diff --git a/src/server/api.coffee b/src/server/api.coffee
index 6bdc0699c4..4c2fa2984a 100644
--- a/src/server/api.coffee
+++ b/src/server/api.coffee
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ validateTask = (req, res, next) ->
   newTask = { type, text, notes, value, up, down, completed } = req.body
 
   # If we're updating, get the task from the user
-  if req.method is 'PUT'
+  if req.method is 'PUT' or req.method is 'DELETE'
     task = req.userObj?.tasks[req.params.id]
     return res.json 400, err: "No task found." if !task || _.isEmpty(task)
     # Strip for now
@@ -90,6 +90,15 @@ router.put '/user/task/:id', auth, validateTask, (req, res) ->
 
   res.json 200, req.task
 
+router.delete '/user/task/:id', auth, validateTask, (req, res) ->
+  taskIds = req.user.get "#{req.task.type}Ids"
+
+  req.user.del "tasks.#{req.task.id}"
+  # Remove one id from array of typeIds
+  req.user.remove "#{req.task.type}Ids", taskIds.indexOf(req.task.id), 1
+
+  res.send 204
+
 router.post '/user/task', auth, validateTask, (req, res) ->
   task = req.task
   type = task.type
@@ -156,4 +165,3 @@ router.post '/user/tasks/:taskId/:direction', auth, scoreTask
 module.exports = router
 module.exports.auth = auth
 module.exports.scoreTask = scoreTask # export so deprecated can call it
-
diff --git a/test/api.mocha.coffee b/test/api.mocha.coffee
index 4b0adfebe5..0d01854733 100644
--- a/test/api.mocha.coffee
+++ b/test/api.mocha.coffee
@@ -245,3 +245,29 @@ describe 'API', ->
             # Ensure that the two sets are equal
             expect(_.difference(_.pluck(res.body,'id'), _.pluck(tasks,'id')).length).to.equal 0
             done()
+
+    it 'DELETE /api/v1/user/task/:id', (done) ->
+      tid = currentUser.habitIds[2]
+      request.del("#{baseURL}/user/task/#{tid}")
+        .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+        .set('X-API-User', currentUser.id)
+        .set('X-API-Key', currentUser.apiToken)
+        .end (res) ->
+          expect(res.body.err).to.be undefined
+          expect(res.statusCode).to.be 204
+          query = model.query('users').withIdAndToken(currentUser.id, currentUser.apiToken)
+          query.fetch (err, user) ->
+            expect(user.get('habitIds').indexOf(tid)).to.be -1
+            expect(user.get("tasks.#{tid}")).to.be undefined
+            done()
+
+    it 'DELETE /api/v1/user/task/:id (no task found)', (done) ->
+      tid = "adsfasdfjunkshouldntbeatask"
+      request.del("#{baseURL}/user/task/#{tid}")
+        .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+        .set('X-API-User', currentUser.id)
+        .set('X-API-Key', currentUser.apiToken)
+        .end (res) ->
+          expect(res.statusCode).to.be 400
+          expect(res.body.err).to.be 'No task found.'
+          done()