diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index f4e99dc..1006862 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ import { instanceController } from './controllers/api/instance.ts';
 import { mediaController } from './controllers/api/media.ts';
 import { notificationsController } from './controllers/api/notifications.ts';
 import { createTokenController, oauthAuthorizeController, oauthController } from './controllers/api/oauth.ts';
-import { configController, frontendConfigController, updateConfigController } from './controllers/api/pleroma.ts';
+import {
+  configController,
+  frontendConfigController,
+  pleromaAdminDeleteStatusController,
+  updateConfigController,
+} from './controllers/api/pleroma.ts';
 import { preferencesController } from './controllers/api/preferences.ts';
 import { relayController } from './controllers/nostr/relay.ts';
 import { searchController } from './controllers/api/search.ts';
@@ -189,6 +194,7 @@ app.get('/api/v1/blocks', requirePubkey, blocksController);
 app.get('/api/v1/admin/accounts', adminAccountsController);
 app.get('/api/v1/pleroma/admin/config', requireRole('admin'), configController);
 app.post('/api/v1/pleroma/admin/config', requireRole('admin'), updateConfigController);
+app.delete('/api/v1/pleroma/admin/statuses/:id', requireRole('admin'), pleromaAdminDeleteStatusController);
 
 // Not (yet) implemented.
 app.get('/api/v1/custom_emojis', emptyArrayController);
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/pleroma.ts b/src/controllers/api/pleroma.ts
index cc6addb..b9656da 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/pleroma.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/pleroma.ts
@@ -85,4 +85,13 @@ const updateConfigController: AppController = async (c) => {
   return c.json({ configs: newConfigs, need_reboot: false });
 };
 
-export { configController, frontendConfigController, updateConfigController };
+const pleromaAdminDeleteStatusController: AppController = async (c) => {
+  await createAdminEvent({
+    kind: 5,
+    tags: [['e', c.req.param('id')]],
+  }, c);
+
+  return c.json({});
+};
+
+export { configController, frontendConfigController, pleromaAdminDeleteStatusController, updateConfigController };
diff --git a/src/pipeline.ts b/src/pipeline.ts
index 79b88c7..3333bec 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/pipeline.ts
@@ -66,12 +66,11 @@ async function storeEvent(event: Event, data: EventData, opts: StoreEventOpts =
   const { force = false } = opts;
 
   if (force || data.user || isAdminEvent(event) || await isLocallyFollowed(event.pubkey)) {
-    const [deletion] = await eventsDB.filter(
-      [{ kinds: [5], authors: [event.pubkey], '#e': [event.id], limit: 1 }],
-      { limit: 1 },
-    );
+    const isDeleted = await eventsDB.count(
+      [{ kinds: [5], authors: [Conf.pubkey, event.pubkey], '#e': [event.id], limit: 1 }],
+    ) > 0;
 
-    if (deletion) {
+    if (isDeleted) {
       return Promise.reject(new RelayError('blocked', 'event was deleted'));
     } else {
       await Promise.all([
@@ -88,13 +87,18 @@ async function storeEvent(event: Event, data: EventData, opts: StoreEventOpts =
 async function processDeletions(event: Event): Promise<void> {
   if (event.kind === 5) {
     const ids = getTagSet(event.tags, 'e');
-    const events = await eventsDB.filter([{ ids: [...ids] }]);
 
-    const deleteIds = events
-      .filter(({ pubkey, id }) => pubkey === event.pubkey && ids.has(id))
-      .map((event) => event.id);
+    if (event.pubkey === Conf.pubkey) {
+      await eventsDB.deleteFilters([{ ids: [...ids] }]);
+    } else {
+      const events = await eventsDB.filter([{
+        ids: [...ids],
+        authors: [event.pubkey],
+      }]);
 
-    await eventsDB.deleteFilters([{ ids: deleteIds }]);
+      const deleteIds = events.map(({ id }) => id);
+      await eventsDB.deleteFilters([{ ids: deleteIds }]);
+    }
   }
 }