diff --git a/src/common/api/worker/facades/lazy/MailFacade.ts b/src/common/api/worker/facades/lazy/MailFacade.ts
index af3c0706d96..8d7ed35c663 100644
--- a/src/common/api/worker/facades/lazy/MailFacade.ts
+++ b/src/common/api/worker/facades/lazy/MailFacade.ts
@@ -28,20 +28,8 @@ import {
 	ReportedMailFieldType,
 	SYSTEM_GROUP_MAIL_ADDRESS,
 } from "../../../common/TutanotaConstants.js"
-import type {
-	Contact,
-	DraftAttachment,
-	DraftRecipient,
-	EncryptedMailAddress,
-	File as TutanotaFile,
-	InternalRecipientKeyData,
-	Mail,
-	MailFolder,
-	ReportedMailFieldMarker,
-	SendDraftData,
-	SymEncInternalRecipientKeyData,
-} from "../../../entities/tutanota/TypeRefs.js"
 import {
+	Contact,
 	createAttachmentKeyData,
 	createCreateExternalUserGroupData,
 	createCreateMailFolderData,
@@ -55,6 +43,7 @@ import {
 	createEncryptedMailAddress,
 	createExternalUserData,
 	createListUnsubscribeData,
+	createManageLabelServiceDeleteIn,
 	createManageLabelServiceLabelData,
 	createManageLabelServicePostIn,
 	createMoveMailData,
@@ -63,12 +52,22 @@ import {
 	createSecureExternalRecipientKeyData,
 	createSendDraftData,
 	createUpdateMailFolderData,
+	DraftAttachment,
+	DraftRecipient,
+	EncryptedMailAddress,
+	File as TutanotaFile,
 	FileTypeRef,
+	InternalRecipientKeyData,
 	InternalRecipientKeyDataTypeRef,
+	Mail,
 	MailDetails,
 	MailDetailsBlobTypeRef,
 	MailDetailsDraftTypeRef,
+	MailFolder,
 	MailTypeRef,
+	ReportedMailFieldMarker,
+	SendDraftData,
+	SymEncInternalRecipientKeyData,
 	SymEncInternalRecipientKeyDataTypeRef,
 	TutanotaPropertiesTypeRef,
 } from "../../../entities/tutanota/TypeRefs.js"
@@ -1072,6 +1071,15 @@ export class MailFacade {
 			await this.entityClient.update(label)
 		}
 	}
+
+	async deleteLabel(label: MailFolder) {
+		await this.serviceExecutor.delete(
+			ManageLabelService,
+			createManageLabelServiceDeleteIn({
+				label: label._id,
+			}),
+		)
+	}
 }
 
 export function phishingMarkerValue(type: ReportedMailFieldType, value: string): string {
diff --git a/src/mail-app/mail/model/MailModel.ts b/src/mail-app/mail/model/MailModel.ts
index 4f5a8f5a2bd..74dc1343f7c 100644
--- a/src/mail-app/mail/model/MailModel.ts
+++ b/src/mail-app/mail/model/MailModel.ts
@@ -538,6 +538,10 @@ export class MailModel {
 		await this.mailFacade.updateLabel(label, newData.name, newData.color)
 	}
 
+	async deleteLabel(label: MailFolder) {
+		await this.mailFacade.deleteLabel(label)
+	}
+
 	async getFolderById(folderElementId: Id): Promise<MailFolder | null> {
 		const folderStructures = await this.loadMailSets()
 		for (const folders of folderStructures.values()) {
diff --git a/src/mail-app/mail/view/MailView.ts b/src/mail-app/mail/view/MailView.ts
index 7f8880e8edb..1b77b353e81 100644
--- a/src/mail-app/mail/view/MailView.ts
+++ b/src/mail-app/mail/view/MailView.ts
@@ -828,7 +828,13 @@ export class MailView extends BaseTopLevelView implements TopLevelView<MailViewA
 												this.showLabelEditDialog(label)
 											},
 										},
-										{ label: "delete_action", icon: Icons.Trash },
+										{
+											label: "delete_action",
+											icon: Icons.Trash,
+											click: () => {
+												this.mailViewModel.deleteLabel(label)
+											},
+										},
 									],
 								}),
 							})
diff --git a/src/mail-app/mail/view/MailViewModel.ts b/src/mail-app/mail/view/MailViewModel.ts
index 2b3e0191b27..6029f6dec5c 100644
--- a/src/mail-app/mail/view/MailViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/mail-app/mail/view/MailViewModel.ts
@@ -831,4 +831,8 @@ export class MailViewModel {
 	async editLabel(label: MailFolder, newData: { name: string; color: string }) {
 		await this.mailModel.updateLabel(label, newData)
 	}
+
+	async deleteLabel(label: MailFolder) {
+		await this.mailModel.deleteLabel(label)
+	}
 }