diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dbe2b9a..7c586ec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
-- `tilebox-datasets`: Added `delete_collection` method to `DatasetClient` to delete a collection by name.
+- `tilebox-datasets`: Added `delete_collection` method to `DatasetClient` to delete a collection.
 
 ## [0.37.1] - 2025-06-10
 
diff --git a/tilebox-datasets/tests/test_timeseries.py b/tilebox-datasets/tests/test_timeseries.py
index 656da10..cbe417f 100644
--- a/tilebox-datasets/tests/test_timeseries.py
+++ b/tilebox-datasets/tests/test_timeseries.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 from tilebox.datasets.data.uuid import uuid_message_to_uuid, uuid_to_uuid_message
 from tilebox.datasets.datasetsv1.collections_pb2 import (
     CreateCollectionRequest,
-    DeleteCollectionByNameRequest,
+    DeleteCollectionRequest,
     GetCollectionByNameRequest,
     ListCollectionsRequest,
 )
@@ -292,8 +292,11 @@ def GetCollectionByName(self, req: GetCollectionByNameRequest) -> CollectionInfo
             return self.collections[req.collection_name]
         raise NotFoundError(f"Collection {req.collection_name} not found")
 
-    def DeleteCollectionByName(self, req: DeleteCollectionByNameRequest) -> None:  # noqa: N802
-        del self.collections[req.collection_name]
+    def DeleteCollection(self, req: DeleteCollectionRequest) -> None:  # noqa: N802
+        for collection in self.collections.values():
+            if collection.collection.id == req.collection_id:
+                del self.collections[collection.collection.name]
+                return
 
     def ListCollections(self, req: ListCollectionsRequest) -> CollectionInfosMessage:  # noqa: N802
         _ = req
@@ -354,7 +357,7 @@ def get_collection(self, collection: CollectionClient) -> None:
     def delete_collection(self, collection: CollectionClient) -> None:
         self.count_collections -= 1
         assert self.count_collections >= 0
-        self.dataset_client.delete_collection(collection.name)
+        self.dataset_client.delete_collection(collection)
 
     @invariant()
     def list_collections(self) -> None:
diff --git a/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/aio/dataset.py b/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/aio/dataset.py
index e4a4bc4..e61aa1b 100644
--- a/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/aio/dataset.py
+++ b/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/aio/dataset.py
@@ -127,13 +127,20 @@ async def collection(self, name: str) -> "CollectionClient":
 
         return CollectionClient(self, info)
 
-    async def delete_collection(self, name: str) -> None:
-        """Delete a collection by its name.
+    async def delete_collection(self, collection: "str | UUID | CollectionClient") -> None:
+        """Delete a collection.
 
         Args:
-            name: The name of the collection to delete.
+            collection: The collection to delete or a collection name or a collection id.
         """
-        await self._service.delete_collection_by_name(self._dataset.id, name)
+        if isinstance(collection, CollectionClient):
+            collection_id = collection._collection.id
+        elif isinstance(collection, UUID):
+            collection_id = collection
+        else:  # str
+            collection_id = (await self.collection(collection))._collection.id
+
+        await self._service.delete_collection(self._dataset.id, collection_id)
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f"{self.name} [Timeseries Dataset]: {self._dataset.summary}"
diff --git a/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/datasetsv1/collections_pb2.py b/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/datasetsv1/collections_pb2.py
index 6ac74d3..f611b85 100644
--- a/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/datasetsv1/collections_pb2.py
+++ b/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/datasetsv1/collections_pb2.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from tilebox.datasets.datasetsv1 import core_pb2 as datasets_dot_v1_dot_core__pb2
 
