}', 900)
+    await pipeline.execute()
+
+    await message.delete()
+
+    await interaction.response.ack()