diff --git a/src/Dialogs/BranchActions/BranchActionDialog.vala b/src/Dialogs/BranchActions/BranchActionDialog.vala
index ce95d7ad7e..2a4c726349 100644
--- a/src/Dialogs/BranchActions/BranchActionDialog.vala
+++ b/src/Dialogs/BranchActions/BranchActionDialog.vala
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public class Scratch.Dialogs.BranchActionDialog : Granite.MessageDialog {
     }
 
     public bool can_apply { get; set; default = false; }
+    public bool is_destructive { get; set; default = false; }
     public FolderManager.ProjectFolderItem project { get; construct; }
 
     private Gtk.Stack stack;
@@ -67,13 +68,24 @@ public class Scratch.Dialogs.BranchActionDialog : Granite.MessageDialog {
 
             var apply_button = add_button (_("Apply"), Gtk.ResponseType.APPLY);
             bind_property ("can-apply", apply_button, "sensitive", SYNC_CREATE);
+            notify["is-destructive"].connect (() => {
+                var ctx = apply_button.get_style_context ();
+                var scda = Gtk.STYLE_CLASS_DESTRUCTIVE_ACTION;
+                if (is_destructive && !ctx.has_class (scda)) {
+                    ctx.add_class (scda);
+                } else if (!is_destructive && ctx.has_class (scda)) {
+                    ctx.remove_class (scda);
+                }
+            });
 
             var checkout_page = new BranchCheckoutPage (this);
             var create_page = new BranchCreatePage (this);
+            var delete_page = new BranchDeletePage (this);
 
             stack = new Gtk.Stack ();
             stack.add_titled (checkout_page, BranchAction.CHECKOUT.to_string (), _("Checkout"));
             stack.add_titled (create_page, BranchAction.CREATE.to_string (), _("New"));
+            stack.add_titled (delete_page, BranchAction.DELETE.to_string (), _("Delete"));
 
             var sidebar = new Gtk.StackSidebar () {
                 stack = stack
diff --git a/src/Dialogs/BranchActions/BranchDeletePage.vala b/src/Dialogs/BranchActions/BranchDeletePage.vala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7eff5e226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Dialogs/BranchActions/BranchDeletePage.vala
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025-2026 elementary, Inc. <https://elementary.io>
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+*
+* Authored by: Jeremy Wootten <jeremywootten@gmail.com>
+*/
+
+public class Scratch.Dialogs.BranchDeletePage : Gtk.Box, BranchActionPage {
+    public BranchAction action {
+        get {
+            return BranchAction.DELETE;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Ggit.Ref? branch_ref {
+        get {
+            return list_box.get_selected_row ().bref;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public string new_branch_name {
+        get {
+            return "";
+        }
+    }
+
+    public BranchActionDialog dialog { get; construct; }
+
+    private BranchListBox list_box;
+    private Gtk.CheckButton delete_unmerged_check;
+
+    public BranchDeletePage (BranchActionDialog dialog) {
+        Object (
+            dialog: dialog
+        );
+    }
+
+    construct {
+        orientation = VERTICAL;
+        list_box = new BranchListBox (dialog, false) {
+            margin_bottom = 12
+        }; // No remotes
+        add (list_box);
+        delete_unmerged_check = new Gtk.CheckButton.with_label (_("Delete even if unmerged into default branch")) {
+            active = false,
+            valign = CENTER
+        };
+
+
+        var action_bar = new Gtk.ActionBar ();
+        action_bar.pack_start (delete_unmerged_check);
+        add (action_bar);
+
+        list_box.branch_changed.connect (() => {
+            delete_unmerged_check.active = false;
+        });
+
+        delete_unmerged_check.toggled.connect (() => {
+            update_can_apply ();
+        });
+
+
+    }
+
+    public override void focus_start_widget () {
+        list_box.grab_focus ();
+    }
+
+    private void update_can_apply () {
+        var text = list_box.text;
+        var exists = dialog.project.has_branch_name (text, null);
+        var is_current = dialog.project.get_current_branch_name () == text;
+        var is_merged = dialog.project.branch_name_is_merged (text);
+        dialog.can_apply = exists && !is_current && (is_merged || delete_unmerged_check.active);
+        dialog.is_destructive = delete_unmerged_check.active;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/FolderManager/FileView.vala b/src/FolderManager/FileView.vala
index 2841e2715e..46067de37f 100644
--- a/src/FolderManager/FileView.vala
+++ b/src/FolderManager/FileView.vala
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ public class Scratch.FolderManager.FileView : Code.Widgets.SourceList, Code.Pane
             case MERGE:
                 break;
             case DELETE:
+                dialog.project.delete_branch (dialog.branch_ref);
                 break;
             case CREATE:
                 dialog.project.new_branch (dialog.new_branch_name);
diff --git a/src/FolderManager/ProjectFolderItem.vala b/src/FolderManager/ProjectFolderItem.vala
index 4f44497cd3..dc864287e0 100644
--- a/src/FolderManager/ProjectFolderItem.vala
+++ b/src/FolderManager/ProjectFolderItem.vala
@@ -408,6 +408,10 @@ namespace Scratch.FolderManager {
             }
         }
 
+        public bool delete_branch (Ggit.Ref bref) {
+            return monitored_repo.delete_branch (bref);
+        }
+
         public bool is_recent_ref (Ggit.Ref bref) {
             return monitored_repo.is_recent_ref (bref);
         }
@@ -446,6 +450,14 @@ namespace Scratch.FolderManager {
             return is_git_repo ? monitored_repo.is_valid_new_local_branch_name (new_name) : false;
         }
 
+        public bool branch_name_is_merged (string branch_name, Ggit.Ref? target = null) {
+            //TODO Implement checking whether one branch merged into another (target) branch
+            // A null target is to be treated as the default branch.
+            // It is not obvious how to do this with Ggit; moreover merging of a remote branch
+            // into a remote target will not be detectable anyway. So return false for now
+            return false;
+        }
+
         // The parameter "is_explicit" indicates whether a global search was requested
         // via a context menu on an explicitly chosen folder, in which case everything in that
         // folder will be searched, or whether the hot-key was used in which case the search will
diff --git a/src/Services/MonitoredRepository.vala b/src/Services/MonitoredRepository.vala
index 00317fc53a..24c3e3786d 100644
--- a/src/Services/MonitoredRepository.vala
+++ b/src/Services/MonitoredRepository.vala
@@ -368,6 +368,17 @@ namespace Scratch.Services {
             return true;
         }
 
+        public bool delete_branch (Ggit.Ref bref) {
+            try {
+                bref.@delete ();
+            } catch (Error e) {
+                warning ("Error deleting branch %s.  %s", ((Ggit.Branch)bref).get_name (), e.message);
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
         private bool do_update = false;
         public void update_status_map () {
             if (update_timer_id == 0) {
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index e58f5eb722..3581b4616f 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ code_files = files(
     'Dialogs/BranchActions/BranchActionDialog.vala',
     'Dialogs/BranchActions/BranchCheckoutPage.vala',
     'Dialogs/BranchActions/BranchCreatePage.vala',
+    'Dialogs/BranchActions/BranchDeletePage.vala',
     'Dialogs/BranchActions/BranchListBox.vala',
     'Dialogs/BranchActions/BranchNameRow.vala',
     'FolderManager/File.vala',