diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 41c1d14a8..f84473cdf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Note: version releases in the 0.x.y range may introduce breaking changes.
 
 - Flat : added more test and devise fixes ( see https://github.com/ehrbase/openEHR_SDK/pull/291)
 - Upgrade to Archie 1.0.4 ([#292](https://github.com/ehrbase/openEHR_SDK/pull/292))
+- cleanup created templates (https://github.com/ehrbase/openEHR_SDK/issues/298)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/AdminTemplateEndpoint.java b/client/src/main/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/AdminTemplateEndpoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07b4b9641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/AdminTemplateEndpoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package org.ehrbase.client.openehrclient;
+
+public interface AdminTemplateEndpoint {
+    int delete(String templateId);
+}
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/OpenEhrClient.java b/client/src/main/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/OpenEhrClient.java
index 93588f134..4d8fea61c 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/OpenEhrClient.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/OpenEhrClient.java
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ public interface OpenEhrClient {
      */
     AdminEhrEndpoint adminEhrEndpoint();
 
+    AdminTemplateEndpoint adminTemplateEndpoint();
+
     /**
      * Get the {@link VersionedCompositionEndpoint}.
      *
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/defaultrestclient/DefaultRestAdminTemplateEndpoint.java b/client/src/main/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/defaultrestclient/DefaultRestAdminTemplateEndpoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9ca57a1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/defaultrestclient/DefaultRestAdminTemplateEndpoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 Christian Chevalley (Hannover Medical School) and Vitasystems GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of project EHRbase
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.ehrbase.client.openehrclient.defaultrestclient;
+
+import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.ehrbase.client.openehrclient.AdminTemplateEndpoint;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+/**
+ * Requires that the Admin endpoint is active.
+ *
+ * Parameters in .yml configuration matching the runtime context as:
+ *
+ * admin-api:
+ *   active: true
+ *   allowDeleteAll: true
+ */
+public class DefaultRestAdminTemplateEndpoint implements AdminTemplateEndpoint {
+
+    public static final String ADMIN_TEMPLATE_PATH = "rest/admin/template/";
+
+    private final DefaultRestClient defaultRestClient;
+
+    public DefaultRestAdminTemplateEndpoint(DefaultRestClient defaultRestClient) {
+        this.defaultRestClient = defaultRestClient;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public int delete(String templateId) {
+        if (templateId == null)
+            return 0;
+
+        URI uri = defaultRestClient.getConfig().getBaseUri().resolve(ADMIN_TEMPLATE_PATH + templateId);
+
+        HttpResponse response =
+                defaultRestClient.internalDelete(
+                        uri,
+                        null);
+
+        return response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/defaultrestclient/DefaultRestClient.java b/client/src/main/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/defaultrestclient/DefaultRestClient.java
index ab15f40fb..132001559 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/defaultrestclient/DefaultRestClient.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/defaultrestclient/DefaultRestClient.java
@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ public AdminEhrEndpoint adminEhrEndpoint() {
     return new DefaultRestAdminEhrEndpoint(this);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public AdminTemplateEndpoint adminTemplateEndpoint() {
+    return new DefaultRestAdminTemplateEndpoint(this);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public VersionedCompositionEndpoint versionedCompositionEndpoint(UUID ehrId) {
     return new DefaultRestVersionedCompositionEndpoint(this, ehrId);
diff --git a/client/src/test/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/defaultrestclient/DefaultRestTemplateEndpointIT.java b/client/src/test/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/defaultrestclient/DefaultRestTemplateEndpointIT.java
index b1f67d77d..e2085e575 100644
--- a/client/src/test/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/defaultrestclient/DefaultRestTemplateEndpointIT.java
+++ b/client/src/test/java/org/ehrbase/client/openehrclient/defaultrestclient/DefaultRestTemplateEndpointIT.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.ehrbase.response.ehrscape.TemplateMetaDataDto;
 import org.ehrbase.response.openehr.TemplatesResponseData;
 import org.ehrbase.test_data.operationaltemplate.OperationalTemplateTestData;
+import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.openehr.schemas.v1.OPERATIONALTEMPLATE;
@@ -45,12 +46,20 @@ public class DefaultRestTemplateEndpointIT {
 
     private static final String TEMPLATE_NAME_PREFIX = "ehrbase_blood_pressure_simple.de.v";
 
+    private String templateId = null; //global used for teardown
+
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setup() throws URISyntaxException {
         restClient = DefaultRestClientTestHelper.setupDefaultRestClient();
         restClientWithDefaultTemplateProvider = DefaultRestClientTestHelper.setupRestClientWithDefaultTemplateProvider();
     }
 
+    @After
+    public void tearDown(){
+        //delete template with random version id (mostly)
+        restClient.adminTemplateEndpoint().delete(templateId);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testFindTemplate() {
         Optional<OPERATIONALTEMPLATE> operationalTemplate = restClient.templateEndpoint()
@@ -82,7 +91,7 @@ public void testCreateTemplate() throws IOException, XmlException {
 
         OPERATIONALTEMPLATE template = TemplateDocument.Factory.parse(OperationalTemplateTestData.BLOOD_PRESSURE_SIMPLE.getStream()).getTemplate();
 
-        String templateId = String.format("%s%s", TEMPLATE_NAME_PREFIX, RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric(10));
+        templateId = String.format("%s%s", TEMPLATE_NAME_PREFIX, RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric(10));
         template.getTemplateId().setValue(templateId);
         template.getUid().setValue(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
 
@@ -95,7 +104,7 @@ public void testCreateTemplateWithDefaultTemplateProvider() throws IOException,
 
         OPERATIONALTEMPLATE template = TemplateDocument.Factory.parse(OperationalTemplateTestData.BLOOD_PRESSURE_SIMPLE.getStream()).getTemplate();
 
-        String templateId = String.format("%s%s", TEMPLATE_NAME_PREFIX, RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric(10));
+        templateId = String.format("%s%s", TEMPLATE_NAME_PREFIX, RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric(10));
         template.getTemplateId().setValue(templateId);
         template.getUid().setValue(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
 
@@ -106,7 +115,7 @@ public void testCreateTemplateWithDefaultTemplateProvider() throws IOException,
     @Test
     public void testFindAllTemplates() throws IOException, XmlException {
 
-        String templateId = String.format("%s%s", TEMPLATE_NAME_PREFIX, RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric(10));
+        templateId = String.format("%s%s", TEMPLATE_NAME_PREFIX, RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric(10));
         String savedTemplateId = uploadTemplate(restClient,OperationalTemplateTestData.BLOOD_PRESSURE_SIMPLE, templateId);
 
         assertThat(savedTemplateId).isEqualTo(templateId);
@@ -121,7 +130,7 @@ public void testFindAllTemplates() throws IOException, XmlException {
 
     @Test
     public void testFindAllTemplatesWithDefaultTemplateProvider() throws IOException, XmlException {
-        String templateId = String.format("%s%s", TEMPLATE_NAME_PREFIX, RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric(10));
+        templateId = String.format("%s%s", TEMPLATE_NAME_PREFIX, RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric(10));
         String savedTemplateId = uploadTemplate(restClientWithDefaultTemplateProvider,OperationalTemplateTestData.BLOOD_PRESSURE_SIMPLE, templateId);
 
         assertThat(savedTemplateId).isEqualTo(templateId);