diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 170988a..a9091e5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [8.4.0] — 2026-08-29
+
+### Added
+
+- `delete(String id)` — deletes a previously processed file
+  (`DELETE /v2.2/files/{id}`). Returns `true` on success; its trace is unaffected.
+- `deleteTrace(String id)` — deletes the processing trace separately
+  (`DELETE /v2.2/files/{id}/trace`). Returns `true` on success.
+
 ## [8.3.0] — 2026-08-14
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 76b3034..44a11ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ System.out.printf("findings: %s%n", result.getFindings());
 | `processFromUrl(URI location)` | Synchronous remote-URL scan |
 | `processFromUrl(URI location, Map<String,String> metadata)` | Remote-URL scan with metadata |
 | `retrieve(String id)` | Retrieve previous scan result |
+| `delete(String id)` | Delete a previous scan result |
+| `deleteTrace(String id)` | Delete the processing trace for a previous scan result |
 | `retrieveTrace(String id)` | Retrieve ordered processing events for a result (preview) |
 | `fetch(String location)` | Server-side async fetch-and-scan of a remote URL |
 | `ping()` | Health check |
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/scanii/ScaniiClient.java b/src/main/java/com/scanii/ScaniiClient.java
index daae1b8..8377001 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/scanii/ScaniiClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/scanii/ScaniiClient.java
@@ -132,6 +132,24 @@ public interface ScaniiClient {
    */
   Optional<ScaniiProcessingResult> retrieve(String id);
 
+  /**
+   * Deletes a previously processed file. Its processing trace is unaffected.
+   *
+   * @param id id of the previously processed content
+   * @return true when the resource was deleted
+   * @see <a href="https://scanii.github.io/openapi/v22/">spec</a>
+   */
+  boolean delete(String id);
+
+  /**
+   * Deletes the processing trace for a previously processed file.
+   *
+   * @param id id of the previously processed content
+   * @return true when the trace was deleted
+   * @see <a href="https://scanii.github.io/openapi/v22/">spec</a>
+   */
+  boolean deleteTrace(String id);
+
   /**
    * Retrieves the processing trace for a previously processed file.
    * Returns an ordered list of events describing each stage of the processing pipeline.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/scanii/internal/DefaultScaniiClient.java b/src/main/java/com/scanii/internal/DefaultScaniiClient.java
index e8fe499..b7fcaef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/scanii/internal/DefaultScaniiClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/scanii/internal/DefaultScaniiClient.java
@@ -187,6 +187,36 @@ public Optional<ScaniiProcessingResult> retrieve(String id) {
     return Optional.of(result);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean delete(String id) {
+    Objects.requireNonNull(id, "resource id cannot be null");
+
+    HttpRequest req = newRequestBuilder(target.resolve("/v2.2/files/" + id))
+      .DELETE()
+      .build();
+    HttpResponse<String> response = send(req);
+
+    if (response.statusCode() != 204) {
+      parseAndThrowError(response);
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean deleteTrace(String id) {
+    Objects.requireNonNull(id, "resource id cannot be null");
+
+    HttpRequest req = newRequestBuilder(target.resolve("/v2.2/files/" + id + "/trace"))
+      .DELETE()
+      .build();
+    HttpResponse<String> response = send(req);
+
+    if (response.statusCode() != 204) {
+      parseAndThrowError(response);
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Optional<ScaniiTraceResult> retrieveTrace(String id) {
     Objects.requireNonNull(id, "resource id cannot be null");
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/scanii/ScaniiClientTest.java b/src/test/java/com/scanii/ScaniiClientTest.java
index 9695614..ec64379 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/scanii/ScaniiClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/scanii/ScaniiClientTest.java
@@ -204,6 +204,28 @@ void testRetrieveTraceUnknownId() {
     assertTrue(opt.isEmpty());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testDelete() throws Exception {
+    ScaniiProcessingResult processed = client.process(Systems.randomFile(1024));
+    assertNotNull(processed.getResourceId());
+
+    assertTrue(client.delete(processed.getResourceId()));
+    assertTrue(client.retrieve(processed.getResourceId()).isEmpty());
+    assertTrue(client.retrieveTrace(processed.getResourceId()).isPresent());
+    assertTrue(client.deleteTrace(processed.getResourceId()));
+    assertTrue(client.retrieveTrace(processed.getResourceId()).isEmpty());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testDeleteUnknownId() {
+    assertThrows(ScaniiException.class, () -> client.delete("doesnotexist"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testDeleteTraceUnknownId() {
+    assertThrows(ScaniiException.class, () -> client.deleteTrace("doesnotexist"));
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testProcessFromUrl() throws Exception {
     // scanii-cli serves the EICAR file at this well-known path