diff --git a/app/store/database/job.go b/app/store/database/job.go
index 4a38cbb59..47889706b 100644
--- a/app/store/database/job.go
+++ b/app/store/database/job.go
@@ -483,3 +483,22 @@ func (s *JobStore) DeleteOld(ctx context.Context, olderThan time.Time) (int64, e
 
 	return n, nil
 }
+
+// DeleteByID deletes a job by its unique identifier.
+func (s *JobStore) DeleteByUID(ctx context.Context, jobUID string) error {
+	stmt := database.Builder.
+		Delete("jobs").
+		Where("job_uid = ?", jobUID)
+
+	sql, args, err := stmt.ToSql()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert delete job query to sql: %w", err)
+	}
+	db := dbtx.GetAccessor(ctx, s.db)
+
+	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, sql, args...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return database.ProcessSQLErrorf(err, "failed to execute delete job query")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/job/scheduler.go b/job/scheduler.go
index 2438c8d1c..554537cea 100644
--- a/job/scheduler.go
+++ b/job/scheduler.go
@@ -644,6 +644,14 @@ func (s *Scheduler) PurgeJobsByGroupID(ctx context.Context, jobGroupID string) (
 	return n, nil
 }
 
+func (s *Scheduler) PurgeJobByUID(ctx context.Context, jobUID string) error {
+	err := s.store.DeleteByUID(ctx, jobUID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete job with id=%s: %w", jobUID, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func mapToProgressMany(jobs []*Job) []Progress {
 	if jobs == nil {
 		return nil
diff --git a/job/store.go b/job/store.go
index 4ba96f74b..b5438f97c 100644
--- a/job/store.go
+++ b/job/store.go
@@ -59,4 +59,7 @@ type Store interface {
 
 	// DeleteOld removes non-recurring jobs that have finished execution or have failed.
 	DeleteOld(ctx context.Context, olderThan time.Time) (int64, error)
+
+	// DeleteByUID deletes a job by its unique identifier.
+	DeleteByUID(ctx context.Context, jobUID string) error
 }