diff --git a/services/docstore/app.coffee b/services/docstore/app.coffee
index e3acb4529f..8b89bb97ec 100644
--- a/services/docstore/app.coffee
+++ b/services/docstore/app.coffee
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ app = express()
 
 app.get  '/project/:project_id/doc/:doc_id', HttpController.getDoc
 app.post '/project/:project_id/doc/:doc_id', bodyParser.json(), HttpController.updateDoc
+app.del  '/project/:project_id/doc/:doc_id', HttpController.deleteDoc
 
 app.get '/status', (req, res)->
 	res.send('docstore is alive')
diff --git a/services/docstore/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee b/services/docstore/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee
index fc30f1adb9..314d1490b1 100644
--- a/services/docstore/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee
+++ b/services/docstore/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee
@@ -30,4 +30,12 @@ module.exports = HttpController =
 			return next(error) if error?
 			res.json {
 				modified: modified
-			}
\ No newline at end of file
+			}
+
+	deleteDoc: (req, res, next = (error) ->) ->
+		project_id = req.params.project_id
+		doc_id     = req.params.doc_id
+		logger.log project_id: project_id, doc_id: doc_id, "deleting doc"
+		DocManager.deleteDoc project_id, doc_id, (error) ->
+			return next(error) if error?
+			res.send 204
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/docstore/app/coffee/MongoManager.coffee b/services/docstore/app/coffee/MongoManager.coffee
index a988c9bd01..23e98e69c3 100644
--- a/services/docstore/app/coffee/MongoManager.coffee
+++ b/services/docstore/app/coffee/MongoManager.coffee
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ module.exports = MongoManager =
 	insertDoc: (project_id, doc_id, attributes, callback = (error) ->) ->
 		attributes._id = ObjectId(doc_id)
 		attributes.project_id = ObjectId(project_id)
-		db.projects.insert attributes, callback
\ No newline at end of file
+		db.docs.insert attributes, callback
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/docstore/app/coffee/mongojs.coffee b/services/docstore/app/coffee/mongojs.coffee
index 86ce73809a..aae672b8f3 100644
--- a/services/docstore/app/coffee/mongojs.coffee
+++ b/services/docstore/app/coffee/mongojs.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Settings = require "settings-sharelatex"
 mongojs = require "mongojs"
-db = mongojs.connect(Settings.mongo.url, ["projects"])
+db = mongojs.connect(Settings.mongo.url, ["projects", "docs"])
 module.exports =
 	db: db
 	ObjectId: mongojs.ObjectId
diff --git a/services/docstore/test/acceptance/coffee/DeletingDocsTests.coffee b/services/docstore/test/acceptance/coffee/DeletingDocsTests.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a82906be89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/docstore/test/acceptance/coffee/DeletingDocsTests.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+sinon = require "sinon"
+chai = require("chai")
+chai.should()
+{db, ObjectId} = require "../../../app/js/mongojs"
+
+DocstoreClient = require "./helpers/DocstoreClient"
+
+describe "Applying updates to a doc", ->
+	beforeEach (done) ->
+		@project_id = ObjectId()
+		@lines = ["original", "lines"]
+		DocstoreClient.createDoc @project_id, @lines, (error, @doc_id) =>
+			done()
+
+	afterEach (done) ->
+		DocstoreClient.deleteProject @project_id, done
+
+	describe "when the doc exists", ->
+		beforeEach (done) ->
+			DocstoreClient.deleteDoc @project_id, @doc_id, (error, @res, doc) =>
+				done()
+
+		afterEach (done) ->
+			db.docs.remove({_id: @doc_id}, done)
+
+		it "should insert a deleted doc into the docs collection", (done) ->
+			db.docs.find _id: @doc_id, (error, docs) =>
+				docs[0]._id.should.deep.equal @doc_id
+				docs[0].lines.should.deep.equal @lines
+				docs[0].deleted.should.equal true
+				done()
+
+	describe "when the doc does not exist", ->
+		it "should return a 404", (done) ->
+			missing_doc_id = ObjectId()
+			DocstoreClient.deleteDoc @project_id, missing_doc_id, (error, res, doc) ->
+				res.statusCode.should.equal 404
+				done()
+
diff --git a/services/docstore/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/DocstoreClient.coffee b/services/docstore/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/DocstoreClient.coffee
index f80afcd1af..6aec513246 100644
--- a/services/docstore/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/DocstoreClient.coffee
+++ b/services/docstore/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/DocstoreClient.coffee
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ module.exports = DocstoreClient =
 			json:
 				lines: lines
 		}, callback
+
+	deleteDoc: (project_id, doc_id, callback = (error, res, body) ->) ->
+		request.del {
+			url: "http://localhost:3016/project/#{project_id}/doc/#{doc_id}"
+		}, callback
 		
 		
 		
diff --git a/services/docstore/test/unit/coffee/HttpControllerTests.coffee b/services/docstore/test/unit/coffee/HttpControllerTests.coffee
index f942b4dbf0..576fd66122 100644
--- a/services/docstore/test/unit/coffee/HttpControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/docstore/test/unit/coffee/HttpControllerTests.coffee
@@ -86,3 +86,21 @@ describe "HttpController", ->
 				@res.send
 					.calledWith(400)
 					.should.equal true
+
+	describe "deleteDoc", ->
+		beforeEach ->
+			@req.params =
+				project_id: @project_id
+				doc_id: @doc_id
+			@DocManager.deleteDoc = sinon.stub().callsArg(2)
+			@HttpController.deleteDoc @req, @res, @next
+
+		it "should delete the document", ->
+			@DocManager.deleteDoc
+				.calledWith(@project_id, @doc_id)
+				.should.equal true
+
+		it "should return a 204 (No Content)", ->
+			@res.send
+				.calledWith(204)
+				.should.equal true
diff --git a/services/docstore/test/unit/coffee/MongoManagerTests.coffee b/services/docstore/test/unit/coffee/MongoManagerTests.coffee
index 63386d757c..d8c7411eec 100644
--- a/services/docstore/test/unit/coffee/MongoManagerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/docstore/test/unit/coffee/MongoManagerTests.coffee
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ describe "MongoManager", ->
 	beforeEach ->
 		@MongoManager = SandboxedModule.require modulePath, requires:
 			"./mongojs":
-				db: @db = { projects: {} }
+				db: @db = { projects: {}, docs: {} }
 				ObjectId: ObjectId
 		@project_id = ObjectId().toString()
 		@callback = sinon.stub()
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ describe "MongoManager", ->
 		beforeEach ->
 			@doc_id = ObjectId().toString()
 			@lines = ["mock-lines"]
-			@db.projects.insert = sinon.stub().callsArg(1)
+			@db.docs.insert = sinon.stub().callsArg(1)
 			@MongoManager.insertDoc @project_id, @doc_id, lines: @lines, @callback
 
 		it "should insert the attributes with the given doc and project id", ->
-			@db.projects.insert
+			@db.docs.insert
 				.calledWith({
 					_id: ObjectId(@doc_id)
 					project_id: ObjectId(@project_id)