diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 5cd8ff735..f94a11019 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
         <script src='js/id/actions/add_entity.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/actions/add_vertex.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/actions/change_tags.js'></script>
+        <script src='js/id/actions/delete_multiple.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/actions/delete_node.js'></script>
         <script src="js/id/actions/delete_relation.js"></script>
         <script src="js/id/actions/delete_way.js"></script>
diff --git a/js/id/actions/delete_multiple.js b/js/id/actions/delete_multiple.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..839c1d780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/id/actions/delete_multiple.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+iD.actions.DeleteMultiple = function(ids) {
+    return function(graph) {
+        var actions = {
+            way: iD.actions.DeleteWay,
+            node: iD.actions.DeleteNode,
+            relation: iD.actions.DeleteRelation
+        };
+
+        ids.forEach(function (id) {
+            graph = actions[graph.entity(id).type](id)(graph);
+        });
+
+        return graph;
+    };
+};
diff --git a/js/id/operations/delete.js b/js/id/operations/delete.js
index 33c638ce0..2c9765b62 100644
--- a/js/id/operations/delete.js
+++ b/js/id/operations/delete.js
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
 iD.operations.Delete = function(selection, context) {
-    var entityId = selection[0];
-
     var operation = function() {
-        var entity = context.entity(entityId),
-            action = {
-                way: iD.actions.DeleteWay,
-                node: iD.actions.DeleteNode,
-                relation: iD.actions.DeleteRelation
-            }[entity.type],
-            annotation = t('operations.delete.annotation.' + context.geometry(entityId));
+        var annotation;
+
+        if (selection.length === 1) {
+            annotation = t('operations.delete.annotation.' + context.geometry(selection[0]));
+        } else {
+            annotation = t('operations.delete.annotation.multiple', {n: selection.length});
+        }
 
         context.perform(
-            action(entityId),
+            iD.actions.DeleteMultiple(selection),
             annotation);
     };
 
     operation.available = function() {
-        return selection.length === 1;
+        return true;
     };
 
     operation.enabled = function() {
diff --git a/locale/en.js b/locale/en.js
index d7fc3628f..b32149ee3 100644
--- a/locale/en.js
+++ b/locale/en.js
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ locale.en = {
                 point: "Deleted a point.",
                 vertex: "Deleted a node from a way.",
                 line: "Deleted a line.",
-                area: "Deleted an area."
+                area: "Deleted an area.",
+                multiple: "Deleted {n} objects."
             }
         },
         move: {
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 120938b5f..1ed505174 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
     <script src='../js/id/actions/add_vertex.js'></script>
     <script src='../js/id/actions/change_tags.js'></script>
     <script src='../js/id/actions/circularize.js'></script>
+    <script src="../js/id/actions/delete_multiple.js"></script>
     <script src="../js/id/actions/delete_node.js"></script>
     <script src="../js/id/actions/delete_relation.js"></script>
     <script src="../js/id/actions/delete_way.js"></script>
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@
     <script src="spec/actions/add_midpoint.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/add_entity.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/change_tags.js"></script>
+    <script src="spec/actions/delete_multiple.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/delete_node.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/delete_relation.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/delete_way.js"></script>
diff --git a/test/index_packaged.html b/test/index_packaged.html
index 1764e5a9e..4b44086c5 100644
--- a/test/index_packaged.html
+++ b/test/index_packaged.html
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     <script src="spec/actions/add_midpoint.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/add_entity.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/change_tags.js"></script>
+    <script src="spec/actions/delete_multiple.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/delete_node.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/delete_relation.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/delete_way.js"></script>
diff --git a/test/spec/actions/delete_multiple.js b/test/spec/actions/delete_multiple.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a70adc38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spec/actions/delete_multiple.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+describe("iD.actions.DeleteMultiple", function () {
+    it("deletes multiple entities of heterogeneous types", function () {
+        var n      = iD.Node(),
+            w      = iD.Way(),
+            r      = iD.Relation(),
+            action = iD.actions.DeleteMultiple([n.id, w.id, r.id]),
+            graph  = action(iD.Graph([n, w, r]));
+        expect(graph.entity(n.id)).to.be.undefined;
+        expect(graph.entity(w.id)).to.be.undefined;
+        expect(graph.entity(r.id)).to.be.undefined;
+    });
+});