diff --git a/api/contract/openapi b/api/contract/openapi
index d6f9073..588064f 160000
--- a/api/contract/openapi
+++ b/api/contract/openapi
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d6f9073685dfb58e36f20c2ed351cf872ad31a86
+Subproject commit 588064fe68e7dfeebd019695aa805832632cbfb6
diff --git a/clients/remote/remote.go b/clients/remote/remote.go
index 0f7a253..ecfa434 100644
--- a/clients/remote/remote.go
+++ b/clients/remote/remote.go
@@ -101,6 +101,29 @@ 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()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete remote connection %q: %w", remoteID, err)
+	}
+
+	req := c.DeleteRemoteConnectionByID(ctx, remoteID)
+
+	// send delete request
+	err = req.Execute()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete remote connection %q: %w", remoteID, err)
+	}
+
+	// print deleted connection info
+	printOpts := printRemoteOpts{
+		remote:  &connection,
+		deleted: true,
+	}
+
+	return c.printRemote(printOpts)
+}
+
 type printRemoteOpts struct {
 	remote  *api.RemoteConnection
 	remotes []api.RemoteConnection
diff --git a/cmd/influx/remote.go b/cmd/influx/remote.go
index 3e8992a..d55f04f 100644
--- a/cmd/influx/remote.go
+++ b/cmd/influx/remote.go
@@ -92,13 +92,29 @@ func newRemoteCreateCmd() cli.Command {
 }
 
 func newRemoteDeleteCmd() cli.Command {
+	var remoteID string
 	return cli.Command{
 		Name:   "delete",
 		Usage:  "Delete an existing remote connection",
 		Before: middleware.WithBeforeFns(withCli(), withApi(true), middleware.NoArgs),
-		Flags:  commonFlags(),
-		Action: func(ctx *cli.Context) {
-			fmt.Println("remote delete command was called")
+		Flags: append(
+			commonFlags(),
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "remote-id, id",
+				Usage:       "ID of the remote connection to be deleted",
+				Required:    true,
+				Destination: &remoteID,
+			},
+		),
+		Action: func(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+			api := getAPI(ctx)
+
+			client := remote.Client{
+				CLI:                  getCLI(ctx),
+				RemoteConnectionsApi: api.RemoteConnectionsApi,
+			}
+
+			return client.Delete(getContext(ctx), remoteID)
 		},
 	}
 }