diff --git a/contrib/static/overchan.js b/contrib/static/overchan.js
index 8b8e425..6dbfd6e 100644
--- a/contrib/static/overchan.js
+++ b/contrib/static/overchan.js
@@ -9,6 +9,35 @@ var ready = function() {
   for(var idx = 0; idx < _onreadyfuncs.length; idx++) _onreadyfuncs[idx]();
 };
 
+var nntpchan_mod_delete = function(lonhash) {
+  var elem = document.getElementById(longhash);
+  var ajax = new XMLHttpRequest();
+  ajax.onreadystatechange = function() {
+    if(ajax.readyState == 4)
+    {
+      if(ajax.status == 200)
+      {
+        // success (?)
+        var j = JSON.parse(ajax.responseText);
+        if(j.deleted)
+        {
+          elem.appendChild(document.createTextNode(j.deleted));
+        }
+        else (j.error)
+        {
+          elem.innerHTML = "an error occured: " + j.error ;
+        }
+      }
+      else 
+      {
+        elem.innerHTML = "post not deleted from server: "+ ajax.statusText;
+      }
+    }
+  };
+  ajax.open("GET", "/mod/del/"+longhash);
+  ajax.send();
+  elem.innerHTML = "";
+};
 
 var quickreply = function(shorthash, longhash, url) {
   if (!window.location.pathname.startsWith("/t/"))
diff --git a/contrib/templates/placebo/post.mustache b/contrib/templates/placebo/post.mustache
index a21891e..a99fefe 100644
--- a/contrib/templates/placebo/post.mustache
+++ b/contrib/templates/placebo/post.mustache
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     {{#post.Attachments}}
     <a href="{{Source}}" class="image_link" target="_blank" title="{{Filename}}"><img src="{{Thumbnail}}" class="image" /></a>
     {{/post.Attachments}}
+    <a href="#" onclick="nntpchan_mod_delete('{{post.PostHash}}');">[Delete]</a>
     <a name="{{post.PostHash}}"></a><span class="topicline"><b data-subject="{{post.Subject}}" class="subject">{{post.Subject}}</b> {{post.Name}} <span class="published">{{post.Frontend}} || {{post.Date}}</span> {{{post.Pubkey}}} <a href="{{post.PostURL}}">&#8470;</a>
     <a href="#" onclick="return quickreply('{{post.ShortHash}}', '{{post.PostHash}}', '{{post.PostURL}}');"> {{post.ShortHash}}</a>
     </span>