diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/delete/delete.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/delete/delete.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9dda14e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/delete/delete.go
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package delete
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/api"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/ghinstance"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/ghrepo"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmdutil"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/prompt"
+
+	"github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/iostreams"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+type DeleteOptions struct {
+	HttpClient func() (*http.Client, error)
+	IO         *iostreams.IOStreams
+	RepoArg    string
+	Confirmed  bool
+}
+
+func NewCmdDelete(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*DeleteOptions) error) *cobra.Command {
+	opts := &DeleteOptions{
+		IO:         f.IOStreams,
+		HttpClient: f.HttpClient,
+	}
+
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "delete <repository>",
+		Short: "Delete a repository",
+		Long: `Delete a GitHub repository.
+
+Deletion requires authorization with the "delete_repo" scope. 
+To authorize, run "gh auth refresh -s delete_repo"`,
+		Args: cmdutil.ExactArgs(1, "cannot delete: repository argument required"),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			opts.RepoArg = args[0]
+			if !opts.IO.CanPrompt() && !opts.Confirmed {
+				return &cmdutil.FlagError{
+					Err: errors.New("could not prompt: confirmation with prompt or --confirm flag required")}
+			}
+			if runF != nil {
+				return runF(opts)
+			}
+			return deleteRun(opts)
+		},
+	}
+
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.Confirmed, "confirm", false, "confirm deletion without prompting")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func deleteRun(opts *DeleteOptions) error {
+	httpClient, err := opts.HttpClient()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(httpClient)
+
+	repoSelector := opts.RepoArg
+	var toDelete ghrepo.Interface
+
+	if !strings.Contains(repoSelector, "/") {
+		currentUser, err := api.CurrentLoginName(apiClient, ghinstance.Default())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		repoSelector = currentUser + "/" + repoSelector
+	}
+	toDelete, err = ghrepo.FromFullName(repoSelector)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("argument error: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	fullName := ghrepo.FullName(toDelete)
+
+	if !opts.Confirmed {
+		var valid string
+		err := prompt.SurveyAskOne(
+			&survey.Input{Message: fmt.Sprintf("Type %s to confirm deletion:", fullName)},
+			&valid,
+			survey.WithValidator(
+				func(val interface{}) error {
+					if str := val.(string); !strings.EqualFold(str, fullName) {
+						return fmt.Errorf("You entered %s", str)
+					}
+					return nil
+				}))
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("could not prompt: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = deleteRepo(httpClient, toDelete)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if opts.IO.IsStdoutTTY() {
+		cs := opts.IO.ColorScheme()
+		fmt.Fprintf(opts.IO.Out,
+			"%s Deleted repository %s\n",
+			cs.SuccessIcon(),
+			fullName)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/delete/delete_test.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/delete/delete_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d561a3269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/delete/delete_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+package delete
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmdutil"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/httpmock"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/iostreams"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/prompt"
+	"github.com/google/shlex"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestNewCmdDelete(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		input   string
+		tty     bool
+		output  DeleteOptions
+		wantErr bool
+		errMsg  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:   "confirm flag",
+			input:  "OWNER/REPO --confirm",
+			output: DeleteOptions{RepoArg: "OWNER/REPO", Confirmed: true},
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "no confirmation no tty",
+			input:   "OWNER/REPO",
+			output:  DeleteOptions{RepoArg: "OWNER/REPO"},
+			wantErr: true,
+			errMsg:  "could not prompt: confirmation with prompt or --confirm flag required"},
+		{
+			name:    "no argument",
+			input:   "",
+			wantErr: true,
+			errMsg:  "cannot delete: repository argument required",
+			tty:     true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			io, _, _, _ := iostreams.Test()
+			io.SetStdinTTY(tt.tty)
+			io.SetStdoutTTY(tt.tty)
+			f := &cmdutil.Factory{
+				IOStreams: io,
+			}
+			argv, err := shlex.Split(tt.input)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			var gotOpts *DeleteOptions
+			cmd := NewCmdDelete(f, func(opts *DeleteOptions) error {
+				gotOpts = opts
