diff --git a/core/src/subgraph/registrar.rs b/core/src/subgraph/registrar.rs
index fe80d118457..6c9e9e3c952 100644
--- a/core/src/subgraph/registrar.rs
+++ b/core/src/subgraph/registrar.rs
@@ -455,6 +455,14 @@ where
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    async fn remove_deployment(&self, id: &DeploymentHash) -> Result<(), SubgraphRegistrarError> {
+        self.store.drop_subgraph(id)?;
+
+        debug!(self.logger, "Removing deployment(s)"; "hash" => id.to_string());
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Reassign a subgraph deployment to a different node.
     ///
     /// Reassigning to a nodeId that does not match any reachable graph-nodes will effectively pause the
diff --git a/docker/bin/drop b/docker/bin/drop
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..b8e96a1e7fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/bin/drop
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+if [ $# != 1 ]; then
+    echo "usage: drop <ipfs_hash>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+api="http://index-node.default/"
+
+echo "Dropping deployment $1"
+data=$(printf '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "subgraph_drop", "params": {"ipfs_hash":"%s"}, "id":"1"}' "$1")
+curl -s -H "content-type: application/json" --data "$data" "$api"
diff --git a/graph/src/components/store/traits.rs b/graph/src/components/store/traits.rs
index 0ac80902a66..16c06728977 100644
--- a/graph/src/components/store/traits.rs
+++ b/graph/src/components/store/traits.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ pub trait SubgraphStore: Send + Sync + 'static {
     /// their assignment, but keep the deployments themselves around
     fn remove_subgraph(&self, name: SubgraphName) -> Result<(), StoreError>;
 
+    /// Remove all the subgraph's versions, assignments and data.
+    fn drop_subgraph(&self, name: &DeploymentHash) -> Result<(), StoreError>;
+
     /// Assign the subgraph with `id` to the node `node_id`. If there is no
     /// assignment for the given deployment, report an error.
     fn reassign_subgraph(
diff --git a/graph/src/components/subgraph/registrar.rs b/graph/src/components/subgraph/registrar.rs
index 691c341e38b..c4149212d8b 100644
--- a/graph/src/components/subgraph/registrar.rs
+++ b/graph/src/components/subgraph/registrar.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ pub trait SubgraphRegistrar: Send + Sync + 'static {
     ) -> Result<DeploymentLocator, SubgraphRegistrarError>;
 
     async fn remove_subgraph(&self, name: SubgraphName) -> Result<(), SubgraphRegistrarError>;
+    async fn remove_deployment(&self, hash: &DeploymentHash) -> Result<(), SubgraphRegistrarError>;
 
     async fn reassign_subgraph(
         &self,
diff --git a/server/json-rpc/src/lib.rs b/server/json-rpc/src/lib.rs
index b8e5b0330b7..c2ce0b01c06 100644
--- a/server/json-rpc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/server/json-rpc/src/lib.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ impl JsonRpcServer {
                 state.remove_handler(params.parse()?).await
             })
             .unwrap();
+        rpc_module
+            .register_async_method("subgraph_drop", |params, state| async move {
+                state.drop_handler(params.parse()?).await
+            })
+            .unwrap();
         rpc_module
             .register_async_method("subgraph_reassign", |params, state| async move {
                 state.reassign_handler(params.parse()?).await
@@ -150,6 +155,22 @@ impl<R: SubgraphRegistrar> ServerState<R> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Handler for the `subgraph_drop` endpoint.
+    async fn drop_handler(&self, params: SubgraphDropParams) -> JsonRpcResult<GraphValue> {
+        info!(&self.logger, "Received subgraph_drop request"; "params" => format!("{:?}", params));
+
+        match self.registrar.remove_deployment(&params.ipfs_hash).await {
+            Ok(_) => Ok(Value::Null),
+            Err(e) => Err(json_rpc_error(
+                &self.logger,
+                "subgraph_drop",
+                e,
+                Self::REMOVE_ERROR,
+                params,
+            )),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Handler for the `subgraph_remove` endpoint.
     async fn remove_handler(&self, params: SubgraphRemoveParams) -> JsonRpcResult<GraphValue> {
         info!(&self.logger, "Received subgraph_remove request"; "params" => format!("{:?}", params));
@@ -289,6 +310,11 @@ struct SubgraphRemoveParams {
     name: SubgraphName,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct SubgraphDropParams {
+    ipfs_hash: DeploymentHash,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 struct SubgraphReassignParams {
     ipfs_hash: DeploymentHash,
diff --git a/store/postgres/src/subgraph_store.rs b/store/postgres/src/subgraph_store.rs
index 41cbef15982..372172df427 100644
--- a/store/postgres/src/subgraph_store.rs
+++ b/store/postgres/src/subgraph_store.rs
@@ -1351,6 +1351,23 @@ impl SubgraphStoreTrait for SubgraphStore {
         })
     }
 
+    fn drop_subgraph(&self, hash: &DeploymentHash) -> Result<(), StoreError> {
+        let deployments = self.subgraphs_for_deployment_hash(hash)?;
+        for (deployment, _) in deployments.into_iter() {
+            self.remove_subgraph(
+                SubgraphName::new(deployment.clone())
+                    .map_err(|_| StoreError::DeploymentNotFound(deployment))?,
+            )?;
+        }
+
+        let locators = self.locators(hash)?;
+        for loc in locators.iter() {
+            self.inner.remove_deployment(loc.id.into())?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     fn reassign_subgraph(
         &self,
         deployment: &DeploymentLocator,