 
-DESCRIPTOR = _descriptor_pool.Default().AddSerializedFile(b'\n\x1d\x64\x61tasets/v1/collections.proto\x12\x0b\x64\x61tasets.v1\x1a\x16\x64\x61tasets/v1/core.proto\"]\n\x17\x43reateCollectionRequest\x12.\n\ndataset_id\x18\x01 \x01(\x0b\x32\x0f.datasets.v1.IDR\tdatasetId\x12\x12\n\x04name\x18\x02 \x01(\tR\x04name\"\xc1\x01\n\x1aGetCollectionByNameRequest\x12\'\n\x0f\x63ollection_name\x18\x01 \x01(\tR\x0e\x63ollectionName\x12+\n\x11with_availability\x18\x02 \x01(\x08R\x10withAvailability\x12\x1d\n\nwith_count\x18\x03 \x01(\x08R\twithCount\x12.\n\ndataset_id\x18\x04 \x01(\x0b\x32\x0f.datasets.v1.IDR\tdatasetId\"x\n\x1d\x44\x65leteCollectionByNameRequest\x12\'\n\x0f\x63ollection_name\x18\x01 \x01(\tR\x0e\x63ollectionName\x12.\n\ndataset_id\x18\x02 \x01(\x0b\x32\x0f.datasets.v1.IDR\tdatasetId\" \n\x1e\x44\x65leteCollectionByNameResponse\"\x94\x01\n\x16ListCollectionsRequest\x12.\n\ndataset_id\x18\x01 \x01(\x0b\x32\x0f.datasets.v1.IDR\tdatasetId\x12+\n\x11with_availability\x18\x02 \x01(\x08R\x10withAvailability\x12\x1d\n\nwith_count\x18\x03 \x01(\x08R\twithCount2\x98\x03\n\x11\x43ollectionService\x12W\n\x10\x43reateCollection\x12$.datasets.v1.CreateCollectionRequest\x1a\x1b.datasets.v1.CollectionInfo\"\x00\x12]\n\x13GetCollectionByName\x12\'.datasets.v1.GetCollectionByNameRequest\x1a\x1b.datasets.v1.CollectionInfo\"\x00\x12s\n\x16\x44\x65leteCollectionByName\x12*.datasets.v1.DeleteCollectionByNameRequest\x1a+.datasets.v1.DeleteCollectionByNameResponse\"\x00\x12V\n\x0fListCollections\x12#.datasets.v1.ListCollectionsRequest\x1a\x1c.datasets.v1.CollectionInfos\"\x00\x42\xb2\x01\n\x0f\x63om.datasets.v1B\x10\x43ollectionsProtoP\x01Z@github.com/tilebox/tilebox-go/protogen/go/datasets/v1;datasetsv1\xa2\x02\x03\x44XX\xaa\x02\x0b\x44\x61tasets.V1\xca\x02\x0b\x44\x61tasets\\V1\xe2\x02\x17\x44\x61tasets\\V1\\GPBMetadata\xea\x02\x0c\x44\x61tasets::V1b\x06proto3')
+DESCRIPTOR = _descriptor_pool.Default().AddSerializedFile(b'\n\x1d\x64\x61tasets/v1/collections.proto\x12\x0b\x64\x61tasets.v1\x1a\x16\x64\x61tasets/v1/core.proto\"]\n\x17\x43reateCollectionRequest\x12.\n\ndataset_id\x18\x01 \x01(\x0b\x32\x0f.datasets.v1.IDR\tdatasetId\x12\x12\n\x04name\x18\x02 \x01(\tR\x04name\"\xc1\x01\n\x1aGetCollectionByNameRequest\x12\'\n\x0f\x63ollection_name\x18\x01 \x01(\tR\x0e\x63ollectionName\x12+\n\x11with_availability\x18\x02 \x01(\x08R\x10withAvailability\x12\x1d\n\nwith_count\x18\x03 \x01(\x08R\twithCount\x12.\n\ndataset_id\x18\x04 \x01(\x0b\x32\x0f.datasets.v1.IDR\tdatasetId\"\x7f\n\x17\x44\x65leteCollectionRequest\x12\x34\n\rcollection_id\x18\x01 \x01(\x0b\x32\x0f.datasets.v1.IDR\x0c\x63ollectionId\x12.\n\ndataset_id\x18\x02 \x01(\x0b\x32\x0f.datasets.v1.IDR\tdatasetId\"\x1a\n\x18\x44\x65leteCollectionResponse\"\x94\x01\n\x16ListCollectionsRequest\x12.\n\ndataset_id\x18\x01 \x01(\x0b\x32\x0f.datasets.v1.IDR\tdatasetId\x12+\n\x11with_availability\x18\x02 \x01(\x08R\x10withAvailability\x12\x1d\n\nwith_count\x18\x03 \x01(\x08R\twithCount2\x86\x03\n\x11\x43ollectionService\x12W\n\x10\x43reateCollection\x12$.datasets.v1.CreateCollectionRequest\x1a\x1b.datasets.v1.CollectionInfo\"\x00\x12]\n\x13GetCollectionByName\x12\'.datasets.v1.GetCollectionByNameRequest\x1a\x1b.datasets.v1.CollectionInfo\"\x00\x12\x61\n\x10\x44\x65leteCollection\x12$.datasets.v1.DeleteCollectionRequest\x1a%.datasets.v1.DeleteCollectionResponse\"\x00\x12V\n\x0fListCollections\x12#.datasets.v1.ListCollectionsRequest\x1a\x1c.datasets.v1.CollectionInfos\"\x00\x42\xb2\x01\n\x0f\x63om.datasets.v1B\x10\x43ollectionsProtoP\x01Z@github.com/tilebox/tilebox-go/protogen/go/datasets/v1;datasetsv1\xa2\x02\x03\x44XX\xaa\x02\x0b\x44\x61tasets.V1\xca\x02\x0b\x44\x61tasets\\V1\xe2\x02\x17\x44\x61tasets\\V1\\GPBMetadata\xea\x02\x0c\x44\x61tasets::V1b\x06proto3')
 
