diff --git a/doc/3/controllers/document/delete/index.md b/doc/3/controllers/document/delete/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67b309aa
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+++ b/doc/3/controllers/document/delete/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+---
+code: true
+type: page
+title: delete
+description: Deletes a document
+---
+
+# delete
+
+Deletes a document.
+
+---
+
+## Arguments
+
+```java
+public CompletableFuture<ConcurrentHashMap<String, Object>> delete(
+      final String index,
+      final String collection,
+      final String id)
+throws NotConnectedException, InternalException
+
+public CompletableFuture<ConcurrentHashMap<String, Object>> delete(
+      final String index,
+      final String collection,
+      final String id,
+      final Boolean waitForRefresh)
+throws NotConnectedException, InternalException
+```
+
+| Arguments          | Type                                         | Description                       |
+| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
+| `index`            | <pre>String</pre>                            | Index                             |
+| `collection`       | <pre>String</pre>                            | Collection                        |
+| `id      `         | <pre>String</pre>                            | Document ID |
+| `waitForRefresh`   | <pre>Boolean</pre> (optional)                | If set to `true`, Kuzzle will wait for the persistence layer to finish indexing|
+
+---
+
+## Return
+
+A `ConcurrentHashMap` which has the following property:
+
+| Property     | Type                         | Description                      |
+|------------- |----------------------------- |--------------------------------- |
+| `_id`        | <pre>String</pre>            | ID of the deleted document                       |
+
+## Usage
+
+<<< ./snippets/delete.java
diff --git a/doc/3/controllers/document/delete/snippets/delete.java b/doc/3/controllers/document/delete/snippets/delete.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..433a71de
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+++ b/doc/3/controllers/document/delete/snippets/delete.java
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+  kuzzle.getDocumentController().delete("nyc-open-data", "yellow-taxi", "some-id")
+  .get();
diff --git a/doc/3/controllers/document/delete/snippets/delete.test.yml b/doc/3/controllers/document/delete/snippets/delete.test.yml
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+++ b/doc/3/controllers/document/delete/snippets/delete.test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+name: document#delete
+description: deletes a document
+hooks:
+  before: |
+    curl -XDELETE kuzzle:7512/nyc-open-data
+    curl -XPOST kuzzle:7512/nyc-open-data/_create
+    curl -XPUT kuzzle:7512/nyc-open-data/yellow-taxi
+    curl -XPOST -d '{"key1":"value1", "key2":"value2"}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" kuzzle:7512/nyc-open-data/yellow-taxi/some-id/_create
+  after:
+template: default
+expected: Success
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/kuzzle/sdk/API/Controllers/DocumentController.java b/src/main/java/io/kuzzle/sdk/API/Controllers/DocumentController.java
index 5b2271b3..21a24844 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/kuzzle/sdk/API/Controllers/DocumentController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/kuzzle/sdk/API/Controllers/DocumentController.java
@@ -5,15 +5,66 @@
 import io.kuzzle.sdk.Exceptions.NotConnectedException;
 import io.kuzzle.sdk.Kuzzle;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 public class DocumentController extends BaseController {
   public DocumentController(final Kuzzle kuzzle) {
     super(kuzzle);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Deletes a document in a given collection and index.
+   *
+   * @param index
+   * @param collection
+   * @param id
+   * @param waitForRefresh
+   * @return a CompletableFuture
+   * @throws NotConnectedException
+   * @throws InternalException
+   */
+  public CompletableFuture<ConcurrentHashMap<String, Object>> delete(
+      final String index,
+      final String collection,
+      final String id,
+      final Boolean waitForRefresh) throws NotConnectedException, InternalException {
+
+    final KuzzleMap query = new KuzzleMap();
+
+    query
+        .put("index", index)
+        .put("collection", collection)
+        .put("controller", "document")
+        .put("action", "delete")
+        .put("_id",  id)
+        .put("waitForRefresh", waitForRefresh);
+
+    return kuzzle
+        .query(query)
+        .thenApplyAsync(
+            (response) -> (ConcurrentHashMap<String, Object>) response.result);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Deletes a document in a given collection and index.
