diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
index 2eaeab1d807b4..16797615bfd50 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
@@ -1457,6 +1457,29 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends Logging with ExecutorAllocationCli
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Delete a file based on the given path. This file should have been added by prior call
+   * 'ADD FILE' command.
+   */
+  def deleteFile(path: String): Unit = {
+    val uri = new URI(path)
+    val schemeCorrectedPath = uri.getScheme match {
+      case null | "local" => new File(path).getCanonicalFile.toURI.toString
+      case _ => path
+    }
+    val scheme = new URI(schemeCorrectedPath).getScheme
+    val fileName = new File(uri.getPath)
+    val key = if (!isLocal && scheme == "file") {
+      env.rpcEnv.fileServer.deleteFile(fileName.getName())
+    } else {
+      schemeCorrectedPath
+    }
+    addedFiles.remove(key)
+    val timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis
+    logInfo("Deleted file " + path + " at " + key + " with timestamp " + timestamp)
+    postEnvironmentUpdate()
+  }
+
   /**
    * :: DeveloperApi ::
    * Register a listener to receive up-calls from events that happen during execution.
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rpc/RpcEnv.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rpc/RpcEnv.scala
index 56683771335a6..49d090659559c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rpc/RpcEnv.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rpc/RpcEnv.scala
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@ private[spark] trait RpcEnvFileServer {
    */
   def addFile(file: File): String
 
+  /**
+   * Deletes a file to be served by this RpcEnv.
+   *
+   * @param file Local file to serve.
+   * @return A URI for the location of the file.
+   */
+  def deleteFile(file: String): String
+
   /**
    * Adds a jar to be served by this RpcEnv. Similar to `addFile` but for jars added using
    * `SparkContext.addJar`.
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rpc/netty/NettyStreamManager.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rpc/netty/NettyStreamManager.scala
index 780fadd5bda8e..e5e4f0c6fe6dc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rpc/netty/NettyStreamManager.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rpc/netty/NettyStreamManager.scala
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ private[netty] class NettyStreamManager(rpcEnv: NettyRpcEnv)
     s"${rpcEnv.address.toSparkURL}/files/${Utils.encodeFileNameToURIRawPath(file.getName())}"
   }
 
+  override def deleteFile(file: String): String = {
+    files.remove(file)
+    s"${rpcEnv.address.toSparkURL}/files/${Utils.encodeFileNameToURIRawPath(file)}"
+  }
+
   override def addJar(file: File): String = {
     val existingPath = jars.putIfAbsent(file.getName, file)
     require(existingPath == null || existingPath == file,
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContextSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContextSuite.scala
index f8d143dc610cb..fd1c6ef491661 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContextSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContextSuite.scala
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class SparkContextSuite extends SparkFunSuite with LocalSparkContext {
     assert(byteArray2.length === 0)
   }
 
-  test("basic case for addFile and listFiles") {
+  test("basic case for addFile, deleteFile and listFiles") {
     val dir = Utils.createTempDir()
 
     val file1 = File.createTempFile("someprefix1", "somesuffix1", dir)
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ class SparkContextSuite extends SparkFunSuite with LocalSparkContext {
         x
       }).count()
       assert(sc.listFiles().filter(_.contains("somesuffix1")).size == 1)
+      sc.deleteFile(file1.getAbsolutePath)
+      assert(sc.listFiles().filter(_.contains("somesuffix1")).size == 0)
+      sc.deleteFile(relativePath)
+      assert(sc.listFiles().filter(_.contains("somesuffix2")).size == 0)
     } finally {
       sc.stop()
     }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/antlr4/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/SqlBase.g4 b/sql/catalyst/src/main/antlr4/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/SqlBase.g4
index cab7c3ff5a8f7..6b76ccc066f87 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/antlr4/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/SqlBase.g4
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/antlr4/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/SqlBase.g4
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ statement
         tableIdentifier partitionSpec?                                 #loadData
     | TRUNCATE TABLE tableIdentifier partitionSpec?                    #truncateTable
     | MSCK REPAIR TABLE tableIdentifier                                #repairTable
-    | op=(ADD | LIST) identifier .*?                                   #manageResource
+    | op=(ADD |  DELETE | LIST) identifier .*?                         #manageResource
     | SET ROLE .*?                                                     #failNativeCommand
     | SET .*?                                                          #setConfiguration
     | RESET                                                            #resetConfiguration
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlParser.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlParser.scala
index 71c3bd31e02e4..f71a71de74390 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlParser.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlParser.scala
@@ -902,6 +902,11 @@ class SparkSqlAstBuilder(conf: SQLConf) extends AstBuilder {
           case "jar" => AddJarCommand(mayebePaths)
           case other => operationNotAllowed(s"ADD with resource type '$other'", ctx)
         }
+      case SqlBaseParser.DELETE =>
+        ctx.identifier.getText.toLowerCase match {
+          case "file" => DeleteFileCommand(mayebePaths)
+          case other => throw operationNotAllowed (s"DELETE with resource type '$other'", ctx)
+        }
       case SqlBaseParser.LIST =>
         ctx.identifier.getText.toLowerCase match {
           case "files" | "file" =>
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/resources.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/resources.scala
index 20b08946675d0..cfdd13306d5a1 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/resources.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/resources.scala
@@ -99,3 +99,13 @@ case class ListJarsCommand(jars: Seq[String] = Seq.empty[String]) extends Runnab
     }
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Deletes a file to the current session.
+ */
+case class DeleteFileCommand(path: String) extends RunnableCommand {
+  override def run(sparkSession: SparkSession): Seq[Row] = {
+    sparkSession.sparkContext.deleteFile(path)
+    Seq.empty[Row]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/CliSuite.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/CliSuite.scala
index d3cec11bd7567..c32b8e6c979f2 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/CliSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/CliSuite.scala
@@ -283,4 +283,15 @@ class CliSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll with Logging {
       "SET conf3;" -> "conftest"
     )
   }
+
+  test("delete files") {
+    val dataFilePath = Thread.currentThread().
+      getContextClassLoader.getResource("data/files/small_kv.txt")
+    runCliWithin(2.minute)(
+      s"ADD FILE $dataFilePath;" -> "",
+      s"LIST FILES;" -> "small_kv.txt",
+      s"DELETE FILE $dataFilePath;" -> "",
+      s"LIST FILES;" -> ""
+    )
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveQuerySuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveQuerySuite.scala
index 6785167d3dfba..3f309fdd70f96 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveQuerySuite.scala
@@ -911,6 +911,11 @@ class HiveQuerySuite extends HiveComparisonTest with BeforeAndAfter {
     assert(sql("list file").
       filter(_.getString(0).contains("data/files/v1.txt")).count() > 0)
     assert(sql(s"list file $testFile").count() == 1)
+
+    sql(s"DELETE FILE $testFile")
+    assert(sql("list files").filter(_.getString(0).contains("data/files/v1.txt")).count() == 0)
+    assert(sql("list file").filter(_.getString(0).contains("data/files/v1.txt")).count() == 0)
+    assert(sql(s"list file $testFile").count() == 0)
   }
 
   createQueryTest("dynamic_partition",