diff --git a/backend/src/modules/upload/controllers/UploadController.ts b/backend/src/modules/upload/controllers/UploadController.ts
index b6fae3c..b4124bf 100644
--- a/backend/src/modules/upload/controllers/UploadController.ts
+++ b/backend/src/modules/upload/controllers/UploadController.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import { Body, Controller, Get, Param, ParseUUIDPipe, Post } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Body, Controller, Delete, Get, HttpCode, HttpStatus, Param, ParseUUIDPipe, Post, Query } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Throttle } from '@nestjs/throttler';
 import { throttleProfiles } from '../../../config/throttleProfiles';
 import { CreateHotlinkUploadDto } from '../dto/CreateHotlinkUploadDto';
 import { CreateZkUploadDto } from '../dto/CreateZkUploadDto';
+import { DeleteUploadQueryDto } from '../dto/DeleteUploadQueryDto';
 import { UploadService } from '../services/UploadService';
 
 @Controller('uploads')
@@ -25,4 +26,10 @@ export class UploadController {
     getZkCiphertext(@Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string) {
         return this.uploadService.getZkUploadCiphertext(id);
     }
+
+    @Delete(':id')
+    @HttpCode(HttpStatus.NO_CONTENT)
+    deleteUpload(@Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string, @Query() { delete_token }: DeleteUploadQueryDto) {
+        return this.uploadService.deleteUpload(id, delete_token);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/modules/upload/dto/DeleteUploadQueryDto.ts b/backend/src/modules/upload/dto/DeleteUploadQueryDto.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..003d89c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/modules/upload/dto/DeleteUploadQueryDto.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { IsNotEmpty, IsString } from 'class-validator';
+
+export class DeleteUploadQueryDto {
+    @IsNotEmpty()
+    @IsString()
+    delete_token: string;
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.spec.ts b/backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.spec.ts
index 04bc0c9..3ba9041 100644
--- a/backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.spec.ts
@@ -50,8 +50,14 @@ const encryptHotlinkCiphertext = (plaintext: Buffer, key: Buffer, iv: Buffer): B
 describe('UploadService', () => {
     let service: UploadService;
     let dataSource: jest.Mocked<Pick<DataSource, 'transaction'>>;
-    let storageService: jest.Mocked<Pick<StorageService, 'write' | 'read'>>;
-    let uploadRepository: { create: jest.Mock; save: jest.Mock; findOne: jest.Mock; increment: jest.Mock };
+    let storageService: jest.Mocked<Pick<StorageService, 'write' | 'read' | 'unlink'>>;
+    let uploadRepository: {
+        create: jest.Mock;
+        save: jest.Mock;
+        findOne: jest.Mock;
+        increment: jest.Mock;
+        remove: jest.Mock;
+    };
     let transaction: jest.Mock;
 
     beforeEach(() => {
@@ -59,7 +65,8 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
             create: jest.fn((entityLike: unknown) => entityLike),
             save: jest.fn(async (entity: unknown) => entity),
             findOne: jest.fn(),
-            increment: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ affected: 1, raw: [], generatedMaps: [] })
+            increment: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ affected: 1, raw: [], generatedMaps: [] }),
+            remove: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
         };
 
         transaction = jest.fn(async (runInTransaction: (manager: EntityManager) => Promise<unknown>) => {
@@ -73,7 +80,8 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
         dataSource = { transaction };
         storageService = {
             write: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
-            read: jest.fn()
+            read: jest.fn(),
+            unlink: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
         };
 
         mockFileTypeFromBuffer.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
@@ -358,6 +366,68 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    describe('deleteUpload', () => {
+        const deleteToken = fixedDeleteTokenBytes.toString('base64url');
+
+        it('unlinks ciphertext and removes upload when delete token matches', async () => {
+            const upload = {
+                storagePath: fixedId,
+                deleteTokenHash: hashDeleteToken(deleteToken)
+            };
+
+            uploadRepository.findOne.mockResolvedValue(upload);
+
+            await expect(service.deleteUpload(fixedId, deleteToken)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+            expect(uploadRepository.findOne).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+                where: { id: fixedId, deleteTokenHash: hashDeleteToken(deleteToken) }
+            });
+            expect(storageService.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(fixedId);
+            expect(uploadRepository.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith(upload);
+        });
+
+        it('throws NotFoundException when upload is missing', async () => {
+            uploadRepository.findOne.mockResolvedValue(null);
+
+            await expect(service.deleteUpload(fixedId, deleteToken)).rejects.toThrow(NotFoundException);
+            expect(storageService.unlink).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(uploadRepository.remove).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
+        it('throws NotFoundException when delete token is wrong', async () => {
+            uploadRepository.findOne.mockResolvedValue(null);
+
+            await expect(service.deleteUpload(fixedId, 'wrong-token')).rejects.toThrow(NotFoundException);
+            expect(storageService.unlink).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(uploadRepository.remove).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
+        it('still removes upload when ciphertext file is already missing', async () => {
+            const upload = {
+                storagePath: fixedId,
+                deleteTokenHash: hashDeleteToken(deleteToken)
+            };
+
+            uploadRepository.findOne.mockResolvedValue(upload);
+            storageService.unlink.mockRejectedValue(Object.assign(new Error('ENOENT'), { code: 'ENOENT' }));
+
+            await expect(service.deleteUpload(fixedId, deleteToken)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+            expect(uploadRepository.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith(upload);
+        });
+
+        it('propagates non-ENOENT storage unlink errors', async () => {
+            uploadRepository.findOne.mockResolvedValue({
+                storagePath: fixedId,
+                deleteTokenHash: hashDeleteToken(deleteToken)
+            });
+            storageService.unlink.mockRejectedValue(new Error('permission denied'));
+
+            await expect(service.deleteUpload(fixedId, deleteToken)).rejects.toThrow('permission denied');
+            expect(uploadRepository.remove).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('transaction rollback on storage failure', () => {
         it('propagates storage write errors from the transaction', async () => {
             storageService.write.mockRejectedValue(new Error('disk full'));
diff --git a/backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.ts b/backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.ts
index 489220e..27c5b8a 100644
--- a/backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.ts
+++ b/backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.ts
@@ -200,6 +200,30 @@ export class UploadService {
         };
     }
 
+    async deleteUpload(id: string, deleteToken: string): Promise<void> {
+        await this.dataSource.transaction(async manager => {
+            const uploadRepository = manager.getRepository(Upload);
+
+            const upload = await uploadRepository.findOne({
+                where: { id, deleteTokenHash: this.hashDeleteToken(deleteToken) }
+            });
+
+            if (!upload) {
+                throw new NotFoundException();
+            }
+
+            try {
+                await this.storageService.unlink(upload.storagePath);
+            } catch (error: unknown) {
+                if (!isErrorEnoent(error)) {
+                    throw error;
+                }
+            }
+
+            await uploadRepository.remove(upload);
+        });
+    }
+
     private hashDeleteToken(token: string): string {
         return createHash('sha256').update(token, 'utf8').digest('hex');
     }