diff --git a/tests/test_delete.py b/tests/test_delete.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..345c216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_delete.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Copyright 2023 (c) Anna Schumaker.
+"""Tests the `xfstestsdb delete` command."""
+import errno
+import io
+import unittest
+import unittest.mock
+import xfstestsdb.delete
+
+
+class TestDelete(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Tests the `xfstestsdb delete` command."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """Set up common variables."""
+        self.xfstestsdb = xfstestsdb.Command()
+        self.delete = self.xfstestsdb.commands["delete"]
+
+    def test_init(self):
+        """Check that the delete command was set up properly."""
+        self.assertIsInstance(self.delete, xfstestsdb.commands.Command)
+        self.assertIsInstance(self.delete, xfstestsdb.delete.Command)
+        self.assertEqual(self.xfstestsdb.subparser.choices["delete"],
+                         self.delete.parser)
+
+    @unittest.mock.patch("sys.stdout", new_callable=io.StringIO)
+    def test_delete(self, mock_stdout: io.StringIO):
+        """Test the `xfstestsdb delete` command with valid input."""
+        self.xfstestsdb.run(["new", "/dev/test"])
+        self.xfstestsdb.run(["delete", "1"])
+        self.assertRegex(mock_stdout.getvalue(), "run #1 has been deleted")
+
+        cur = self.xfstestsdb.sql("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM xfstests_runs")
+        self.assertEqual(cur.fetchone()["COUNT(*)"], 0)
+
+    @unittest.mock.patch("sys.stdout", new_callable=io.StringIO)
+    def test_delete_tags(self, mock_stdout: io.StringIO):
+        """Test the `xfstestsdb delete` command on a tagged run."""
+        self.xfstestsdb.run(["new", "/dev/test"])
+        self.xfstestsdb.run(["tag", "1", "mytag"])
+        self.xfstestsdb.run(["delete", "1"])
+
+        cur = self.xfstestsdb.sql("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tags")
+        self.assertEqual(cur.fetchone()["COUNT(*)"], 0)
+
+    @unittest.mock.patch("sys.stderr", new_callable=io.StringIO)
+    def test_delete_error(self, mock_stderr: io.StringIO):
+        """Test the `xfstestsdb delete` command with invalid input."""
+        with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+            self.xfstestsdb.run(["delete"])
+        self.assertRegex(mock_stderr.getvalue(),
+                         "error: the following arguments are required: runid")
+
+    @unittest.mock.patch("sys.stderr", new_callable=io.StringIO)
+    def test_delete_enoent(self, mock_stderr: io.StringIO):
+        """Test the `xfstestsdb delete` command with an invalid runid."""
+        with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as sys_exit:
+            self.xfstestsdb.run(["delete", "2"])
+
+        self.assertEqual(sys_exit.exception.code, errno.ENOENT)
+        self.assertRegex(mock_stderr.getvalue(),
+                         "error: run #2 does not exist")
diff --git a/xfstestsdb/__init__.py b/xfstestsdb/__init__.py
index 3453fe1..22e0587 100644
--- a/xfstestsdb/__init__.py
+++ b/xfstestsdb/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 """Implements the toplevel xfstestsdb command."""
 import argparse
 from . import sqlite
+from . import delete
 from . import new
 from . import rename
 from . import tag
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ class Command:
                                  help="show version number and exit")
         self.subparser = self.parser.add_subparsers(title="commands")
         self.sql = sqlite.Connection()
-        self.commands = {"new": new.Command(self.subparser, self.sql),
+        self.commands = {"delete": delete.Command(self.subparser, self.sql),
+                         "new": new.Command(self.subparser, self.sql),
                          "rename": rename.Command(self.subparser, self.sql),
                          "tag": tag.Command(self.subparser, self.sql),
                          "untag": untag.Command(self.subparser, self.sql)}
diff --git a/xfstestsdb/delete.py b/xfstestsdb/delete.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a70ee0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xfstestsdb/delete.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright 2023 (c) Anna Schumaker.
+"""The `xfstestsdb delete` command."""
+import argparse
+import errno
+import sys
+from . import commands
+from . import sqlite
+
+
+class Command(commands.Command):
+    """The `xfstestsdb delete` command."""
+
+    def __init__(self, subparser: argparse.Action,
+                 sql: sqlite.Connection) -> None:
+        """Set up the delete command."""
+        super().__init__(subparser, sql, "delete",
+                         help="delete an xfstests run")
+        self.parser.add_argument("runid", metavar="runid", nargs=1, type=int,
+                                 help="runid of the xfstests run to delete")
+
+    def do_command(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
+        """Delete a row from the xfstests_runs table."""
+        cur = self.sql("DELETE FROM xfstests_runs WHERE rowid=?",
+                       args.runid[0])
+        if cur.rowcount == 0:
+            print(f"error: run #{args.runid[0]} does not exist",
+                  file=sys.stderr)
+            sys.exit(errno.ENOENT)
+        print(f"run #{args.runid[0]} has been deleted")
diff --git a/xfstestsdb/xfstestsdb.sql b/xfstestsdb/xfstestsdb.sql
index 06164c1..fc03e38 100644
--- a/xfstestsdb/xfstestsdb.sql
+++ b/xfstestsdb/xfstestsdb.sql
@@ -28,4 +28,6 @@ CREATE TABLE tags (
 	tag TEXT NOT NULL,
 	PRIMARY KEY (runid, tag),
 	FOREIGN KEY (runid) REFERENCES xfstests_runs (runid)
+		ON DELETE CASCADE
+		ON UPDATE CASCADE
 );