diff --git a/commands/ci/delete/delete.go b/commands/ci/delete/delete.go
index 8c1020d62f9392d4729530dcd70fdd024c7f4055..8a0b824fdaffbfdb048908043a3d15fac56b8c70 100644
--- a/commands/ci/delete/delete.go
+++ b/commands/ci/delete/delete.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 
 	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/api"
 	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/cmdutils"
-	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/pkg/utils"
 
 	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -47,42 +46,48 @@ func NewCmdDelete(f *cmdutils.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 				return err
 			}
 
+			var pipelineIDs []int
+
 			if m, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("status"); m != "" {
-				l := &gitlab.ListProjectPipelinesOptions{}
-				l.Status = gitlab.BuildState(gitlab.BuildStateValue(m))
-				pipes, err := api.ListProjectPipelines(apiClient, repo.FullName(), l)
+				pipes, err := api.ListProjectPipelines(apiClient, repo.FullName(), &gitlab.ListProjectPipelinesOptions{
+					Status: gitlab.BuildState(gitlab.BuildStateValue(m)),
+				})
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
+
 				for _, item := range pipes {
-					err := api.DeletePipeline(apiClient, repo.FullName(), item.ID)
+					pipelineIDs = append(pipelineIDs, item.ID)
+				}
+			} else {
+				for _, stringID := range strings.Split(strings.Trim(args[0], "[] "), ",") {
+					id, err := strconv.Atoi(stringID)
 					if err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
-
-					fmt.Fprintln(f.IO.StdOut, c.RedCheck(), "Pipeline #"+strconv.Itoa(item.ID)+" deleted successfully")
+					pipelineIDs = append(pipelineIDs, id)
 				}
+			}
 
-			} else {
-				pipelineID := args[0]
-
-				arrIds := strings.Split(strings.Trim(pipelineID, "[] "), ",")
-				for _, i2 := range arrIds {
-					fmt.Fprintln(f.IO.StdOut, "Deleting pipeline #"+i2)
-					err := api.DeletePipeline(apiClient, repo.FullName(), utils.StringToInt(i2))
+			for _, id := range pipelineIDs {
+				if dryRun, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("dry-run"); dryRun {
+					fmt.Fprintf(f.IO.StdOut, "%s Pipeline #%d will be deleted\n", c.DotWarnIcon(), id)
+				} else {
+					err := api.DeletePipeline(apiClient, repo.FullName(), id)
 					if err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
 
-					fmt.Fprintln(f.IO.StdOut, c.RedCheck(), "Pipeline #"+i2+" deleted successfully")
+					fmt.Fprintf(f.IO.StdOut, "%s Pipeline #%d deleted successfully\n", c.RedCheck(), id)
 				}
-				fmt.Println()
 			}
+			fmt.Println()
 
 			return nil
 		},
 	}
 
+	pipelineDeleteCmd.Flags().BoolP("dry-run", "", false, "simulate process, but do not delete anything")
 	pipelineDeleteCmd.Flags().StringP("status", "s", "", "delete pipelines by status: {running|pending|success|failed|canceled|skipped|created|manual}")
 
 	return pipelineDeleteCmd
diff --git a/commands/ci/delete/delete_test.go b/commands/ci/delete/delete_test.go
index 169c5626dd05e9e39c1b1c06ee63639665441cf6..f4302d550e2b4e38f1e7a1c61099ffab18ba7371 100644
--- a/commands/ci/delete/delete_test.go
+++ b/commands/ci/delete/delete_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ func TestCiDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	out := output.String()
 
 	assert.Equal(t, heredoc.Doc(`
-		Deleting pipeline #11111111
 		✓ Pipeline #11111111 deleted successfully
 		`), out)
 	assert.Empty(t, output.Stderr())
@@ -150,10 +149,75 @@ func TestCiDeleteMultiple(t *testing.T) {
 	out := output.String()
 
 	assert.Equal(t, heredoc.Doc(`
-		Deleting pipeline #11111111
 		✓ Pipeline #11111111 deleted successfully
-		Deleting pipeline #22222222
 		✓ Pipeline #22222222 deleted successfully
 		`), out)
 	assert.Empty(t, output.Stderr())
 }
+
+func TestCiDryRunDeleteNothing(t *testing.T) {
+	fakeHTTP := httpmock.New()
+	defer fakeHTTP.Verify(t)
+
+	args := "--dry-run 11111111,22222222"
+	output, err := runCommand(fakeHTTP, args)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error running command `ci delete %s`: %v", args, err)
+	}
+
+	out := output.String()
+
+	assert.Equal(t, heredoc.Doc(`
+		• Pipeline #11111111 will be deleted
+		• Pipeline #22222222 will be deleted
+		`), out)
+	assert.Empty(t, output.Stderr())
+}
+
+func TestCiDeletedDryRunWithFilterDoesNotDelete(t *testing.T) {
+	fakeHTTP := httpmock.New()
+	fakeHTTP.MatchURL = httpmock.PathAndQuerystring
+	defer fakeHTTP.Verify(t)
+
+	fakeHTTP.RegisterResponder(http.MethodGet, "/api/v4/projects/OWNER/REPO/pipelines?status=success",
+		httpmock.NewStringResponse(http.StatusOK, `
+		[
+			{
+				"id": 11111111,
+				"iid": 3,
+				"project_id": 5,
+				"sha": "c366255c71600e17519e802850ddcf7105d3cf66",
+				"ref": "refs/merge-requests/1107/merge",
+				"status": "success",
+				"source": "merge_request_event",
+				"created_at": "2020-12-01T01:15:50.559Z",
+				"updated_at": "2020-12-01T01:36:41.737Z",
+				"web_url": "https://gitlab.com/OWNER/REPO/-/pipelines/710046436"
+			},
+			{
+				"id": 22222222,
+				"iid": 4,
+				"project_id": 5,
+				"sha": "c9a7c0d9351cd1e71d1c2ad8277f3bc7e3c47d1f",
+				"ref": "main",
+				"status": "success",
+				"source": "push",
+				"created_at": "2020-11-30T18:20:47.571Z",
+				"updated_at": "2020-11-30T18:39:40.092Z",
+				"web_url": "https://gitlab.com/OWNER/REPO/-/pipelines/709793838"
+			}
+	]
+	`))
+
+	args := "--dry-run --status=success"
+	output, err := runCommand(fakeHTTP, args)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := output.String()
+
+	assert.Equal(t, heredoc.Doc(`
+		• Pipeline #11111111 will be deleted
+		• Pipeline #22222222 will be deleted
+		`), out)
+	assert.Empty(t, output.Stderr())
+}
diff --git a/docs/source/ci/delete.md b/docs/source/ci/delete.md
index bd5e8d08af754160cafdb436e1eb8bbc12541813..3d7a3c64e9ad8197d20fe283d1131aa79103b336 100644
--- a/docs/source/ci/delete.md
+++ b/docs/source/ci/delete.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ glab ci delete --status=failed
 ## Options
 
 ```plaintext
+      --dry-run         simulate process, but do not delete anything
   -s, --status string   delete pipelines by status: {running|pending|success|failed|canceled|skipped|created|manual}
 ```