diff --git a/carddav/server.go b/carddav/server.go
index de2015d..90e6f1b 100644
--- a/carddav/server.go
+++ b/carddav/server.go
@@ -264,3 +264,7 @@ func (b *backend) propfindAddressObject(propfind *internal.Propfind, ao *Address
 func (b *backend) Put(r *http.Request) error {
 	panic("TODO")
 }
+
+func (b *backend) Delete(r *http.Request) error {
+	panic("TODO")
+}
diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 46d334f..2470888 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func (c *Client) Readdir(name string) ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
 }
 
 type fileWriter struct {
-	pw *io.PipeWriter
+	pw   *io.PipeWriter
 	done <-chan error
 }
 
diff --git a/fs_local.go b/fs_local.go
index 1b0e8a0..a3809f8 100644
--- a/fs_local.go
+++ b/fs_local.go
@@ -61,4 +61,12 @@ func (fs LocalFileSystem) Create(name string) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
 	return os.Create(p)
 }
 
+func (fs LocalFileSystem) RemoveAll(name string) error {
+	p, err := fs.path(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return os.RemoveAll(p)
+}
+
 var _ FileSystem = LocalFileSystem("")
diff --git a/internal/server.go b/internal/server.go
index 0ad024a..2b37d91 100644
--- a/internal/server.go
+++ b/internal/server.go
@@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ func ServeMultistatus(w http.ResponseWriter, ms *Multistatus) error {
 type Backend interface {
 	Options(r *http.Request) ([]string, error)
 	HeadGet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error
-	Put(r *http.Request) error
 	Propfind(r *http.Request, pf *Propfind, depth Depth) (*Multistatus, error)
+	Put(r *http.Request) error
+	Delete(r *http.Request) error
 }
 
 type Handler struct {
@@ -102,6 +103,12 @@ func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				// TODO: Location if the server has mutated the href
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
 			}
+		case http.MethodDelete:
+			// TODO: send a multistatus in case of partial failure
+			err = h.Backend.Delete(r)
+			if err == nil {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+			}
 		case "PROPFIND":
 			err = h.handlePropfind(w, r)
 		default:
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index c816542..d6fc4c9 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type FileSystem interface {
 	Stat(name string) (os.FileInfo, error)
 	Readdir(name string) ([]os.FileInfo, error)
 	Create(name string) (io.WriteCloser, error)
+	RemoveAll(name string) error
 }
 
 // Handler handles WebDAV HTTP requests. It can be used to create a WebDAV
@@ -57,13 +58,14 @@ func (b *backend) Options(r *http.Request) ([]string, error) {
 	}
 
 	if fi.IsDir() {
-		return []string{http.MethodOptions, "PROPFIND"}, nil
+		return []string{http.MethodOptions, http.MethodDelete, "PROPFIND"}, nil
 	} else {
 		return []string{
 			http.MethodOptions,
 			http.MethodHead,
 			http.MethodGet,
 			http.MethodPut,
+			http.MethodDelete,
 			"PROPFIND",
 		}, nil
 	}
@@ -90,20 +92,6 @@ func (b *backend) HeadGet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (b *backend) Put(r *http.Request) error {
-	wc, err := b.FileSystem.Create(r.URL.Path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer wc.Close()
-
-	if _, err := io.Copy(wc, r.Body); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return wc.Close()
-}
-
 func (b *backend) Propfind(r *http.Request, propfind *internal.Propfind, depth internal.Depth) (*internal.Multistatus, error) {
 	fi, err := b.FileSystem.Stat(r.URL.Path)
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
@@ -182,3 +170,30 @@ func (b *backend) propfindFile(propfind *internal.Propfind, name string, fi os.F
 	u := url.URL{Path: name}
 	return internal.NewPropfindResponse(u.String(), propfind, props)
 }
+
+func (b *backend) Put(r *http.Request) error {
+	wc, err := b.FileSystem.Create(r.URL.Path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer wc.Close()
+
+	if _, err := io.Copy(wc, r.Body); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return wc.Close()
+}
+
+func (b *backend) Delete(r *http.Request) error {
+	// WebDAV semantics are that it should return a "404 Not Found" error in
+	// case the resource doesn't exist. We need to Stat before RemoveAll.
+	_, err := b.FileSystem.Stat(r.URL.Path)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return &internal.HTTPError{Code: http.StatusNotFound, Err: err}
+	} else if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return b.FileSystem.RemoveAll(r.URL.Path)
+}