diff --git a/lib/router.ex b/lib/router.ex
index 3f7b991..ce5c1f5 100644
--- a/lib/router.ex
+++ b/lib/router.ex
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ defmodule Shortnr.Router do
     |> Http.send(:found, conn)
   end
 
+  delete "/:id" do
+    {:ok, id, conn}
+    |> Http.handle(&URL.delete(&1, URL.Repo.DETS))
+    |> Text.encode_response()
+    |> Http.send(:ok, conn)
+  end
+
   match _ do
     {:error, {:not_found, "route not found"}, conn}
     |> Text.encode_response()
diff --git a/lib/url/repo/dets.ex b/lib/url/repo/dets.ex
index 3a598d1..18dae67 100644
--- a/lib/url/repo/dets.ex
+++ b/lib/url/repo/dets.ex
@@ -17,4 +17,10 @@ defmodule Shortnr.URL.Repo.DETS do
     resp = :dets.select(:urls, [{:"$1", [], [:"$1"]}])
     {:ok, resp |> Enum.map(&elem(&1, 1))}
   end
+
+  @impl true
+  def delete(key) do
+    :ok = :dets.delete(:urls, key)
+    :ok
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/url/repo/repo.ex b/lib/url/repo/repo.ex
index 620c4ea..48d35d1 100644
--- a/lib/url/repo/repo.ex
+++ b/lib/url/repo/repo.ex
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ defmodule Shortnr.URL.Repo do
 
   @callback put(URL.t()) :: :ok | Transport.error()
   @callback get(String.t()) :: {:ok, URL.t()} | Transport.error()
+  @callback delete(String.t()) :: :ok | Transport.error()
   @callback list() :: {:ok, list(URL.t())} | Transport.error()
 end
diff --git a/lib/url/url.ex b/lib/url/url.ex
index 64cfcdf..b888184 100644
--- a/lib/url/url.ex
+++ b/lib/url/url.ex
@@ -1,18 +1,9 @@
 defmodule Shortnr.URL do
   alias Shortnr.Transport
   alias Shortnr.URL
+  alias Shortnr.URL.Util
 
-  defstruct id:
-              for(
-                _ <- 0..7,
-                into: "",
-                do:
-                  Enum.random(
-                    String.codepoints(
-                      "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXWYZ0123456789"
-                    )
-                  )
-              ),
+  defstruct id: "",
             created_at: DateTime.utc_now(),
             updated_at: DateTime.utc_now(),
             url: %URI{}
@@ -21,7 +12,7 @@ defmodule Shortnr.URL do
 
   @spec create(String.t(), module()) :: {:ok, String.t()} | Transport.error()
   def create(url, repo) do
-    url_struct = %URL{url: URI.parse(url)}
+    url_struct = %URL{id: Util.gen_id(), url: URI.parse(url)}
     :ok = repo.put(url_struct)
     {:ok, url_struct.id}
   end
@@ -36,6 +27,12 @@ defmodule Shortnr.URL do
     {:ok, _} = repo.list
   end
 
+  @spec delete(String.t(), module()) :: {:ok, :ignore} | Tranpsport.error()
+  def delete(key, repo) do
+    :ok = repo.delete(key)
+    {:ok, "Success"}
+  end
+
   defimpl String.Chars do
     alias Shortnr.URL
     @spec to_string(URL.t()) :: String.t()
diff --git a/lib/url/util.ex b/lib/url/util.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8919e9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/url/util.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+defmodule Shortnr.URL.Util do
+  @id_chars String.codepoints("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXWYZ0123456789")
+  @spec gen_id() :: String.t()
+  def gen_id do
+    for _ <- 0..7,
+        into: "",
+        do: Enum.random(@id_chars)
+  end
+end