diff --git a/src/core_api.cpp b/src/core_api.cpp
index 8b88f34b..3d7a893b 100644
--- a/src/core_api.cpp
+++ b/src/core_api.cpp
@@ -1365,6 +1365,11 @@ bool get_fetch_document(const std::shared_ptr<http_req>& req, const std::shared_
 bool del_remove_document(const std::shared_ptr<http_req>& req, const std::shared_ptr<http_res>& res) {
     std::string doc_id = req->params["id"];
 
+    bool ignore_not_found = false;
+    if((req->params.count("ignore_not_found") != 0) && (req->params["ignore_not_found"] == "true")) {
+        ignore_not_found = true;
+    }
+
     CollectionManager & collectionManager = CollectionManager::get_instance();
     auto collection = collectionManager.get_collection(req->params["collection"]);
     if(collection == nullptr) {
@@ -1374,20 +1379,35 @@ bool del_remove_document(const std::shared_ptr<http_req>& req, const std::shared
 
     Option<nlohmann::json> doc_option = collection->get(doc_id);
 
-    if(!doc_option.ok()) {
+    if (!doc_option.ok()) {
+        if (ignore_not_found && doc_option.code() == 404) {
+            nlohmann::json resp;
+            resp["id"] = doc_id;
+            res->set_200(resp.dump());
+            return true;
+        }
+
         res->set(doc_option.code(), doc_option.error());
         return false;
     }
 
     Option<std::string> deleted_id_op = collection->remove(doc_id);
 
-    if(!deleted_id_op.ok()) {
+    if (!deleted_id_op.ok()) {
+        if (ignore_not_found && doc_option.code() == 404) {
+            nlohmann::json resp;
+            resp["id"] = doc_id;
+            res->set_200(resp.dump());
+            return true;
+        }
+
         res->set(deleted_id_op.code(), deleted_id_op.error());
         return false;
     }
 
     nlohmann::json doc = doc_option.get();
     res->set_200(doc.dump(-1, ' ', false, nlohmann::detail::error_handler_t::ignore));
+
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/core_api_utils_test.cpp b/test/core_api_utils_test.cpp
index bcb48f08..e610ccfc 100644
--- a/test/core_api_utils_test.cpp
+++ b/test/core_api_utils_test.cpp
@@ -1491,4 +1491,42 @@ TEST_F(CoreAPIUtilsTest, TestInvalidConversationModels) {
 
     ASSERT_EQ(400, resp->status_code);
     ASSERT_EQ("Property `model_name` is not provided or not a string.", nlohmann::json::parse(resp->body)["message"]);
+}
+
+TEST_F(CoreAPIUtilsTest, DeleteNonExistingDoc) {
+    Collection *coll1;
+
+    std::vector<field> fields = {field("title", field_types::STRING, false),
+                                 field("points", field_types::INT32, false),};
+
+    coll1 = collectionManager.get_collection("coll1").get();
+    if(coll1 == nullptr) {
+        coll1 = collectionManager.create_collection("coll1", 2, fields, "points").get();
+    }
+
+    for(size_t i=0; i<10; i++) {
+        nlohmann::json doc;
+
+        doc["id"] = std::to_string(i);
+        doc["title"] = "Title " + std::to_string(i);
+        doc["points"] = i;
+
+        coll1->add(doc.dump());
+    }
+
+    std::shared_ptr<http_req> req = std::make_shared<http_req>();
+    std::shared_ptr<http_res> res = std::make_shared<http_res>(nullptr);
+
+    req->params["collection"] = "coll1";
+    req->params["id"] = "9";
+    del_remove_document(req, res);
+    ASSERT_EQ(200, res->status_code);
+
+    req->params["id"] = "10";
+    del_remove_document(req, res);
+    ASSERT_EQ(404, res->status_code);
+
+    req->params["ignore_not_found"] = "true";
+    del_remove_document(req, res);
+    ASSERT_EQ(200, res->status_code);
 }
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