+				return nil
+			})
+			cmd.SetArgs(argv)
+			cmd.SetIn(&bytes.Buffer{})
+			cmd.SetOut(&bytes.Buffer{})
+			cmd.SetErr(&bytes.Buffer{})
+
+			_, err = cmd.ExecuteC()
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, tt.errMsg, err.Error())
+				return
+			}
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.output.RepoArg, gotOpts.RepoArg)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_deleteRun(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		tty        bool
+		opts       *DeleteOptions
+		httpStubs  func(*httpmock.Registry)
+		askStubs   func(*prompt.AskStubber)
+		wantStdout string
+		wantErr    bool
+		errMsg     string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "prompting confirmation tty",
+			tty:        true,
+			opts:       &DeleteOptions{RepoArg: "OWNER/REPO"},
+			wantStdout: "✓ Deleted repository OWNER/REPO\n",
+			askStubs: func(q *prompt.AskStubber) {
+				// TODO: survey stubber doesn't have WithValidator support
+				// so this always passes regardless of prompt input
+				q.StubOne("OWNER/REPO")
+			},
+			httpStubs: func(reg *httpmock.Registry) {
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("DELETE", "repos/OWNER/REPO"),
+					httpmock.StatusStringResponse(204, "{}"))
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "confimation no tty",
+			opts: &DeleteOptions{
+				RepoArg:   "OWNER/REPO",
+				Confirmed: true,
+			},
+			httpStubs: func(reg *httpmock.Registry) {
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("DELETE", "repos/OWNER/REPO"),
+					httpmock.StatusStringResponse(204, "{}"))
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "short repo name",
+			opts:       &DeleteOptions{RepoArg: "REPO"},
+			wantStdout: "✓ Deleted repository OWNER/REPO\n",
+			tty:        true,
+			askStubs: func(q *prompt.AskStubber) {
+				q.StubOne("OWNER/REPO")
+			},
+			httpStubs: func(reg *httpmock.Registry) {
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.GraphQL(`query UserCurrent\b`),
+					httpmock.StringResponse(`{"data":{"viewer":{"login":"OWNER"}}}`))
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("DELETE", "repos/OWNER/REPO"),
+					httpmock.StatusStringResponse(204, "{}"))
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		q, teardown := prompt.InitAskStubber()
+		defer teardown()
+		if tt.askStubs != nil {
+			tt.askStubs(q)
+		}
+
+		reg := &httpmock.Registry{}
+		if tt.httpStubs != nil {
+			tt.httpStubs(reg)
+		}
+		tt.opts.HttpClient = func() (*http.Client, error) {
+			return &http.Client{Transport: reg}, nil
+		}
+
+		io, _, stdout, _ := iostreams.Test()
+		io.SetStdinTTY(tt.tty)
+		io.SetStdoutTTY(tt.tty)
+		tt.opts.IO = io
+
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			defer reg.Verify(t)
+			err := deleteRun(tt.opts)
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, tt.errMsg, err.Error())
+				return
+			}
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantStdout, stdout.String())
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/delete/http.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/delete/http.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd77328ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/delete/http.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package delete
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/api"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/ghinstance"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/ghrepo"
+)
+
+func deleteRepo(client *http.Client, repo ghrepo.Interface) error {
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%srepos/%s",
+		ghinstance.RESTPrefix(repo.RepoHost()),
+		ghrepo.FullName(repo))
+
+	request, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	resp, err := client.Do(request)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode > 299 {
+		return api.HandleHTTPError(resp)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/repo.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/repo.go
index 11c36b012..5b2f467d9 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/repo.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/repo.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	repoCloneCmd "github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/repo/clone"
 	repoCreateCmd "github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/repo/create"
 	creditsCmd "github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/repo/credits"
+	repoDeleteCmd "github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/repo/delete"
 	repoForkCmd "github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/repo/fork"
 	gardenCmd "github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/repo/garden"
 	repoListCmd "github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/repo/list"
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ func NewCmdRepo(f *cmdutil.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.AddCommand(repoSyncCmd.NewCmdSync(f, nil))
 	cmd.AddCommand(creditsCmd.NewCmdRepoCredits(f, nil))
 	cmd.AddCommand(gardenCmd.NewCmdGarden(f, nil))
+	cmd.AddCommand(repoDeleteCmd.NewCmdDelete(f, nil))
 	cmd.AddCommand(repoArchiveCmd.NewCmdArchive(f, nil))
 
 	return cmd