+   *
+   * @param index
+   * @param collection
+   * @param id
+   * @return a CompletableFuture
+   * @throws NotConnectedException
+   * @throws InternalException
+   */
+  public CompletableFuture<ConcurrentHashMap<String, Object>> delete(
+      final String index,
+      final String collection,
+      final String id) throws NotConnectedException, InternalException {
+
+    return this.delete(index, collection, id, null);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Gets multiple documents in a given collection and index.
    *
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/kuzzle/test/API/Controllers/DocumentTest/DocumentTest.java b/src/test/java/io/kuzzle/test/API/Controllers/DocumentTest/DocumentTest.java
index 5721cb3d..7b703774 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/kuzzle/test/API/Controllers/DocumentTest/DocumentTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/kuzzle/test/API/Controllers/DocumentTest/DocumentTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,56 @@ public class DocumentTest {
 
   private AbstractProtocol networkProtocol = Mockito.mock(WebSocket.class);
 
+  @Test
+  public void deleteDocumentTestA() throws NotConnectedException, InternalException {
+
+    Kuzzle kuzzleMock = spy(new Kuzzle(networkProtocol));
+    String index = "nyc-open-data";
+    String collection = "yellow-taxi";
+
+    ArgumentCaptor arg = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(KuzzleMap.class);
+
+    kuzzleMock.getDocumentController().delete(index, collection, "some-id", true);
+    Mockito.verify(kuzzleMock, Mockito.times(1)).query((KuzzleMap) arg.capture());
+
+    assertEquals(((KuzzleMap) arg.getValue()).getString("controller"), "document");
+    assertEquals(((KuzzleMap) arg.getValue()).getString("action"), "delete");
+    assertEquals(((KuzzleMap) arg.getValue()).getString("index"), "nyc-open-data");
+    assertEquals(((KuzzleMap) arg.getValue()).getString("_id"), "some-id");
+    assertEquals(((KuzzleMap) arg.getValue()).getBoolean("waitForRefresh"), true);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void deleteDocumentTestB() throws NotConnectedException, InternalException {
+
+    Kuzzle kuzzleMock = spy(new Kuzzle(networkProtocol));
+    String index = "nyc-open-data";
+    String collection = "yellow-taxi";
+
+    ArgumentCaptor arg = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(KuzzleMap.class);
+
+    kuzzleMock.getDocumentController().delete(index, collection, "some-id");
+    Mockito.verify(kuzzleMock, Mockito.times(1)).query((KuzzleMap) arg.capture());
+
+    assertEquals(((KuzzleMap) arg.getValue()).getString("controller"), "document");
+    assertEquals(((KuzzleMap) arg.getValue()).getString("action"), "delete");
+    assertEquals(((KuzzleMap) arg.getValue()).getString("index"), "nyc-open-data");
+    assertEquals(((KuzzleMap) arg.getValue()).getString("_id"), "some-id");
+    assertEquals(((KuzzleMap) arg.getValue()).getBoolean("waitForRefresh"), null);
+  }
+
+  @Test(expected = NotConnectedException.class)
+  public void deleteDocumentShouldThrowWhenNotConnected() throws NotConnectedException, InternalException {
+    AbstractProtocol fakeNetworkProtocol = Mockito.mock(WebSocket.class);
+    Mockito.when(fakeNetworkProtocol.getState()).thenAnswer((Answer<ProtocolState>) invocation -> ProtocolState.CLOSE);
+
+    Kuzzle kuzzleMock = spy(new Kuzzle(fakeNetworkProtocol));
+    String index = "nyc-open-data";
+    String collection = "yellow-taxi";
+
+    kuzzleMock.getDocumentController().delete(index, collection, "some-id");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void mGetDocumentTest() throws NotConnectedException, InternalException {