 _globals = globals()
 _builder.BuildMessageAndEnumDescriptors(DESCRIPTOR, _globals)
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
   _globals['_CREATECOLLECTIONREQUEST']._serialized_end=163
   _globals['_GETCOLLECTIONBYNAMEREQUEST']._serialized_start=166
   _globals['_GETCOLLECTIONBYNAMEREQUEST']._serialized_end=359
-  _globals['_DELETECOLLECTIONBYNAMEREQUEST']._serialized_start=361
-  _globals['_DELETECOLLECTIONBYNAMEREQUEST']._serialized_end=481
-  _globals['_DELETECOLLECTIONBYNAMERESPONSE']._serialized_start=483
-  _globals['_DELETECOLLECTIONBYNAMERESPONSE']._serialized_end=515
-  _globals['_LISTCOLLECTIONSREQUEST']._serialized_start=518
-  _globals['_LISTCOLLECTIONSREQUEST']._serialized_end=666
-  _globals['_COLLECTIONSERVICE']._serialized_start=669
-  _globals['_COLLECTIONSERVICE']._serialized_end=1077
+  _globals['_DELETECOLLECTIONREQUEST']._serialized_start=361
+  _globals['_DELETECOLLECTIONREQUEST']._serialized_end=488
+  _globals['_DELETECOLLECTIONRESPONSE']._serialized_start=490
+  _globals['_DELETECOLLECTIONRESPONSE']._serialized_end=516
+  _globals['_LISTCOLLECTIONSREQUEST']._serialized_start=519
+  _globals['_LISTCOLLECTIONSREQUEST']._serialized_end=667
+  _globals['_COLLECTIONSERVICE']._serialized_start=670
+  _globals['_COLLECTIONSERVICE']._serialized_end=1060
 # @@protoc_insertion_point(module_scope)
diff --git a/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/datasetsv1/collections_pb2.pyi b/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/datasetsv1/collections_pb2.pyi
index 518c96c..9e52300 100644
--- a/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/datasetsv1/collections_pb2.pyi
+++ b/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/datasetsv1/collections_pb2.pyi
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ class GetCollectionByNameRequest(_message.Message):
     dataset_id: _core_pb2.ID
     def __init__(self, collection_name: _Optional[str] = ..., with_availability: bool = ..., with_count: bool = ..., dataset_id: _Optional[_Union[_core_pb2.ID, _Mapping]] = ...) -> None: ...
 
