diff --git a/packages/codemode/README.md b/packages/codemode/README.md
index 771d672943f..b81722609b8 100644
--- a/packages/codemode/README.md
+++ b/packages/codemode/README.md
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ A host cannot define its own `$codemode` top-level namespace.
 
 CodeMode executes a deliberately bounded JavaScript subset. It supports:
 
-- Plain data literals, property access, assignment, destructuring, and sequence expressions (the comma operator, evaluated left to right with the final value returned).
+- Plain data literals, property access, assignment, property deletion, destructuring, and sequence expressions (the comma operator, evaluated left to right with the final value returned).
 - `if`, conditional expressions, `switch`, `for`, `for...of` (arrays, strings, Maps, Sets, including assignment-form destructuring such as `for ([key, value] of entries)`), `for...in` (own keys of plain objects, index strings of arrays, and namespace/tool names of `tools` references - anything else is an error suggesting `for...of` or `Object.keys`, rather than real JS's surprising behavior of indices for strings and zero iterations for Maps/Sets), `while`, and `do...while`.
 - Arrow functions and function declarations with closures, defaults, rest parameters, and destructuring.
 - Optional chaining, nullish coalescing, templates, spread (arrays, strings, Maps, Sets), and `try`/`catch`.
diff --git a/packages/codemode/src/interpreter/runtime.ts b/packages/codemode/src/interpreter/runtime.ts
index bdee13b2a8f..46b84c61e70 100644
--- a/packages/codemode/src/interpreter/runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/codemode/src/interpreter/runtime.ts
@@ -1823,6 +1823,13 @@ class Interpreter<R> {
   private evaluateUnaryExpression(node: AstNode): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
     const operator = getString(node, "operator")
     const argument = getNode(node, "argument")
+    if (operator === "delete") {
+      const target = argument.type === "ChainExpression" ? getNode(argument, "expression") : argument
+      if (target.type !== "MemberExpression") {
+        throw new InterpreterRuntimeError("Delete target must be a data property in CodeMode.", argument)
+      }
+      return this.deleteMember(target)
+    }
     // `typeof undeclaredIdentifier` is `"undefined"` in JS (never a ReferenceError), so
     // feature-detection guards like `typeof x !== "undefined"` don't crash. Short-circuit before
     // evaluating the argument; a declared-but-TDZ binding still falls through to the normal throw.
@@ -3067,6 +3074,7 @@ class Interpreter<R> {
 
   private getMemberReference(
     node: AstNode,
+    options?: { readonly allowUnknownArrayProperty: boolean },
   ): Effect.Effect<
     | MemberReference
     | ToolReference
@@ -3233,6 +3241,7 @@ class Interpreter<R> {
           typeof key !== "number" &&
           !/^\d+$/.test(key)
         ) {
+          if (options?.allowUnknownArrayProperty === true) return { target: objectValue, key }
           // Own non-index properties read through (match results carry index/groups); like JS,
           // they are readable in place and dropped by JSON at data boundaries.
           if (typeof key === "string" && Object.hasOwn(objectValue, key)) {
@@ -3278,6 +3287,29 @@ class Interpreter<R> {
     return this.modifyMember(node, () => Effect.succeed({ write: true, next: value, result: value }))
   }
 
+  private deleteMember(node: AstNode): Effect.Effect<boolean, unknown, R> {
+    return Effect.map(this.getMemberReference(node, { allowUnknownArrayProperty: true }), (reference) => {
+      if (reference === OptionalShortCircuit) return true
+      if (
+        reference instanceof ComputedValue ||
+        reference === undefined ||
+        reference instanceof ToolReference ||
+        reference instanceof PromiseMethodReference ||
+        reference instanceof IntrinsicReference ||
+        reference instanceof GlobalMethodReference ||
+        reference.target instanceof SandboxURL
+      ) {
+        throw new InterpreterRuntimeError("Only data properties may be deleted in CodeMode.", node)
+      }
+      if (Array.isArray(reference.target)) {
+        if (reference.key === "length" || (typeof reference.key === "string" && arrayMethods.has(reference.key))) {
+          throw new InterpreterRuntimeError("Array length and methods cannot be deleted in CodeMode.", node)
+        }
+      }
+      return Reflect.deleteProperty(reference.target, reference.key)
+    })
+  }
+
   // Resolves the member reference EXACTLY ONCE (so a side-effecting object/key expression
   // runs once), then lets `compute` decide whether to write - enabling compound assignment,
   // updates, plain writes, and short-circuiting logical assignment to share one safe path.
diff --git a/packages/codemode/test/parity.test.ts b/packages/codemode/test/parity.test.ts
index 5593831127a..0f7e5922c1e 100644
--- a/packages/codemode/test/parity.test.ts
+++ b/packages/codemode/test/parity.test.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,69 @@ describe("H6: object spread of null/undefined is a no-op", () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe("delete data properties", () => {
+  test("removes an object property and reports success", async () => {
+    expect(await value(`const item = { keep: 1, remove: 2 }; const removed = delete item.remove; return { item, removed }`)).toEqual({
+      item: { keep: 1 },
+      removed: true,
+    })
+  })
+
+  test("evaluates a computed deletion key once", async () => {
+    expect(
+      await value(`
+        const item = { a: 1, b: 2 }
+        let calls = 0
+        const key = () => { calls += 1; return "b" }
+        const removed = delete item[key()]
+        return { item, calls, removed }
+      `),
+    ).toEqual({ item: { a: 1 }, calls: 1, removed: true })
+  })
+
+  test("deleting an array element leaves a hole without changing length", async () => {
+    expect(
+      await value(`
+        const items = ["a", "b", "c"]
+        const removed = delete items[1]
+        return { removed, length: items.length, hasIndex: 1 in items, keys: Object.keys(items) }
+      `),
+    ).toEqual({ removed: true, length: 3, hasIndex: false, keys: ["0", "2"] })
+  })
+
+  test("deleting an absent property succeeds", async () => {
+    expect(await value(`const item = { keep: 1 }; return delete item.missing`)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  test("optional deletion of a nullish receiver succeeds", async () => {
+    expect(
+      await value(`let calls = 0; const item = null; const removed = delete item?.[calls++]; return { calls, removed }`),
+    ).toEqual({ calls: 0, removed: true })
+  })
+
+  test("deleting an absent or non-canonical array key does not remove an element", async () => {
+    expect(
+      await value(`
+        const items = ["a", "b"]
+        const absent = delete items.missing
+        const nonCanonical = delete items["01"]
+        return { absent, nonCanonical, items, hasIndex: 1 in items }
+      `),
+    ).toEqual({ absent: true, nonCanonical: true, items: ["a", "b"], hasIndex: true })
+  })
+
+  test("rejects deletion of runtime and protected members", async () => {
+    for (const code of [
+      `delete tools.missing`,
+      `delete new URL("https://example.test").pathname`,
+      `delete [1].length`,
+      `delete [1].map`,
+    ]) {
+      expect((await error(code)).message).toContain("deleted")
+    }
+  })
+})
+
 describe("H4: typeof on an undeclared identifier is 'undefined'", () => {
   test("feature-detection guard does not throw", async () => {
     expect(await value(`return typeof foo === "undefined" ? "safe" : "no"`)).toBe("safe")