diff --git a/src/API/Status.vala b/src/API/Status.vala
index 8a1e767..208c9da 100644
--- a/src/API/Status.vala
+++ b/src/API/Status.vala
@@ -119,5 +119,15 @@ public class Tootle.Status {
         });
         Tootle.network.queue (msg);
     }
+    
+    public void poof (){
+        var msg = new Soup.Message("DELETE", "%s/api/v1/statuses/%lld".printf (Tootle.settings.instance_url, id));
+        msg.priority = Soup.MessagePriority.HIGH;
+        msg.finished.connect (() => {
+            Tootle.app.toast (_("Poof!"));
+            Tootle.network.status_removed (this.id);
+        });
+        Tootle.network.queue (msg);
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/Widgets/StatusWidget.vala b/src/Widgets/StatusWidget.vala
index 7e9aedb..836afcc 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/StatusWidget.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/StatusWidget.vala
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ public class Tootle.StatusWidget : Gtk.EventBox {
             menu.destroy ();
         });
         
+        var item_delete = new Gtk.MenuItem.with_label (_("Delete"));
+        item_delete.activate.connect (() => status.poof ());
         var item_open_link = new Gtk.MenuItem.with_label (_("Open in Browser"));
         item_open_link.activate.connect (() => Utils.open_url (status.url));
         var item_copy_link = new Gtk.MenuItem.with_label (_("Copy Link"));
@@ -270,6 +272,12 @@ public class Tootle.StatusWidget : Gtk.EventBox {
             var sanitized = Utils.escape_html (status.content);
             Utils.copy (sanitized);
         });
+        
+        if (this.status.is_owned ()) {
+            menu.add (item_delete);
+            menu.add (new Gtk.SeparatorMenuItem ());
+        }
+        
         menu.add (item_open_link);
         menu.add (new Gtk.SeparatorMenuItem ());
         menu.add (item_copy_link);