diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/apiBuilder.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/apiBuilder.tmpl
index 4ff364f3..d8df2f64 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/apiBuilder.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/apiBuilder.tmpl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
-<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 <head>
 <title>API Builder</title>
 <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sbRoot = "$sbRoot";
 </style>
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
-var hide_empty_list=true; 
+var hide_empty_list=true;
 var disable_empty_list=true;
 
 addListGroup("api", "Command");
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ addOption("logs", "Info", "&min_level=info");
 addOption("logs", "Warning", "&min_level=warning");
 addOption("logs", "Error", "&min_level=error");
 
+addOption("show.delete", "Optional Param", "", 1);
+addOption("show.delete", "removefiles", "&removefiles=0");
+addOption("show.delete", "removefiles", "&removefiles=1");
+
 addOption("postprocess", "Optional Param", "", 1);
 addOption("postprocess", "C:\\PATH\\TO\\DIR", "&path=C:\\Temp");
 addOption("postprocess", "return_data", "&return_data=1");
diff --git a/sickbeard/webapi.py b/sickbeard/webapi.py
index ef7ea8ea..b134d84d 100644
--- a/sickbeard/webapi.py
+++ b/sickbeard/webapi.py
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ class CMD_Show(ApiCall):
         showDict["anime"] = showObj.anime
         showDict["airs"] = str(showObj.airs).replace('am', ' AM').replace('pm', ' PM').replace('  ', ' ')
         showDict["dvdorder"] = showObj.dvdorder
-        
+
         if showObj.rls_require_words:
             showDict["rls_require_words"] = showObj.rls_require_words.split(", ")
         else:
@@ -1962,7 +1962,7 @@ class CMD_Show(ApiCall):
             showDict["rls_ignore_words"] = showObj.rls_ignore_words.split(", ")
         else:
             showDict["rls_ignore_words"] = []
-        
+
         showDict["scene"] = showObj.scene
         showDict["archive_firstmatch"] = showObj.archive_firstmatch
 
@@ -2286,6 +2286,7 @@ class CMD_ShowDelete(ApiCall):
              "optionalParameters": {
                  "tvdbid": {"desc": "thetvdb.com unique id of a show"},
                  "tvrageid": {"desc": "tvrage.com unique id of a show"},
+                 "removefiles":{"desc": "Deletes the files, there is no going back!"},
              }
     }
 
@@ -2293,6 +2294,7 @@ class CMD_ShowDelete(ApiCall):
         # required
         self.indexerid, args = self.check_params(args, kwargs, "indexerid", None, True, "int", [])
         # optional
+        self.removefiles, args = self.check_params(args, kwargs, "removefiles", 0, False, "int", [0,1])
         # super, missing, help
         ApiCall.__init__(self, handler, args, kwargs)
 
@@ -2306,7 +2308,12 @@ class CMD_ShowDelete(ApiCall):
                 showObj) or sickbeard.showQueueScheduler.action.isBeingUpdated(showObj):  # @UndefinedVariable
             return _responds(RESULT_FAILURE, msg="Show can not be deleted while being added or updated")
 
-        showObj.deleteShow()
+        if sickbeard.USE_TRAKT and sickbeard.TRAKT_SYNC:
+            # remove show from trakt.tv library
+            sickbeard.traktCheckerScheduler.action.removeShowFromTraktLibrary(showObj)
+        
+        showObj.deleteShow(bool(self.removefiles))
+
         return _responds(RESULT_SUCCESS, msg=str(showObj.name) + " has been deleted")
 
 
