diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/download.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/download.py
index 7f13eec..5ba6cba 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/download.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/download.py
@@ -225,6 +225,18 @@ class PendingList:
         if not response.ok:
             print(response.text)
 
+    def delete_pending(self, status):
+        """delete download queue based on status value"""
+        data = {"query": {"term": {"status": {"value": status}}}}
+        payload = json.dumps(data)
+        url = self.ES_URL + "/ta_download/_delete_by_query"
+        headers = {"Content-type": "application/json"}
+        response = requests.post(
+            url, data=payload, headers=headers, auth=self.ES_AUTH
+        )
+        if not response.ok:
+            print(response.text)
+
     def ignore_from_pending(self, ignore_list):
         """build the bulk query string"""
 
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/downloads.html b/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/downloads.html
index 71147f1..2a99c1e 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/downloads.html
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/downloads.html
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
         <div class="show-form">
             <form id='hidden-form' action="/downloads/" method="post">
                 {% csrf_token %}
-                <!-- <textarea rows="4" placeholder="Enter Video Urls or IDs here..." id="vid-url" name="vid-url"></textarea> -->
                 {{ add_form }}
                 <button type="submit">Add to download queue</button>
             </form>
@@ -47,11 +46,15 @@
         <img src="{% static 'img/icon-listview.svg' %}" onclick="changeView(this)" data-origin="downloads" data-value="list" alt="list view">
     </div>
 </div>
-{% if show_ignored_only %}
-    <h2>Ignored from download</h2>
-{% else %}
-    <h2>Download queue</h2>
-{% endif %}
+<div class="title-split">
+    {% if show_ignored_only %}
+        <h2>Ignored from download</h2>
+        <button onclick="deleteQueue(this)" data-id="ignore" title="Delete all previously ignored videos from the queue">Delete all ignored</button>
+    {% else %}
+        <h2>Download queue</h2>
+        <button onclick="deleteQueue(this)" data-id="pending" title="Delete all pending videos from the queue">Delete all queued</button>
+    {% endif %}
+</div>
 <h3>Total videos: {{ max_hits }}</h3>
 <div class="dl-list {{ view_style }}">
     {% if all_video_hits %}
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/views.py b/tubearchivist/home/views.py
index a407187..d15013d 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/views.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/views.py
@@ -1005,6 +1005,7 @@ class PostData:
             "show_ignored_only": self.show_ignored_only,
             "forgetIgnore": self.forget_ignore,
             "addSingle": self.add_single,
+            "deleteQueue": self.delete_queue,
             "manual-import": self.manual_import,
             "re-embed": self.re_embed,
             "db-backup": self.db_backup,
@@ -1172,6 +1173,16 @@ class PostData:
         extrac_dl.delay(youtube_ids)
         return {"success": True}
 
+    def delete_queue(self):
+        """delete download queue"""
+        status = self.exec_val
+        print("deleting from download queue: " + status)
+        if status == "pending":
+            PendingList().delete_pending("pending")
+        elif status == "ignore":
+            PendingList().delete_pending("ignore")
+        return {"success": True}
+
     @staticmethod
     def manual_import():
         """run manual import from settings page"""
diff --git a/tubearchivist/static/css/style.css b/tubearchivist/static/css/style.css
index 465447d..e9bf7a8 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/static/css/style.css
+++ b/tubearchivist/static/css/style.css
@@ -824,6 +824,11 @@ button:hover {
     filter: var(--img-filter-error);
 }
 
+.title-split {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+}
+
 /* status message */
 .download-progress {
     background-color: var(--highlight-bg);
diff --git a/tubearchivist/static/script.js b/tubearchivist/static/script.js
index e5fdf9f..00bc5cd 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/static/script.js
+++ b/tubearchivist/static/script.js
@@ -138,6 +138,17 @@ function addSingle(button) {
     }, 500);
 }
 
+function deleteQueue(button) {
+    var to_delete = button.getAttribute('data-id');
+    var payload = JSON.stringify({'deleteQueue': to_delete});
+    console.log(payload);
+    sendPost(payload);
+    setTimeout(function(){
+        location.reload();
+        return false;
+    }, 1000);
+}
+
 function stopQueue() {
     var payload = JSON.stringify({'queue': 'stop'});
     sendPost(payload);