diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Twitter/TweetDescription.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Twitter/TweetDescription.ts
index 9005cbbc0a..aece462828 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Twitter/TweetDescription.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Twitter/TweetDescription.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ export const tweetOperations = [
 				value: 'create',
 				description: 'Create or reply a tweet',
 			},
+			{
+				name: 'Delete',
+				value: 'delete',
+				description: 'Delete a tweet',
+			},
 			{
 				name: 'Search',
 				value: 'search',
@@ -146,6 +151,28 @@ export const tweetFields = [
 		],
 	},
 
+	/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+	/*                                tweet:delete                                */
+	/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+	{
+		displayName: 'Tweet ID',
+		name: 'tweetId',
+		type: 'string',
+		required: true,
+		default: '',
+		displayOptions: {
+			show: {
+				operation: [
+					'delete',
+				],
+				resource: [
+					'tweet',
+				],
+			},
+		},
+		description: 'The ID of the tweet to delete.',
+	},
+
 	/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 	/*                                tweet:search                                */
 	/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Twitter/Twitter.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Twitter/Twitter.node.ts
index 7a526b91f2..8a9298a660 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Twitter/Twitter.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Twitter/Twitter.node.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,12 @@ export class Twitter implements INodeType {
 
 					responseData = await twitterApiRequest.call(this, 'POST', '/statuses/update.json', {}, body as unknown as IDataObject);
 				}
+				// https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/v1/tweets/post-and-engage/api-reference/post-statuses-destroy-id
+				if (operation === 'delete') {
+					const tweetId = this.getNodeParameter('tweetId', i) as string;
+
+					responseData = await twitterApiRequest.call(this, 'POST', `/statuses/destroy/${tweetId}.json`, {}, {});
+				}
 				// https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/tweets/search/api-reference/get-search-tweets
 				if (operation === 'search') {
 					const q = this.getNodeParameter('searchText', i) as string;