diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c4a361b..4bac8b1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ release:
         only:
                 - release
         script:
+                - zip GitlabReleaseTool.zip gitlabreleaseuploader.py deleterelease.py
                 - python gitlabreleaseuploader.py -p $PRIVATE_TOKEN -i $CI_PROJECT_ID -u $CI_PROJECT_URL
-                  -f gitlabreleaseuploader.py -F info.json -T $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
+                  -f GitlabReleaseTool.zip -F info.json -T $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
 
diff --git a/deleterelease.py b/deleterelease.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2710ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deleterelease.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import requests
+import json
+import argparse
+import sys
+
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Gitlab Release Deleter')
+parser.add_argument('--privateToken', '-p',
+                    help='Private token to access Gitlab', required=True)
+parser.add_argument('--projectId', '-i',
+                    help='ProjectID of the related project', required=True)
+parser.add_argument('--releaseTag', '-t',
+                    help='Tag of the release in the repo',
+                    required=True,
+                    default='')
+parser.add_argument('--instanceUrl', '-I',
+                    help='URL of your gitlab instance', required=False,
+                    default='https://gitlab.com')
+parser.add_argument('--verbose', '-v',
+                    help='verbose output',
+                    required=False,
+                    action='store_true',
+                    default=False)
+parser.add_argument('--insecure',
+                    help='insecure ssl connect',
+                    required=False,
+                    action='store_true',
+                    default=False)
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+privateToken = args.privateToken
+projectId = args.projectId
+releaseTag = args.releaseTag
+instanceUrl = args.instanceUrl
+verbose = args.verbose
+insecure = args.insecure
+
+
+# --- delete release
+deleteReleaseUrl = "%s/api/v4/projects/%s/releases/%s" % (instanceUrl, projectId, releaseTag)
+headers = {"PRIVATE-TOKEN": privateToken, "Content-Type": "application/json"}
+
+if verbose:
+    print("URL: %s" % deleteReleaseUrl)
+
+deleteReleaseResult = requests.delete(deleteReleaseUrl, headers=headers, verify=(not insecure))
+
+if deleteReleaseResult.status_code != 200:
+    print(deleteReleaseResult)
+    print(deleteReleaseResult.text)
+    raise Exception('Unable to delete release')
+
+if verbose:
+    print(deleteReleaseResult)
+    print(deleteReleaseResult.text)
+print('Release successfully delete')
diff --git a/info.json b/info.json
index b27e7a3..72a3340 100644
--- a/info.json
+++ b/info.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "releaseTag": "v1.6",
+  "releaseTag": "v1.7",
   "createReleaseTag": "true",
-  "releaseName": "Seventh release of the uploader",
-  "description": "Work on readme and change of CI script"
+  "releaseName": "Delete Release supporting release",
+  "description": "Separate tool to delete releases added"
 }