diff --git a/src/Main.java b/src/Main.java
index 7c5632fbd04a87266da6706ec4da1e2c16b7d55c..99302505a3f10ec3bf0fa28f552b0b76b7bb342c 100644
--- a/src/Main.java
+++ b/src/Main.java
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ public class Main {
                     printVerbose("invalid Input");
                 }
                 break;
+            case "--delete":
+                boolean delete= moleculeDb.deleteMolecule(new Molecule(moleculePath));
+                if(delete)
+                    printVerbose("Successfully Deleted");
+                else
+                    printVerbose("Molecule not deleted or already not in the database");
+                break;
             default:
                 printVerbose("unrecognized command: " + cmd);
                 break;
diff --git a/src/MoleculeDatabase.java b/src/MoleculeDatabase.java
index bdd0fa96259363450594ff235460c70d6acbadae..81a9e3d9e95ca5ecb09e18a9d997c251a2c0d308 100644
--- a/src/MoleculeDatabase.java
+++ b/src/MoleculeDatabase.java
@@ -176,6 +176,30 @@ public class MoleculeDatabase {
 
         return returnList;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Delete a given molecule if it is in the database
+     */
+    public boolean deleteMolecule(Molecule molecule){
+        // Retrieve the partitioned array list based on the number of atoms
+        int numAtoms = molecule.getNumAtoms();
+        if (!db.containsKey(numAtoms)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        ArrayList<Molecule> moleculesWithSameNumAtoms = db.get(numAtoms);
+
+        // Iterate through the array list of molecules with the same number of atoms
+        for (Molecule dbMolecule : moleculesWithSameNumAtoms) {
+            Molecule result = dbMolecule.areMoleculesEqual(molecule);
+            if (result != null) {
+                db.get(numAtoms).remove(dbMolecule);
+                return true; // successfully delete the molecule
+            }
+        }
+        return false; // Return false if molecule not in database
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Save database to file system
      */