diff --git a/CHANGES/376.feature b/CHANGES/376.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08e340b00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/376.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added the ability to delete tasks.
diff --git a/pulpcore/cli/common/openapi.py b/pulpcore/cli/common/openapi.py
index 4f70ba6a3..ceaaef910 100644
--- a/pulpcore/cli/common/openapi.py
+++ b/pulpcore/cli/common/openapi.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import gettext
 import json
 import os
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, cast
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
 import requests
@@ -187,14 +187,10 @@ def render_request(
                 data = body
             else:
                 raise OpenAPIError("No suitable content type for request specified.")
-        # "cast" and "ignore", because mypy does not find the annotation for "prepare_request"
-        return cast(
-            requests.PreparedRequest,
-            self._session.prepare_request(  # type: ignore
-                requests.Request(
-                    method, url, params=params, headers=headers, data=data, json=json, files=files
-                )
-            ),
+        return self._session.prepare_request(
+            requests.Request(
+                method, url, params=params, headers=headers, data=data, json=json, files=files
+            )
         )
 
     def parse_response(self, method_spec: Dict[str, Any], response: requests.Response) -> Any:
diff --git a/pulpcore/cli/core/context.py b/pulpcore/cli/core/context.py
index ad1d76be7..3bcba48cf 100644
--- a/pulpcore/cli/core/context.py
+++ b/pulpcore/cli/core/context.py
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ class PulpTaskContext(PulpEntityContext):
     HREF = "task_href"
     LIST_ID = "tasks_list"
     READ_ID = "tasks_read"
+    DELETE_ID = "tasks_delete"
     CANCEL_ID: ClassVar[str] = "tasks_cancel"
 
     resource_context: Optional[PulpEntityContext] = None
diff --git a/pulpcore/cli/core/task.py b/pulpcore/cli/core/task.py
index aa824624a..9200cca12 100644
--- a/pulpcore/cli/core/task.py
+++ b/pulpcore/cli/core/task.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     pass_entity_context,
     pass_pulp_context,
 )
-from pulpcore.cli.common.generic import href_option, list_command, pulp_option
+from pulpcore.cli.common.generic import destroy_command, href_option, list_command, pulp_option
 from pulpcore.cli.core.context import PulpTaskContext
 from pulpcore.cli.core.generic import task_filter
 
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def task(ctx: click.Context, pulp_ctx: PulpContext) -> None:
 
 
 task.add_command(list_command(decorators=task_filter))
+task.add_command(destroy_command(decorators=[href_option, uuid_option]))
 
 
 @task.command()