diff --git a/tembo-cli/src/cmd/apply.rs b/tembo-cli/src/cmd/apply.rs
index f04db3c6b..1a498b2b0 100644
--- a/tembo-cli/src/cmd/apply.rs
+++ b/tembo-cli/src/cmd/apply.rs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ pub fn execute_tembo_cloud(env: Environment) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn get_instance_id_from_state(instance_name: String) -> Result<Option<String>> {
+pub fn get_instance_id_from_state(instance_name: String) -> Result<Option<String>> {
     let contents = match fs::read_to_string(tembo_state_file_path()) {
         Ok(c) => c,
         Err(e) => {
diff --git a/tembo-cli/src/cmd/delete.rs b/tembo-cli/src/cmd/delete.rs
index 2df243101..4cb6d853a 100644
--- a/tembo-cli/src/cmd/delete.rs
+++ b/tembo-cli/src/cmd/delete.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
-use crate::{cli::docker::Docker, Result};
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use crate::{
+    cli::{
+        context::{get_current_context, Environment, Target},
+        docker::Docker,
+        tembo_config::InstanceSettings,
+    },
+    Result,
+};
 use clap::{ArgMatches, Command};
+use core::result::Result::Ok;
+use temboclient::apis::{configuration::Configuration, instance_api::delete_instance};
+use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
+
+use super::apply::{get_instance_id_from_state, get_instance_settings};
 
 // Create init subcommand arguments
 pub fn make_subcommand() -> Command {
@@ -7,7 +21,47 @@ pub fn make_subcommand() -> Command {
 }
 
 pub fn execute(_args: &ArgMatches) -> Result<()> {
-    Docker::stop_remove("tembo-pg")?;
+    let env = get_current_context()?;
+
+    if env.target == Target::Docker.to_string() {
+        Docker::stop_remove("tembo-pg")?;
+    } else if env.target == Target::TemboCloud.to_string() {
+        return execute_tembo_cloud(env);
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn execute_tembo_cloud(env: Environment) -> Result<()> {
+    let instance_settings: HashMap<String, InstanceSettings> = get_instance_settings()?;
+
+    let profile = env.clone().selected_profile.unwrap();
+    let config = Configuration {
+        base_path: profile.tembo_host,
+        bearer_access_token: Some(profile.tembo_access_token),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+
+    for (_key, value) in instance_settings.iter() {
+        let instance_id = get_instance_id_from_state(value.instance_name.clone())?;
+        if let Some(env_instance_id) = instance_id {
+            let v = Runtime::new().unwrap().block_on(delete_instance(
+                &config,
+                env.org_id.clone().unwrap().as_str(),
+                &env_instance_id,
+            ));
+
+            match v {
+                Ok(result) => {
+                    println!(
+                        "Instance delete started for Instance Id: {}",
+                        result.instance_id
+                    )
+                }
+                Err(error) => eprintln!("Error deleting instance: {}", error),
+            };
+        }
+    }
 
     Ok(())
 }