diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/clirr-ignored-differences.xml b/google-cloud-bigquery/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
index 2801782f4..4d66f0620 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 <differences>
   <!-- TODO: REMOVE AFTER RELEASE -->
   <difference>
-    <differenceType>7013</differenceType>
-    <className>com/google/cloud/bigquery/ExternalTableDefinition</className>
-    <method>com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList getDecimalTargetTypes()</method>
+    <differenceType>7012</differenceType>
+    <className>com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQuery</className>
+    <method>boolean delete(com.google.cloud.bigquery.JobId)</method>
   </difference>
   <difference>
-    <differenceType>7013</differenceType>
-    <className>com/google/cloud/bigquery/ExternalTableDefinition$Builder</className>
-    <method> com.google.cloud.bigquery.ExternalTableDefinition$Builder setDecimalTargetTypes(java.util.List)</method>
+    <differenceType>7012</differenceType>
+    <className>com/google/cloud/bigquery/spi/v2/BigQueryRpc</className>
+    <method>boolean deleteJob(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)</method>
   </difference>
 </differences>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQuery.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQuery.java
index 70a29fd9f..4e88f000f 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQuery.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQuery.java
@@ -982,6 +982,14 @@ public int hashCode() {
    */
   boolean delete(RoutineId routineId);
 
+  /**
+   * Deletes the requested job.
+   *
+   * @return {@code true} if job was deleted, {@code false} if it was not found
+   * @throws BigQueryException upon failure
+   */
+  boolean delete(JobId jobId);
+
   /**
    * Updates dataset information.
    *
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImpl.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImpl.java
index 12eb09c5a..4086c6a73 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImpl.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImpl.java
@@ -585,6 +585,30 @@ public Boolean call() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean delete(JobId jobId) {
+    final JobId completeJobId =
+        jobId.setProjectId(
+            Strings.isNullOrEmpty(jobId.getProject())
+                ? getOptions().getProjectId()
+                : jobId.getProject());
+    try {
+      return runWithRetries(
+          new Callable<Boolean>() {
+            @Override
+            public Boolean call() {
+              return bigQueryRpc.deleteJob(
+                  completeJobId.getProject(), completeJobId.getJob(), completeJobId.getLocation());
+            }
+          },
+          getOptions().getRetrySettings(),
+          EXCEPTION_HANDLER,
+          getOptions().getClock());
+    } catch (RetryHelper.RetryHelperException e) {
+      throw BigQueryException.translateAndThrow(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Dataset update(DatasetInfo datasetInfo, DatasetOption... options) {
     final com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.Dataset datasetPb =
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/spi/v2/BigQueryRpc.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/spi/v2/BigQueryRpc.java
index c9b0f0a21..06488c5b4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/spi/v2/BigQueryRpc.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/spi/v2/BigQueryRpc.java
@@ -270,6 +270,14 @@ TableDataList listTableData(
    */
   boolean cancel(String projectId, String jobId, String location);
 
+  /**
+   * Sends a job delete request.
+   *
+   * @return {@code true} if delete was successful, {@code false} if the job was not found
+   * @throws BigQueryException upon failure
+   */
+  boolean deleteJob(String projectId, String jobName, String location);
+
   /**
    * Returns results of the query associated with the provided job.
    *
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/spi/v2/HttpBigQueryRpc.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/spi/v2/HttpBigQueryRpc.java
index 4d9558454..24d7dd6b0 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/spi/v2/HttpBigQueryRpc.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/spi/v2/HttpBigQueryRpc.java
@@ -607,6 +607,21 @@ public boolean cancel(String projectId, String jobId, String location) {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean deleteJob(String projectId, String jobName, String location) {
+    try {
+      bigquery
+          .jobs()
+          .delete(projectId, jobName)
+          .setLocation(location)
+          .setPrettyPrint(false)
+          .execute();
+      return true;
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
+      throw translate(ex);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public GetQueryResultsResponse getQueryResults(
       String projectId, String jobId, String location, Map<Option, ?> options) {
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
index b151ad22c..e072cf0f7 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
@@ -1243,6 +1243,20 @@ public void testDeleteNonExistingTable() {
     assertFalse(bigquery.delete("test_delete_non_existing_table"));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testDeleteJob() {
+    String query = "SELECT 17 as foo";
+    QueryJobConfiguration config = QueryJobConfiguration.of(query);
+    String jobName = "jobId_" + UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+    JobId jobId =
+        JobId.newBuilder().setLocation("us-east1").setJob(jobName).setProject(PROJECT_ID).build();
+    Job createdJob = bigquery.create(JobInfo.of(jobId, config));
+    Job remoteJob = bigquery.getJob(createdJob.getJobId());
+    assertEquals(createdJob.getJobId(), remoteJob.getJobId());
+    assertTrue(bigquery.delete(jobId));
+    assertNull(bigquery.getJob(jobId));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testInsertAll() throws IOException {
     String tableName = "test_insert_all_table";