diff --git a/striker-ui-api/lib/accessDB.js b/striker-ui-api/lib/accessDB.js
index 2f2f5a0b..47727236 100644
--- a/striker-ui-api/lib/accessDB.js
+++ b/striker-ui-api/lib/accessDB.js
@@ -78,18 +78,13 @@ const accessDB = {
     return execDatabaseModuleSubroutine('insert_or_update_jobs', subParams)
       .stdout;
   },
-  dbQuery: (query, accessMode, options) => {
-    const args = ['--query', query];
-
-    if (accessMode) {
-      args.push('--mode', accessMode);
-    }
-
-    return execStrikerAccessDatabase(args, options);
-  },
+  dbQuery: (query, options) =>
+    execStrikerAccessDatabase(['--query', query], options),
   dbSub: execDatabaseModuleSubroutine,
   dbSubRefreshTimestamp: () =>
     execDatabaseModuleSubroutine('refresh_timestamp').stdout,
+  dbWrite: (query, options) =>
+    execStrikerAccessDatabase(['--query', query, '--mode', 'write'], options),
 };
 
 module.exports = accessDB;
diff --git a/striker-ui-api/routes/files.js b/striker-ui-api/routes/files.js
index c93ee9d6..cf40766f 100644
--- a/striker-ui-api/routes/files.js
+++ b/striker-ui-api/routes/files.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const {
   dbJobAnvilSyncShared,
   dbQuery,
   dbSubRefreshTimestamp,
+  dbWrite,
 } = require('../lib/accessDB');
 const getFilesOverview = require('../lib/request_handlers/files/getFilesOverview');
 const getFileDetail = require('../lib/request_handlers/files/getFileDetail');
@@ -12,6 +13,28 @@ const uploadSharedFiles = require('../middlewares/uploadSharedFiles');
 const router = express.Router();
 
 router
+  .delete('/:fileUUID', (request, response) => {
+    const { fileUUID } = request.params;
+    const FILE_TYPE_DELETED = 'DELETED';
+
+    const [[oldFileType]] = dbQuery(
+      `SELECT file_type FROM files WHERE file_uuid = '${fileUUID}';`,
+    ).stdout;
+
+    if (oldFileType !== FILE_TYPE_DELETED) {
+      dbWrite(
+        `UPDATE files
+          SET
+            file_type = '${FILE_TYPE_DELETED}',
+            modified_date = '${dbSubRefreshTimestamp()}'
+          WHERE file_uuid = '${fileUUID}';`,
+      ).stdout;
+
+      dbJobAnvilSyncShared('purge', `file_uuid=${fileUUID}`, '0136', '0137');
+    }
+
+    response.status(204).send();
+  })
   .get('/', getFilesOverview)
   .get('/:fileUUID', getFileDetail)
   .post('/', uploadSharedFiles.single('file'), ({ file, body }, response) => {
@@ -44,11 +67,11 @@ router
 
       if (fileName !== oldFileName) {
         query += `
-        UPDATE files
-        SET
-          file_name = '${fileName}',
-          modified_date = '${dbSubRefreshTimestamp()}'
-        WHERE file_uuid = '${fileUUID}';`;
+          UPDATE files
+          SET
+            file_name = '${fileName}',
+            modified_date = '${dbSubRefreshTimestamp()}'
+          WHERE file_uuid = '${fileUUID}';`;
 
         anvilSyncSharedFunctions.push(() =>
           dbJobAnvilSyncShared(
@@ -132,7 +155,7 @@ router
     let queryStdout;
 
     try {
-      ({ stdout: queryStdout } = dbQuery(query, 'write'));
+      ({ stdout: queryStdout } = dbWrite(query));
     } catch (queryError) {
       console.log(`Query error: ${queryError}`);