-class DeleteCollectionByNameRequest(_message.Message):
-    __slots__ = ("collection_name", "dataset_id")
-    COLLECTION_NAME_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
+class DeleteCollectionRequest(_message.Message):
+    __slots__ = ("collection_id", "dataset_id")
+    COLLECTION_ID_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
     DATASET_ID_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
-    collection_name: str
+    collection_id: _core_pb2.ID
     dataset_id: _core_pb2.ID
-    def __init__(self, collection_name: _Optional[str] = ..., dataset_id: _Optional[_Union[_core_pb2.ID, _Mapping]] = ...) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, collection_id: _Optional[_Union[_core_pb2.ID, _Mapping]] = ..., dataset_id: _Optional[_Union[_core_pb2.ID, _Mapping]] = ...) -> None: ...
 
-class DeleteCollectionByNameResponse(_message.Message):
+class DeleteCollectionResponse(_message.Message):
     __slots__ = ()
     def __init__(self) -> None: ...
 
diff --git a/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/datasetsv1/collections_pb2_grpc.py b/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/datasetsv1/collections_pb2_grpc.py
index d95862b..c8e8b67 100644
--- a/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/datasetsv1/collections_pb2_grpc.py
+++ b/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/datasetsv1/collections_pb2_grpc.py
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ def __init__(self, channel):
                 request_serializer=datasets_dot_v1_dot_collections__pb2.GetCollectionByNameRequest.SerializeToString,
                 response_deserializer=datasets_dot_v1_dot_core__pb2.CollectionInfo.FromString,
                 _registered_method=True)
-        self.DeleteCollectionByName = channel.unary_unary(
-                '/datasets.v1.CollectionService/DeleteCollectionByName',
-                request_serializer=datasets_dot_v1_dot_collections__pb2.DeleteCollectionByNameRequest.SerializeToString,
-                response_deserializer=datasets_dot_v1_dot_collections__pb2.DeleteCollectionByNameResponse.FromString,
+        self.DeleteCollection = channel.unary_unary(
+                '/datasets.v1.CollectionService/DeleteCollection',
+                request_serializer=datasets_dot_v1_dot_collections__pb2.DeleteCollectionRequest.SerializeToString,
+                response_deserializer=datasets_dot_v1_dot_collections__pb2.DeleteCollectionResponse.FromString,
                 _registered_method=True)
         self.ListCollections = channel.unary_unary(
                 '/datasets.v1.CollectionService/ListCollections',
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def GetCollectionByName(self, request, context):
         context.set_details('Method not implemented!')
         raise NotImplementedError('Method not implemented!')
 
