diff --git a/bin.js b/bin.js
index 1670ea7..0d81d6a 100755
--- a/bin.js
+++ b/bin.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   addProof,
   listProofs,
   upload,
+  remove,
   list,
   whoami
 } from './index.js'
@@ -48,6 +49,12 @@ cli.command('ls')
   .option('--shards', 'Pretty print with shards in output')
   .action(list)
 
+cli.command('rm <root-cid>')
+  .example('rm bafy...')
+  .describe('Remove an upload from the uploads listing. Pass --shards to delete the actual data if you are sure no other uploads need them')
+  .option('--shards', 'Remove all shards referenced by the upload from the store. Use with caution and ensure other uploads do not reference the same shards.')
+  .action(remove)
+
 cli.command('whoami')
   .describe('Print information about the current agent.')
   .action(whoami)
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 4f1fb27..5dcca5b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import fs from 'fs'
-import ora from 'ora'
+import ora, { oraPromise } from 'ora'
 import tree from 'pretty-tree'
 import { Readable } from 'stream'
+import { CID } from 'multiformats/cid'
 import * as DID from '@ipld/dag-ucan/did'
 import { CarWriter } from '@ipld/car'
 import { getClient, checkPathsExist, filesize, readProof, filesFromPaths } from './lib.js'
@@ -75,6 +76,55 @@ export async function list (opts) {
     console.log('⁂ Try out `w3 up <path to files>` to upload some')
   }
 }
+/**
+ * @param {string} rootCid
+ * @param {object} opts
+ * @param {boolean} [opts.shards]
+ */
+export async function remove (rootCid, opts) {
+  let root
+  try {
+    root = CID.parse(rootCid.trim())
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(`Error: ${rootCid} is not a CID`)
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+  const client = await getClient()
+  let upload
+  try {
+    upload = await client.capability.upload.remove(root)
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(`Remove failed: ${err.message ?? err}`)
+    console.error(err)
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+  if (!opts.shards) {
+    return
+  }
+  if (!upload) {
+    return console.log('⁂ upload not found. could not determine shards to remove.')
+  }
+  if (!upload.shards || !upload.shards.length) {
+    return console.log('⁂ no shards to remove.')
+  }
+
+  const { shards } = upload
+  console.log(`⁂ removing ${shards.length} shard${shards.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}`)
+
+  function removeShard (shard) {
+    return oraPromise(client.capability.store.remove(shard), {
+      text: `${shard}`,
+      successText: `${shard} removed`,
+      failText: `${shard} failed`
+    })
+  }
+
+  const results = await Promise.allSettled(shards.map(removeShard))
+
+  if (results.some(res => res.status === 'rejected')) {
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+}
 
 /**
  * @param {string} name
diff --git a/test/bin.spec.js b/test/bin.spec.js
index e09de67..e0c8d79 100644
--- a/test/bin.spec.js
+++ b/test/bin.spec.js
@@ -167,6 +167,102 @@ test('w3 ls', async (t) => {
   t.notThrows(() => CID.parse(JSON.parse(list1.stdout).root))
 })
 
+test('w3 remove', async t => {
+  const env = t.context.env.alice
+
+  await execa('./bin.js', ['space', 'create'], { env })
+
+  const service = mockService({
+    upload: {
+      remove: provide(UploadCapabilities.remove, ({ invocation }) => {
+        const { nb } = invocation.capabilities[0]
+        return { root: nb.root }
+      })
+    }
+  })
+  t.context.setService(service)
+
+  t.throwsAsync(() => execa('./bin.js', ['rm', 'nope'], { env }), { message: /not a CID/ })
+
+  const rm = await execa('./bin.js', ['rm', 'bafybeih2k7ughhfwedltjviunmn3esueijz34snyay77zmsml5w24tqamm'], { env })
+  t.is(rm.exitCode, 0)
+  t.is(service.upload.remove.callCount, 1)
+  t.is(service.store.remove.callCount, 0)
+  t.is(rm.stdout, '')
+})
+
+test('w3 remove - no such upload', async t => {
+  const env = t.context.env.alice
+
+  await execa('./bin.js', ['space', 'create'], { env })
+
+  const service = mockService({
+    upload: {
+      remove: provide(UploadCapabilities.remove, () => {})
+    }
+  })
+  t.context.setService(service)
+
+  const rm = await execa('./bin.js', ['rm', 'bafybeih2k7ughhfwedltjviunmn3esueijz34snyay77zmsml5w24tqamm', '--shards'], { env })
+  t.is(rm.exitCode, 0)
+  t.is(rm.stdout, '⁂ upload not found. could not determine shards to remove.')
+})
+
+test('w3 remove --shards', async t => {
+  const env = t.context.env.alice
+
+  await execa('./bin.js', ['space', 'create'], { env })
+
+  const service = mockService({
+    store: {
+      remove: provide(StoreCapabilities.remove, () => {})
+    },
+    upload: {
+      remove: provide(UploadCapabilities.remove, ({ invocation }) => {
+        const { nb } = invocation.capabilities[0]
+        return {
+          root: nb.root,
+          shards: [
+            CID.parse('bagbaiera7ciaeifwrn7oo35gxdalocfj23vkvqus2eup27wt2qcxlvta2wya'),
+            CID.parse('bagbaiera7ciaeifwrn7oo35gxdalocfj23vkvqus2eup27wt2qcxlvta2wya')
+          ]
+        }
+      })
+    }
+  })
+  t.context.setService(service)
+
+  const rm = await execa('./bin.js', ['rm', 'bafybeih2k7ughhfwedltjviunmn3esueijz34snyay77zmsml5w24tqamm', '--shards'], { env })
+  t.is(rm.exitCode, 0)
+  t.is(service.upload.remove.callCount, 1)
+  t.is(service.store.remove.callCount, 2)
+})
+
+test('w3 remove --shards - no shards to remove', async t => {
+  const env = t.context.env.alice
+
+  await execa('./bin.js', ['space', 'create'], { env })
+
+  const service = mockService({
+    store: {
+      remove: provide(StoreCapabilities.remove, () => {})
+    },
+    upload: {
+      remove: provide(UploadCapabilities.remove, ({ invocation }) => {
+        const { nb } = invocation.capabilities[0]
+        return { root: nb.root }
+      })
+    }
+  })
+  t.context.setService(service)
+
+  const rm = await execa('./bin.js', ['rm', 'bafybeih2k7ughhfwedltjviunmn3esueijz34snyay77zmsml5w24tqamm', '--shards'], { env })
+  t.is(rm.exitCode, 0)
+  t.is(service.upload.remove.callCount, 1)
+  t.is(service.store.remove.callCount, 0)
+  t.is(rm.stdout, '⁂ no shards to remove.')
+})
+
 test('w3 delegation create', async t => {
   const env = t.context.env.alice