diff --git a/src/main/java/seedu/todo/controllers/DestroyController.java b/src/main/java/seedu/todo/controllers/DestroyController.java
index d942f8c1870e..44604f9aec2a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/seedu/todo/controllers/DestroyController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/seedu/todo/controllers/DestroyController.java
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ public class DestroyController extends Controller {
     private static final String COMMAND_SYNTAX = "destroy <index>";
     private static final String COMMAND_KEYWORD = "destroy";
     
-    private static final String MESSAGE_DELETE_SUCCESS = "Item deleted successfully!\n" + "To undo, type \"undo\".";
-    private static final String MESSAGE_INDEX_OUT_OF_RANGE = "Could not delete task/event: Invalid index provided!";
-    private static final String MESSAGE_MISSING_INDEX = "Please specify the index of the item to delete.";
-    private static final String MESSAGE_INDEX_NOT_NUMBER = "Index has to be a number!";
+    public static final String MESSAGE_DELETE_SUCCESS = "Item deleted successfully!\n" + "To undo, type \"undo\".";
+    public static final String MESSAGE_INDEX_OUT_OF_RANGE = "Could not delete task/event: Invalid index provided!";
+    public static final String MESSAGE_MISSING_INDEX = "Please specify the index of the item to delete.";
+    public static final String MESSAGE_INDEX_NOT_NUMBER = "Index has to be a number!";
     
     private static CommandDefinition commandDefinition =
             new CommandDefinition(NAME, DESCRIPTION, COMMAND_SYNTAX, COMMAND_KEYWORD); 
diff --git a/src/test/java/seedu/todo/guitests/DestroyCommandTest.java b/src/test/java/seedu/todo/guitests/DestroyCommandTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..acf63c09530b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/seedu/todo/guitests/DestroyCommandTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package seedu.todo.guitests;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import seedu.todo.commons.util.DateUtil;
+import seedu.todo.controllers.DestroyController;
+import seedu.todo.controllers.concerns.Renderer;
+import seedu.todo.models.Event;
+import seedu.todo.models.Task;
+
+/**
+ * @@author A0093907W
+ */
+public class DestroyCommandTest extends GuiTest {
+    
+    private final LocalDateTime oneDayFromNow = LocalDateTime.now().plusDays(1);
+    private final String oneDayFromNowString = DateUtil.formatDate(oneDayFromNow);
+    private final String oneDayFromNowIsoString = DateUtil.formatIsoDate(oneDayFromNow);
+    private final LocalDateTime twoDaysFromNow = LocalDateTime.now().plusDays(2);
+    private final String twoDaysFromNowString = DateUtil.formatDate(twoDaysFromNow);
+    private final String twoDaysFromNowIsoString = DateUtil.formatIsoDate(twoDaysFromNow);
+    private final LocalDateTime oneDayToNow = LocalDateTime.now().minusDays(1);
+    private final String oneDayToNowString = DateUtil.formatDate(oneDayToNow);
+    private final String oneDayToNowIsoString = DateUtil.formatIsoDate(oneDayToNow);
+    
+    String commandAdd1 = String.format("add task Buy KOI by \"%s 8pm\"", oneDayToNowString);
+    Task task1 = new Task();
+    String commandAdd2 = String.format("add task Buy Milk by \"%s 9pm\"", oneDayFromNowString);
+    Task task2 = new Task();
+    String commandAdd3 = String.format("add event Some Event from \"%s 4pm\" to \"%s 5pm\"",
+            twoDaysFromNowString, twoDaysFromNowString);
+    Event event3 = new Event();
+    
+    public DestroyCommandTest() {
+        task1.setName("Buy KOI");
+        task1.setDueDate(DateUtil.parseDateTime(
+                String.format("%s 20:00:00", oneDayToNowIsoString)));
+        task2.setName("Buy Milk");
+        task2.setDueDate(DateUtil.parseDateTime(
+                String.format("%s 21:00:00", oneDayFromNowIsoString)));
+        event3.setName("Some Event");
+        event3.setStartDate(DateUtil.parseDateTime(
+                String.format("%s 16:00:00", twoDaysFromNowIsoString)));
+        event3.setEndDate(DateUtil.parseDateTime(
+                String.format("%s 17:00:00", twoDaysFromNowIsoString)));
+    }
+    
+    @Before
+    public void fixtures() {
+        console.runCommand("clear");
+        console.runCommand(commandAdd1);
+        console.runCommand(commandAdd2);
+        console.runCommand(commandAdd3);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void destroy_task_hide() {
+        assertTaskNotVisibleAfterCmd("destroy 1", task1);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void destroy_event_hide() {
+        assertEventNotVisibleAfterCmd("destroy 3", event3);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void destroy_wrongIndex_error() {
+        console.runCommand("destroy 10");
+        String consoleMessage = Renderer.MESSAGE_DISAMBIGUATE + "\n\n"
+                + DestroyController.MESSAGE_INDEX_OUT_OF_RANGE;
+        assertEquals(consoleMessage, console.getConsoleTextArea());
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void destroy_invalidIndex_error() {
+        console.runCommand("destroy alamak");
+        String consoleMessage = Renderer.MESSAGE_DISAMBIGUATE + "\n\n"
+                + DestroyController.MESSAGE_INDEX_NOT_NUMBER;
+        assertEquals(consoleMessage, console.getConsoleTextArea());
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void destroy_missingIndex_error() {
+        console.runCommand("destroy");
+        String consoleMessage = Renderer.MESSAGE_DISAMBIGUATE + "\n\n"
+                + DestroyController.MESSAGE_MISSING_INDEX;
+        assertEquals(consoleMessage, console.getConsoleTextArea());
+    }
+
+}