diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ac1abe..e11efbf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ The authorization flow for content updates (`PUT`, `PATCH`, `DELETE`, `POST` req
 4. **Wildcard Match (content):** If the method is `POST`, and a `[[wildcard]]` configuration section exists where the suffix of a hostname (compared label-wise) is equal to `[[wildcard]].domain`, and (for `PUT` requests) the body contains a repository URL, and the requested clone URL is a *matching* clone URL, the request is authorized.
     - **Index repository:** If the request URL is `scheme://<user>.<host>/`, a *matching* clone URL is computed by templating `[[wildcard]].clone-url` with `<user>` and `<project>`, where `<project>` is computed by templating each element of `[[wildcard]].index-repos` with `<user>`, and `[[wildcard]]` is the section where the match occurred.
     - **Project repository:** If the request URL is `scheme://<user>.<host>/<project>/`, a *matching* clone URL is computed by templating `[[wildcard]].clone-url` with `<user>` and `<project>`, and `[[wildcard]]` is the section where the match occurred.
-5. **Forge Authorization:** If the method is `PUT` or `PATCH`, and the body contains an archive, and a `[[wildcard]]` configuration section exists where the suffix of a hostname (compared label-wise) is equal to `[[wildcard]].domain`, and `[[wildcard]].authorization` is non-empty, and the request includes a `Forge-Authorization:` header, and the header (when forwarded as `Authorization:`) grants push permissions to a repository at the *matching* clone URL (as defined above) as determined by an API call to the forge, the request is authorized. (This enables publishing a site for a private repository.)
+5. **Forge Authorization:** If the method is `PUT` or `PATCH` or `DELETE`, and (unless the method is `DELETE`) the body contains an archive, and a `[[wildcard]]` configuration section exists where the suffix of a hostname (compared label-wise) is equal to `[[wildcard]].domain`, and `[[wildcard]].authorization` is non-empty, and the request includes a `Forge-Authorization:` header, and the header (when forwarded as `Authorization:`) grants push permissions to a repository at the *matching* clone URL (as defined above) as determined by an API call to the forge, the request is authorized. (This enables publishing a site for a private repository.)
 5. **Default Deny:** Otherwise, the request is not authorized.
 
 The authorization flow for metadata retrieval (`GET` requests with site paths starting with `.git-pages/`) in the following order, with the first of multiple applicable rule taking precedence:
diff --git a/src/auth.go b/src/auth.go
index eb9ad2f..b3b5f3a 100644
--- a/src/auth.go
+++ b/src/auth.go
@@ -390,9 +390,6 @@ func AuthorizeMetadataRetrieval(r *http.Request) (*Authorization, error) {
 	return nil, joinErrors(causes...)
 }
 
-// Returns `repoURLs, err` where if `err == nil` then the request is authorized to clone from
-// any repository URL included in `repoURLs` (by case-insensitive comparison), or any URL at all
-// if `repoURLs == nil`.
 func AuthorizeUpdateFromRepository(r *http.Request) (*Authorization, error) {
 	causes := []error{AuthError{http.StatusUnauthorized, "unauthorized"}}
 
@@ -643,8 +640,9 @@ func authorizeForgeWithToken(r *http.Request) (*Authorization, error) {
 				continue
 			}
 
-			// This will actually be ignored by the caller of AuthorizeUpdateFromArchive,
-			// but we return this information as it makes sense to do contextually here.
+			// This will actually be ignored by the callers of AuthorizeUpdateFromArchive and
+			// AuthorizeDeletion, but we return this information as it makes sense to do
+			// contextually here.
 			return &Authorization{[]string{repoURL}, branch}, nil
 		}
 	}
@@ -696,6 +694,41 @@ func AuthorizeUpdateFromArchive(r *http.Request) (*Authorization, error) {
 	return nil, joinErrors(causes...)
 }
 
+func AuthorizeDeletion(r *http.Request) (*Authorization, error) {
+	causes := []error{AuthError{http.StatusUnauthorized, "unauthorized"}}
+
+	if err := CheckForbiddenDomain(r); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	auth := authorizeInsecure(r)
+	if auth != nil {
+		return auth, nil
+	}
+
+	auth, err := authorizeDNSChallenge(r)
+	if err != nil && IsUnauthorized(err) {
+		causes = append(causes, err)
+	} else if err != nil { // bad request
+		return nil, err
+	} else {
+		logc.Printf(r.Context(), "auth: DNS challenge: allow *\n")
+		return auth, nil
+	}
+
+	auth, err = authorizeForgeWithToken(r)
+	if err != nil && IsUnauthorized(err) {
+		causes = append(causes, err)
+	} else if err != nil { // bad request
+		return nil, err
+	} else {
+		logc.Printf(r.Context(), "auth: forge token: allow\n")
+		return auth, nil
+	}
+
+	return nil, joinErrors(causes...)
+}
+
 func CheckForbiddenDomain(r *http.Request) error {
 	host, err := GetHost(r)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/src/pages.go b/src/pages.go
index 12ac700..c1147f3 100644
--- a/src/pages.go
+++ b/src/pages.go
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ func deletePage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	_, err = AuthorizeUpdateFromRepository(r)
+	_, err = AuthorizeDeletion(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}