diff --git a/lib/tasks/publishing_api.rake b/lib/tasks/publishing_api.rake
index babbec4cc..4df56ad28 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/publishing_api.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/publishing_api.rake
@@ -7,6 +7,99 @@ ROUTES = [
   },
 ].freeze
 
+ROUTES_TO_DELETE = [
+  {
+    base_path: "/apple-touch-icon.png",
+    content_id: "cdc36458-74d4-42a7-86c8-221e03877dfc",
+    title: "Crest for Apple iOS bookmarks",
+    description: "Used by iOS when saving GOV.UK as a shortcut icon.",
+  },
+  {
+    base_path: "/apple-touch-icon-144x144.png",
+    content_id: "a18912cb-94ff-46a0-b9a3-5f707b0dca2f",
+    title: "Crest for Apple iOS bookmarks 144px by 144px",
+    description: "Used by iOS when saving GOV.UK as a shortcut icon.",
+  },
+  {
+    base_path: "/apple-touch-icon-114x114.png",
+    content_id: "d8a8b79a-b056-4f87-bb48-47566645f358",
+    title: "Crest for Apple iOS bookmarks 114px by 114px",
+    description: "Used by iOS when saving GOV.UK as a shortcut icon.",
+  },
+  {
+    base_path: "/apple-touch-icon-72x72.png",
+    content_id: "98fc34ab-b620-4bd4-bc8a-d4db63960f4f",
+    title: "Crest for Apple iOS bookmarks 72px by 72px",
+    description: "Used by iOS when saving GOV.UK as a shortcut icon.",
+  },
+  {
+    base_path: "/apple-touch-icon-57x57.png",
+    content_id: "c7de1c80-f278-49c4-84cd-a8ff53149ab6",
+    title: "Crest for Apple iOS bookmarks 57px by 57px",
+    description: "Used by iOS when saving GOV.UK as a shortcut icon.",
+  },
+  {
+    base_path: "/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png",
+    content_id: "d8c1618b-ad27-42f3-a7cd-b11f4b90a15e",
+    title: "Crest for Apple iOS bookmarks",
+    description: "Used by iOS when saving GOV.UK as a shortcut icon.",
+  },
+  {
+    base_path: "/apple-touch-icon-114x114-precomposed.png",
+    content_id: "c15ee6fd-fb3a-45ab-b9e1-0efe1a8a6c2e",
+    title: "Crest for Apple iOS bookmarks",
+    description: "Used by iOS when saving GOV.UK as a shortcut icon.",
+  },
+  {
+    base_path: "/apple-touch-icon-120x120-precomposed.png",
+    content_id: "2e676337-94f3-4f4f-8501-83a1c7813bf8",
+    title: "Crest for Apple iOS bookmarks",
+    description: "Used by iOS when saving GOV.UK as a shortcut icon.",
+  },
+  {
+    base_path: "/apple-touch-icon-144x144-precomposed.png",
+    content_id: "5fd9d11e-997a-4850-ad69-a43a3aec8a9f",
+    title: "Crest for Apple iOS bookmarks",
+    description: "Used by iOS when saving GOV.UK as a shortcut icon.",
+  },
+  {
+    base_path: "/apple-touch-icon-152x152-precomposed.png",
+    content_id: "39541207-fdce-4415-8498-42477fce4b58",
+    title: "Crest for Apple iOS bookmarks",
+    description: "Used by iOS when saving GOV.UK as a shortcut icon.",
+  },
+  {
+    base_path: "/apple-touch-icon-176x176-precomposed.png",
+    content_id: "96833c45-64e2-4bdb-af43-90a96be2a1a3",
+    title: "Crest for Apple iOS bookmarks",
+    description: "Used by iOS when saving GOV.UK as a shortcut icon.",
+  },
+  {
+    base_path: "/apple-touch-icon-180x180-precomposed.png",
+    content_id: "db853854-42a6-49ce-95c5-0b41b4bed921",
+    title: "Crest for Apple iOS bookmarks",
+    description: "Used by iOS when saving GOV.UK as a shortcut icon.",
+  },
+  {
+    base_path: "/apple-touch-icon-57x57-precomposed.png",
+    content_id: "ead323b2-80e0-494f-8b1d-f7f998b9267c",
+    title: "Crest for Apple iOS bookmarks",
+    description: "Used by iOS when saving GOV.UK as a shortcut icon.",
+  },
+  {
+    base_path: "/apple-touch-icon-72x72-precomposed.png",
+    content_id: "4068ca41-f6b1-48d5-a19d-3ea85be49434",
+    title: "Crest for Apple iOS bookmarks",
+    description: "Used by iOS when saving GOV.UK as a shortcut icon.",
+  },
+  {
+    base_path: "/apple-touch-icon-76x76-precomposed.png",
+    content_id: "0526a59d-c9f8-4d44-8649-e54d532a0b35",
+    title: "Crest for Apple iOS bookmarks",
+    description: "Used by iOS when saving GOV.UK as a shortcut icon.",
+  },
+].freeze
+
 namespace :publishing_api do
   desc "Publish special routes such as humans.txt"
   task publish_special_routes: :environment do
@@ -31,4 +124,22 @@ namespace :publishing_api do
       )
     end
   end
+
+  desc "Unpublish legacy apple-touch-icons"
+  task unpublish: :environment do
+    require "gds_api/publishing_api"
+
+    publishing_api = GdsApi::PublishingApi.new(
+      Plek.find("publishing-api"),
+      bearer_token: ENV["PUBLISHING_API_BEARER_TOKEN"] || "example",
+    )
+
+    ROUTES_TO_DELETE.each do |route|
+      publishing_api.unpublish(
+        route[:content_id],
+        type: "vanish",
+        discard_drafts: true,
+      )
+    end
+  end
 end