diff --git a/clients/remote/remote.go b/clients/remote/remote.go
index a5fc71f..e584d3c 100644
--- a/clients/remote/remote.go
+++ b/clients/remote/remote.go
@@ -151,10 +151,18 @@ func (c Client) List(ctx context.Context, params *ListParams) error {
 	return c.printRemote(printOpts)
 }
 
-func (c Client) Delete(ctx context.Context, remoteID string) error {
-	connection, err := c.GetRemoteConnectionByID(ctx, remoteID).Execute()
+func (c Client) Get(ctx context.Context, remoteID string) (api.RemoteConnection, error) {
+	conn, err := c.GetRemoteConnectionByID(ctx, remoteID).Execute()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete remote connection %q: %w", remoteID, err)
+		return conn, fmt.Errorf("failed to find remote connection with ID %q: %w", remoteID, err)
+	}
+	return conn, nil
+}
+
+func (c Client) Delete(ctx context.Context, remoteID string) error {
+	connection, err := c.Get(ctx, remoteID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	req := c.DeleteRemoteConnectionByID(ctx, remoteID)
diff --git a/clients/replication/replication.go b/clients/replication/replication.go
index 14862eb..2e28060 100644
--- a/clients/replication/replication.go
+++ b/clients/replication/replication.go
@@ -190,6 +190,30 @@ func (c Client) Delete(ctx context.Context, replicationID string) error {
 	return c.printReplication(printOpts)
 }
 
+func (c Client) DeleteWithRemoteID(ctx context.Context, conn api.RemoteConnection) error {
+	reps, err := c.GetReplications(ctx).OrgID(conn.OrgID).RemoteID(conn.Id).Execute()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to find replication streams with remote ID %q: %w", conn.Id, err)
+	}
+
+	if reps.Replications != nil {
+		for _, rep := range reps.GetReplications() {
+			if err := c.DeleteReplicationByID(ctx, rep.Id).Execute(); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete replication with ID %q: %w", rep.Id, err)
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		return fmt.Errorf("no replications found for remote ID %q", conn.Id)
+	}
+
+	printOpts := printReplicationOpts{
+		replications: reps.GetReplications(),
+		deleted:      true,
+	}
+
+	return c.printReplication(printOpts)
+}
+
 type printReplicationOpts struct {
 	replication  *api.Replication
 	replications []api.Replication
diff --git a/cmd/influx/remote.go b/cmd/influx/remote.go
index 7a5e4ea..350e8b8 100644
--- a/cmd/influx/remote.go
+++ b/cmd/influx/remote.go
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/clients/remote"
+	"github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/clients/replication"
 	"github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/pkg/cli/middleware"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ func newRemoteCreateCmd() cli.Command {
 
 func newRemoteDeleteCmd() cli.Command {
 	var remoteID string
+	var deleteReplications bool
 	return cli.Command{
 		Name:   "delete",
 		Usage:  "Delete an existing remote connection",
@@ -94,16 +98,40 @@ func newRemoteDeleteCmd() cli.Command {
 				Required:    true,
 				Destination: &remoteID,
 			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "delete-replications",
+				Usage:       "Forcefully deletes any replication queues that depend on this remote",
+				Destination: &deleteReplications,
+			},
 		),
 		Action: func(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 			api := getAPI(ctx)
+			cli := getCLI(ctx)
+			context := getContext(ctx)
 
 			client := remote.Client{
-				CLI:                  getCLI(ctx),
+				CLI:                  cli,
 				RemoteConnectionsApi: api.RemoteConnectionsApi,
 			}
 
-			return client.Delete(getContext(ctx), remoteID)
+			if deleteReplications {
+				conn, err := client.Get(context, remoteID)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				repClient := replication.Client{
+					CLI:             cli,
+					ReplicationsApi: api.ReplicationsApi,
+				}
+				if err := repClient.DeleteWithRemoteID(context, conn); err != nil {
+					fmt.Fprintln(cli.StdIO, err.Error())
+					// do not exit, still try to delete the remote, as this flag could be
+					// passed with no replications configured, which would error here
+				}
+			}
+
+			return client.Delete(context, remoteID)
 		},
 	}
 }