diff --git a/src/activitypub/builders/delete_note.rs b/src/activitypub/builders/delete_note.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d7140c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/activitypub/builders/delete_note.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use tokio_postgres::GenericClient;
+
+use crate::activitypub::activity::create_activity_delete_note as build_delete_note;
+use crate::activitypub::deliverer::OutgoingActivity;
+use crate::config::Instance;
+use crate::errors::DatabaseError;
+use crate::mastodon_api::statuses::helpers::get_note_recipients;
+use crate::models::posts::types::Post;
+use crate::models::users::types::User;
+
+pub async fn prepare_delete_note(
+    db_client: &impl GenericClient,
+    instance: Instance,
+    author: &User,
+    post: &Post,
+) -> Result<OutgoingActivity, DatabaseError> {
+    assert_eq!(author.id, post.author.id);
+    let activity = build_delete_note(&instance.url(), post);
+    let recipients = get_note_recipients(db_client, author, post).await?;
+    Ok(OutgoingActivity {
+        instance,
+        sender: author.clone(),
+        activity,
+        recipients,
+    })
+}
diff --git a/src/activitypub/builders/mod.rs b/src/activitypub/builders/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26e9756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/activitypub/builders/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod delete_note;
diff --git a/src/activitypub/deliverer.rs b/src/activitypub/deliverer.rs
index 0f66077..ee4ab7c 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/deliverer.rs
+++ b/src/activitypub/deliverer.rs
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ async fn deliver_activity_worker(
         ACTOR_KEY_SUFFIX,
     );
     let activity_json = serde_json::to_string(&activity)?;
+    if recipients.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(());
+    };
     let mut inboxes: Vec<String> = recipients.into_iter()
         .map(|actor| actor.inbox)
         .collect();
@@ -112,25 +115,42 @@ async fn deliver_activity_worker(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub struct OutgoingActivity {
+    pub instance: Instance,
+    pub sender: User,
+    pub activity: Activity,
+    pub recipients: Vec<Actor>,
+}
+
+impl OutgoingActivity {
+    pub async fn deliver(self) -> Result<(), DelivererError> {
+        deliver_activity_worker(
+            self.instance,
+            self.sender,
+            self.activity,
+            self.recipients,
+        ).await
+    }
+
+    pub fn spawn_deliver(self) -> () {
+        actix_rt::spawn(async move {
+            self.deliver().await.unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+                log::error!("{}", err);
+            });
+        });
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn deliver_activity(
     config: &Config,
     sender: &User,
     activity: Activity,
     recipients: Vec<Actor>,
 ) -> () {
-    if recipients.is_empty() {
-        return;
-    };
-    let instance = config.instance();
-    let sender = sender.clone();
-    actix_rt::spawn(async move {
-        deliver_activity_worker(
-            instance,
-            sender,
-            activity,
-            recipients,
-        ).await.unwrap_or_else(|err| {
-            log::error!("{}", err);
-        });
-    });
+    OutgoingActivity {
+        instance: config.instance(),
+        sender: sender.clone(),
+        activity,
+        recipients,
+    }.spawn_deliver();
 }
diff --git a/src/activitypub/mod.rs b/src/activitypub/mod.rs
index d21397a..141d600 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/mod.rs
+++ b/src/activitypub/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pub mod activity;
 pub mod actor;
+pub mod builders;
 mod collections;
 pub mod constants;
 pub mod deliverer;
diff --git a/src/bin/mitractl.rs b/src/bin/mitractl.rs
index 5685d89..7fa3a45 100644
--- a/src/bin/mitractl.rs
+++ b/src/bin/mitractl.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use chrono::{Duration, Utc};
 use clap::Parser;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
+use mitra::activitypub::builders::delete_note::prepare_delete_note;
 use mitra::activitypub::fetcher::fetchers::fetch_actor;
 use mitra::activitypub::handlers::update_person::update_actor;
 use mitra::config;
@@ -11,11 +12,12 @@ use mitra::ethereum::signatures::generate_ecdsa_key;
 use mitra::ethereum::utils::key_to_ethereum_address;
 use mitra::logger::configure_logger;
 use mitra::models::attachments::queries::delete_unused_attachments;
-use mitra::models::posts::queries::{delete_post, find_extraneous_posts};
+use mitra::models::posts::queries::{delete_post, find_extraneous_posts, get_post_by_id};
 use mitra::models::profiles::queries::delete_profile;
 use mitra::models::users::queries::{
     create_invite_code,
     get_invite_codes,
+    get_user_by_id,
 };
 use mitra::utils::crypto::{generate_private_key, serialize_private_key};
 
@@ -152,8 +154,15 @@ async fn main() {
                     println!("profile deleted");
                 },
                 SubCommand::DeletePost(subopts) => {
-                    let deletion_queue = delete_post(db_client, &subopts.id).await.unwrap();
+                    let post = get_post_by_id(db_client, &subopts.id).await.unwrap();
+                    let deletion_queue = delete_post(db_client, &post.id).await.unwrap();
                     deletion_queue.process(&config).await;
+                    if post.author.is_local() {
+                        // Send Delete(Note) activity
+                        let author = get_user_by_id(db_client, &post.author.id).await.unwrap();
+                        prepare_delete_note(db_client, config.instance(), &author, &post).await.unwrap()
+                            .deliver().await.unwrap();
+                    };
                     println!("post deleted");
                 },
                 SubCommand::DeleteExtraneousPosts(subopts) => {
diff --git a/src/mastodon_api/statuses/views.rs b/src/mastodon_api/statuses/views.rs
index c61ee89..bf7fa83 100644
--- a/src/mastodon_api/statuses/views.rs
+++ b/src/mastodon_api/statuses/views.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ use crate::activitypub::activity::{
     create_activity_undo_like,
     create_activity_announce,
     create_activity_undo_announce,
-    create_activity_delete_note,
 };
+use crate::activitypub::builders::delete_note::prepare_delete_note;
 use crate::activitypub::deliverer::deliver_activity;
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::database::{Pool, get_database_client};
@@ -175,12 +175,8 @@ async fn delete_status(
         deletion_queue.process(&config_clone).await;
     });
 
-    let activity = create_activity_delete_note(
-        &config.instance_url(),
-        &post,
-    );
-    let recipients = get_note_recipients(db_client, &current_user, &post).await?;
-    deliver_activity(&config, &current_user, activity, recipients);
+    prepare_delete_note(db_client, config.instance(), &current_user, &post).await?
+        .spawn_deliver();
 
     Ok(HttpResponse::NoContent().finish())
 }