diff --git a/api/handler/delete.go b/api/handler/delete.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1798317bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/handler/delete.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package handler
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gate/api"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+func (h *handler) DeleteObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var (
+		req = mux.Vars(r)
+		bkt = req["bucket"]
+		obj = req["object"]
+		rid = api.GetRequestID(r.Context())
+	)
+
+	if err := h.obj.DeleteObject(r.Context(), bkt, obj); err != nil {
+		h.log.Error("could not delete object",
+			zap.String("request_id", rid),
+			zap.String("bucket_name", bkt),
+			zap.String("object_name", obj),
+			zap.Error(err))
+
+		// Ignore delete errors:
+
+		// api.WriteErrorResponse(r.Context(), w, api.Error{
+		// 	Code:           api.GetAPIError(api.ErrInternalError).Code,
+		// 	Description:    err.Error(),
+		// 	HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusInternalServerError,
+		// }, r.URL)
+	}
+
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+}