@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import absolute_import
+import inspect
 import itertools
 import json
 import warnings
@@ -419,11 +420,14 @@ def get(self, obj_class, id=None, **kwargs):
         raise_error_from_response(r, GitlabGetError)
         return r.json()
 
-    def delete(self, obj, **kwargs):
+    def delete(self, obj, id=None, **kwargs):
         """Delete an object on the GitLab server.
 
         Args:
-            obj (object): The object to delete.
+            obj (object or id): The object, or the class of the object to
+                delete. If it is the class, the id of the object must be
+                specified as the `id` arguments.
+            id: ID of the object to remove. Required if `obj` is a class.
             **kwargs: Additional arguments to send to GitLab.
 
         Returns:
@@ -433,7 +437,13 @@ def delete(self, obj, **kwargs):
             GitlabConnectionError: If the server cannot be reached.
             GitlabDeleteError: If the server fails to perform the request.
         """
-        params = obj.__dict__.copy()
+        if inspect.isclass(obj):
+            if not issubclass(obj, GitlabObject):
+                raise GitlabError("Invalid class: %s" % obj)
+            params = {}
+            params[obj.idAttr] = id
+        else:
+            params = obj.__dict__.copy()
         params.update(kwargs)
         missing = []
         for k in itertools.chain(obj.requiredUrlAttrs,
@@ -444,7 +454,7 @@ def delete(self, obj, **kwargs):
             raise GitlabDeleteError('Missing attribute(s): %s' %
                                     ", ".join(missing))
 
-        obj_id = getattr(obj, obj.idAttr)
+        obj_id = params[obj.idAttr]
         url = self._construct_url(id_=obj_id, obj=obj, parameters=params)
         headers = self._create_headers()
 
 
@@ -188,9 +188,9 @@ def do_delete(cls, gl, what, args):
     if not cls.canDelete:
         _die("%s objects can't be deleted" % what)
 
-    o = do_get(cls, gl, what, args)
+    id = args.pop(cls.idAttr)
     try:
-        o.delete()
+        gl.delete(cls, id, **args)
     except Exception as e:
         _die("Impossible to destroy object (%s)" % str(e))
 
 
@@ -134,6 +134,21 @@ def create(self, data, **kwargs):
             raise NotImplementedError
         return self.obj_cls.create(self.gitlab, data, **kwargs)
 
+    def delete(self, id, **kwargs):
+        """Delete a GitLab object.
+
+        Args:
+            id: ID of the object to delete.
+
+        Raises:
+            NotImplementedError: If objects cannot be deleted.
+            GitlabDeleteError: If the server fails to perform the request.
+        """
+        self._set_parent_args(**kwargs)
+        if not self.obj_cls.canDelete:
+            raise NotImplementedError
+        self.gitlab.delete(self.obj_cls, id, **kwargs)
+
     def _custom_list(self, url, cls, **kwargs):
         r = self.gitlab._raw_get(url, **kwargs)
         raise_error_from_response(r, GitlabListError)
 
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def resp_cont(url, request):
             self.assertRaises(GitlabGetError, self.gl.get,
                               Project, 1)
 
-    def test_delete(self):
+    def test_delete_from_object(self):
         @urlmatch(scheme="http", netloc="localhost", path="/api/v3/groups/1",
                   method="delete")
         def resp_delete_group(url, request):
@@ -351,6 +351,24 @@ def resp_delete_group(url, request):
             data = self.gl.delete(obj)
             self.assertIs(data, True)
 
+    def test_delete_from_invalid_class(self):
+        class InvalidClass(object):
+            pass
+
+        self.assertRaises(GitlabError, self.gl.delete, InvalidClass, 1)
+
+    def test_delete_from_class(self):
+        @urlmatch(scheme="http", netloc="localhost", path="/api/v3/groups/1",
+                  method="delete")
+        def resp_delete_group(url, request):
+            headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}
+            content = ''.encode("utf-8")
+            return response(200, content, headers, None, 5, request)
+
+        with HTTMock(resp_delete_group):
+            data = self.gl.delete(Group, 1)
+            self.assertIs(data, True)
+
     def test_delete_unknown_path(self):
         obj = Project(self.gl, data={"name": "testname", "id": 1})
         obj._from_api = True