-    def DeleteCollectionByName(self, request, context):
+    def DeleteCollection(self, request, context):
         """Missing associated documentation comment in .proto file."""
         context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.UNIMPLEMENTED)
         context.set_details('Method not implemented!')
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ def add_CollectionServiceServicer_to_server(servicer, server):
                     request_deserializer=datasets_dot_v1_dot_collections__pb2.GetCollectionByNameRequest.FromString,
                     response_serializer=datasets_dot_v1_dot_core__pb2.CollectionInfo.SerializeToString,
             ),
-            'DeleteCollectionByName': grpc.unary_unary_rpc_method_handler(
-                    servicer.DeleteCollectionByName,
-                    request_deserializer=datasets_dot_v1_dot_collections__pb2.DeleteCollectionByNameRequest.FromString,
-                    response_serializer=datasets_dot_v1_dot_collections__pb2.DeleteCollectionByNameResponse.SerializeToString,
+            'DeleteCollection': grpc.unary_unary_rpc_method_handler(
+                    servicer.DeleteCollection,
+                    request_deserializer=datasets_dot_v1_dot_collections__pb2.DeleteCollectionRequest.FromString,
+                    response_serializer=datasets_dot_v1_dot_collections__pb2.DeleteCollectionResponse.SerializeToString,
             ),
             'ListCollections': grpc.unary_unary_rpc_method_handler(
                     servicer.ListCollections,
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def GetCollectionByName(request,
             _registered_method=True)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def DeleteCollectionByName(request,
+    def DeleteCollection(request,
             target,
             options=(),
             channel_credentials=None,
@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ def DeleteCollectionByName(request,
         return grpc.experimental.unary_unary(
             request,
             target,
-            '/datasets.v1.CollectionService/DeleteCollectionByName',
-            datasets_dot_v1_dot_collections__pb2.DeleteCollectionByNameRequest.SerializeToString,
-            datasets_dot_v1_dot_collections__pb2.DeleteCollectionByNameResponse.FromString,
+            '/datasets.v1.CollectionService/DeleteCollection',
+            datasets_dot_v1_dot_collections__pb2.DeleteCollectionRequest.SerializeToString,
+            datasets_dot_v1_dot_collections__pb2.DeleteCollectionResponse.FromString,
             options,
             channel_credentials,
             insecure,
diff --git a/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/service.py b/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/service.py
index 599269a..bfe3386 100644
--- a/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/service.py
+++ b/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/service.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from tilebox.datasets.datasetsv1 import core_pb2
 from tilebox.datasets.datasetsv1.collections_pb2 import (
     CreateCollectionRequest,
-    DeleteCollectionByNameRequest,
+    DeleteCollectionRequest,
     GetCollectionByNameRequest,
     ListCollectionsRequest,
 )
@@ -84,15 +84,17 @@ def create_collection(self, dataset_id: UUID, name: str) -> Promise[CollectionIn
         req = CreateCollectionRequest(dataset_id=uuid_to_uuid_message(dataset_id), name=name)
         return Promise.resolve(self._collection_service.CreateCollection(req)).then(CollectionInfo.from_message)
 
-    def delete_collection_by_name(self, dataset_id: UUID, name: str) -> Promise[None]:
-        """Delete a collection in a dataset by name.
+    def delete_collection(self, dataset_id: UUID, collection_id: UUID) -> Promise[None]:
+        """Delete a collection in a dataset by id.
 
         Args:
             dataset_id: The id of the dataset to delete the collection from.
-            name: The name of the collection to delete.
+            collection_id: The id of the collection to delete.
         """
-        req = DeleteCollectionByNameRequest(dataset_id=uuid_to_uuid_message(dataset_id), collection_name=name)
-        return Promise.resolve(self._collection_service.DeleteCollectionByName(req))
+        req = DeleteCollectionRequest(
+            dataset_id=uuid_to_uuid_message(dataset_id), collection_id=uuid_to_uuid_message(collection_id)
+        )
+        return Promise.resolve(self._collection_service.DeleteCollection(req))
 
     def get_collections(
         self, dataset_id: UUID, with_availability: bool = True, with_count: bool = False
diff --git a/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/sync/dataset.py b/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/sync/dataset.py
index 968c85f..362d862 100644
--- a/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/sync/dataset.py
+++ b/tilebox-datasets/tilebox/datasets/sync/dataset.py
@@ -124,13 +124,20 @@ def collection(self, name: str) -> "CollectionClient":
 
         return CollectionClient(self, info)
 
-    def delete_collection(self, name: str) -> None:
-        """Delete a collection by its name.
+    def delete_collection(self, collection: "str | UUID | CollectionClient") -> None:
+        """Delete a collection.
 
         Args:
-            name: The name of the collection to delete.
+            collection: The collection to delete or a collection name or a collection id.
         """
-        self._service.delete_collection_by_name(self._dataset.id, name).get()
+        if isinstance(collection, CollectionClient):
+            collection_id = collection._collection.id
+        elif isinstance(collection, UUID):
+            collection_id = collection
+        else:  # str
+            collection_id = self.collection(collection)._collection.id
+
+        self._service.delete_collection(self._dataset.id, collection_id).get()
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f"{self.name} [Timeseries Dataset]: {self._dataset.summary}"