diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1_alpha/collections_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1_alpha/collections_controller.rb
index b37b9c25c9..f03ac87981 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1_alpha/collections_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1_alpha/collections_controller.rb
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ class Api::V1Alpha::CollectionsController < Api::BaseController
 
   before_action :require_user!, only: [:create]
 
+  before_action :set_collection, only: [:show, :update, :destroy]
+
   after_action :verify_authorized
 
   def show
     cache_if_unauthenticated!
-    @collection = Collection.find(params[:id])
     authorize @collection, :show?
 
     render json: @collection, serializer: REST::CollectionSerializer
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ class Api::V1Alpha::CollectionsController < Api::BaseController
   end
 
   def update
-    @collection = Collection.find(params[:id])
     authorize @collection, :update?
 
     @collection.update!(collection_update_params) # TODO: Create a service for this to federate changes
@@ -40,8 +40,20 @@ class Api::V1Alpha::CollectionsController < Api::BaseController
     render json: @collection, serializer: REST::CollectionSerializer
   end
 
+  def destroy
+    authorize @collection, :destroy?
+
+    @collection.destroy
+
+    head 200
+  end
+
   private
 
+  def set_collection
+    @collection = Collection.find(params[:id])
+  end
+
   def collection_creation_params
     params.permit(:name, :description, :sensitive, :discoverable, :tag_name, account_ids: [])
   end
diff --git a/config/routes/api.rb b/config/routes/api.rb
index b7ffca3d82..16b0d8edf0 100644
--- a/config/routes/api.rb
+++ b/config/routes/api.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace :api, format: false do
   namespace :v1_alpha do
     resources :async_refreshes, only: :show
 
-    resources :collections, only: [:show, :create, :update]
+    resources :collections, only: [:show, :create, :update, :destroy]
   end
 
   # JSON / REST API
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1_alpha/collections_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1_alpha/collections_spec.rb
index 134ff6b32b..99389bbe95 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1_alpha/collections_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1_alpha/collections_spec.rb
@@ -164,4 +164,34 @@ RSpec.describe 'Api::V1Alpha::Collections', feature: :collections do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'DELETE /api/v1_alpha/collections/:id' do
+    subject do
+      delete "/api/v1_alpha/collections/#{collection.id}", headers: headers
+    end
+
+    let(:collection) { Fabricate(:collection) }
+
+    it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong scope', 'read:collections'
+
+    context 'when user is not owner' do
+      it 'returns http forbidden' do
+        subject
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(403)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when user is the owner' do
+      let(:collection) { Fabricate(:collection, account: user.account) }
+
+      it 'deletes the collection and returns http success' do
+        collection
+
+        expect { subject }.to change(Collection, :count).by(-1)
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end