diff --git a/rd_ui/app/scripts/controllers/alerts.js b/rd_ui/app/scripts/controllers/alerts.js
index 342792785..c444e388e 100644
--- a/rd_ui/app/scripts/controllers/alerts.js
+++ b/rd_ui/app/scripts/controllers/alerts.js
@@ -67,10 +67,12 @@
 
     if ($scope.alertId === "new") {
       $scope.alert = new Alert({options: {}});
+      $scope.canEdit = true;
     } else {
       $scope.alert = Alert.get({id: $scope.alertId}, function(alert) {
         $scope.onQuerySelected(new Query($scope.alert.query));
       });
+      $scope.canEdit = currentUser.canEdit($scope.alert);
     }
 
     $scope.ops = ['greater than', 'less than', 'equals'];
@@ -110,6 +112,15 @@
       });
     };
 
+    $scope.delete = function() {
+      $scope.alert.$delete(function() {
+        $location.path('/alerts');
+        growl.addSuccessMessage("Alert deleted.");
+      }, function() {
+        growl.addErrorMessage("Failed deleting alert.");
+      });
+    }
+
   };
 
   angular.module('redash.directives').directive('alertSubscriptions', ['$q', '$sce', 'AlertSubscription', 'Destination', 'growl', function ($q, $sce, AlertSubscription, Destination, growl) {
diff --git a/rd_ui/app/views/alerts/edit.html b/rd_ui/app/views/alerts/edit.html
index 79b439a25..fbc6c5021 100644
--- a/rd_ui/app/views/alerts/edit.html
+++ b/rd_ui/app/views/alerts/edit.html
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
   <div class="container">
     <div class="row bg-white p-10">
       <div class="col-md-8">
-        <form name="alertForm" ng-submit="saveChanges()" class="form">
+        <form name="alertForm" class="form">
           <div class="form-group">
             <label>Query</label>
-            <ui-select ng-model="alert.query" reset-search-input="false" on-select="onQuerySelected($item)">
+            <ui-select ng-model="alert.query" reset-search-input="false" on-select="onQuerySelected($item)" ng-disabled="!canEdit">
               <ui-select-match placeholder="Search a query by name">{{$select.selected.name}}</ui-select-match>
               <ui-select-choices repeat="q in queries"
                                  refresh="searchQueries($select.search)"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
           <div class="form-group" ng-show="selectedQuery">
             <label>Name</label>
-            <input type="string" placeholder="{{getDefaultName()}}" class="form-control" ng-model="alert.name">
+            <input type="string" placeholder="{{getDefaultName()}}" class="form-control" ng-model="alert.name" ng-disabled="!canEdit">
           </div>
 
           <div ng-show="queryResult" class="form-horizontal">
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
               <label class="control-label col-md-2">Value column</label>
               <div class="col-md-4">
                 <select ng-options="name for name in queryResult.getColumnNames()" ng-model="alert.options.column"
-                        class="form-control"></select>
+                        class="form-control" ng-disabled="!canEdit"></select>
               </div>
               <label class="control-label col-md-2">Value</label>
               <div class="col-md-4">
@@ -40,24 +40,25 @@
             <div class="form-group">
               <label class="control-label col-md-2">Op</label>
               <div class="col-md-4">
-                <select ng-options="name for name in ops" ng-model="alert.options.op" class="form-control"></select>
+                <select ng-options="name for name in ops" ng-model="alert.options.op" class="form-control" ng-disabled="!canEdit"></select>
               </div>
               <label class="control-label col-md-2">Reference</label>
               <div class="col-md-4">
-                <input type="number" step="any" class="form-control" ng-model="alert.options.value" placeholder="reference value"
+                <input type="number" step="any" class="form-control" ng-model="alert.options.value" placeholder="reference value" ng-disabled="!canEdit"
                        required/>
               </div>
             </div>
             <div class="form-group">
               <label class="control-label col-md-2">Rearm seconds</label>
               <div class="col-md-4">
-                <input type="number" class="form-control" ng-model="alert.rearm"/>
+                <input type="number" class="form-control" ng-model="alert.rearm" ng-disabled="!canEdit"/>
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>
 
-          <div class="form-group">
-            <button class="btn btn-primary" ng-disabled="!alertForm.$valid">Save</button>
+          <div class="form-group" ng-if="canEdit">
+            <button class="btn btn-primary" ng-disabled="!alertForm.$valid" ng-click="saveChanges()">Save</button>
+            <button class="btn btn-danger" ng-if="alert.id" ng-click="delete()">Delete</button>
           </div>
         </form>
       </div>
diff --git a/redash/handlers/alerts.py b/redash/handlers/alerts.py
index 8b066d11a..714dc8f73 100644
--- a/redash/handlers/alerts.py
+++ b/redash/handlers/alerts.py
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ class AlertResource(BaseResource):
 
         return alert.to_dict()
 
+    def delete(self, alert_id):
+        alert = get_object_or_404(models.Alert.get_by_id_and_org, alert_id, self.current_org)
+        require_admin_or_owner(alert.user.id)
+        alert.delete_instance(recursive=True)
+
 
 class AlertListResource(BaseResource):
     def post(self):
diff --git a/tests/factories.py b/tests/factories.py
index c91c58429..b6d7cf305 100644
--- a/tests/factories.py
+++ b/tests/factories.py
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ class Factory(object):
 
     def create_alert_subscription(self, **kwargs):
         args = {
-            'user': self.user
+            'user': self.user,
+            'alert': self.create_alert()
         }
 
         args.update(**kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_alerts.py b/tests/handlers/test_alerts.py
index 46c10e310..0053fbc10 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_alerts.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_alerts.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 from tests import BaseTestCase
-from tests.factories import org_factory
-from tests.handlers import authenticated_user, json_request
-from redash.wsgi import app
-from redash.models import AlertSubscription
+from redash.models import AlertSubscription, Alert
 
 
 class TestAlertResourceGet(BaseTestCase):
@@ -30,6 +27,36 @@ class TestAlertResourceGet(BaseTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(rv.status_code, 404)
 
 
+class TestAlertResourceDelete(BaseTestCase):
+    def test_removes_alert_and_subscriptions(self):
+        subscription = self.factory.create_alert_subscription()
+        alert = subscription.alert
+
+        rv = self.make_request('delete', "/api/alerts/{}".format(alert.id))
+        self.assertEqual(rv.status_code, 200)
+
+        self.assertRaises(Alert.DoesNotExist, Alert.get_by_id, subscription.alert.id)
+        self.assertRaises(AlertSubscription.DoesNotExist, AlertSubscription.get_by_id, subscription.id)
+
+    def test_returns_403_if_not_allowed(self):
+        alert = self.factory.create_alert()
+
+        user = self.factory.create_user()
+        rv = self.make_request('delete', "/api/alerts/{}".format(alert.id), user=user)
+        self.assertEqual(rv.status_code, 403)
+
+        rv = self.make_request('delete', "/api/alerts/{}".format(alert.id), user=self.factory.create_admin())
+        self.assertEqual(rv.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_returns_404_for_unauthorized_users(self):
+        alert = self.factory.create_alert()
+
+        second_org = self.factory.create_org()
+        second_org_admin = self.factory.create_admin(org=second_org)
+        rv = self.make_request('delete', "/api/alerts/{}".format(alert.id), user=second_org_admin)
+        self.assertEqual(rv.status_code, 404)
+
+
 class TestAlertListPost(BaseTestCase):
     def test_returns_200_if_has_access_to_query(self):
         query = self.factory.create_query()