diff --git a/lib/howl/buffer.moon b/lib/howl/buffer.moon
index aee11d34..c5df827a 100644
--- a/lib/howl/buffer.moon
+++ b/lib/howl/buffer.moon
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class Buffer extends PropertyObject
     @_associate_with_file file
     @save!
 
-  rename: (file) =>
+  rename_file: (file) =>
     old_file = @file
     @_associate_with_file file
     @save!
@@ -257,6 +257,13 @@ class Buffer extends PropertyObject
       if not status
           log.warn "Failed to delete old alias #{old_file} for #{@file}: #{err}"
 
+  delete_file: (file) =>
+    if @file
+      status, err = pcall @file\delete
+      if not status
+          log.warn "Failed to delete #{@file}: #{err}"
+    @_associate_with_file nil
+
   as_one_undo: (f) => @_buffer\as_one_undo f
 
   undo: =>
diff --git a/lib/howl/commands/file_commands.moon b/lib/howl/commands/file_commands.moon
index 23e6058e..b9dd6497 100644
--- a/lib/howl/commands/file_commands.moon
+++ b/lib/howl/commands/file_commands.moon
@@ -173,11 +173,32 @@ command.register
       command.run 'save-as'
       return
 
-    buffer\rename file
+    buffer\rename_file file
     buffer.mode = mode.for_file file
     log.info ("%s: %d lines, %d bytes written")\format buffer.file.basename,
       #buffer.lines, #buffer
 
+command.register
+  name: 'delete',
+  description: 'Delete the file associated with the current buffer'
+  handler: ->
+    buffer = app.editor.buffer
+    if not buffer.file
+      log.info "Not deleting; buffer not associated with a file"
+      return
+
+    if buffer.modified_on_disk
+      overwrite = interact.yes_or_no
+        prompt: "Buffer '#{buffer}' has changed on disk, delete anyway? "
+        default: false
+      unless overwrite
+        log.info "Not deleting; buffer not saved"
+        return
+
+    old_name = buffer.file.basename
+    buffer\delete_file!
+    log.info ("%s has been deleted")\format old_name
+
 command.register
   name: 'buffer-close',
   description: 'Close the current buffer'