diff --git a/manifests/script.pp b/manifests/script.pp
index 4bc0da4..c5ccce9 100644
--- a/manifests/script.pp
+++ b/manifests/script.pp
@@ -327,6 +327,13 @@ class sunetdrive::script (
       group   => 'root',
       mode    => '0700',
     }
+    file { '/root/tasks/delete_announcement_with_subject.sh':
+      ensure  => file,
+      content => template('sunetdrive/script/delete_announcement_with_subject.erb.sh'),
+      owner   => 'root',
+      group   => 'root',
+      mode    => '0700',
+    }
     file { '/root/tasks/backupmultinodedb.sh':
       ensure  => file,
       content => template('sunetdrive/script/backupmultinodedb.erb.sh'),
diff --git a/templates/script/delete_announcement_with_subject.erb.sh b/templates/script/delete_announcement_with_subject.erb.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a263dd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/script/delete_announcement_with_subject.erb.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+VALID_ARGS=$(getopt -o s --long subject -- "$@")
+# shellcheck disable=SC2181
+if [[ ${?} -ne 0 ]]; then
+    exit 1;
+fi
+
+usage () {
+  echo "${0}: -s|--subject  <subject>"
+  exit 1
+}
+
+eval set -- "${VALID_ARGS}"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2078
+while [ : ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    -s | --subject)
+        subject="${2}"
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+    *)
+      break
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+if [[ -z ${subject} ]]; then
+  usage
+fi
+fi
+
+id=$(/root/tasks/announce.sh --get | xmlstarlet sel -t  -i '//subject="'${subject}'"' -m "/ocs/data/element/id" -v .)
+if [[ -n ${id} ]]; then
+  /root/tasks/announce.sh --delete --id "${id}"
+fi