diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/blob_button_group.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/blob_button_group.vue
index 424dc4529ffacdbbf77322ef5c85a736e64b877f..273825b996a3d66d896ab27504d14a64ac5b5a2c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/blob_button_group.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/blob_button_group.vue
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { GlButtonGroup, GlButton, GlModalDirective } from '@gitlab/ui';
 import { uniqueId } from 'lodash';
 import { sprintf, __ } from '~/locale';
 import getRefMixin from '../mixins/get_ref';
+import DeleteBlobModal from './delete_blob_modal.vue';
 import UploadBlobModal from './upload_blob_modal.vue';
 
 export default {
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ export default {
     GlButtonGroup,
     GlButton,
     UploadBlobModal,
+    DeleteBlobModal,
   },
   directives: {
     GlModal: GlModalDirective,
@@ -41,10 +43,18 @@ export default {
       type: String,
       required: true,
     },
+    deletePath: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
     canPushCode: {
       type: Boolean,
       required: true,
     },
+    emptyRepo: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      required: true,
+    },
   },
   computed: {
     replaceModalId() {
@@ -53,6 +63,12 @@ export default {
     replaceModalTitle() {
       return sprintf(__('Replace %{name}'), { name: this.name });
     },
+    deleteModalId() {
+      return uniqueId('delete-modal');
+    },
+    deleteModalTitle() {
+      return sprintf(__('Delete %{name}'), { name: this.name });
+    },
   },
 };
 </script>
@@ -63,7 +79,9 @@ export default {
       <gl-button v-gl-modal="replaceModalId">
         {{ $options.i18n.replace }}
       </gl-button>
-      <gl-button>{{ $options.i18n.delete }}</gl-button>
+      <gl-button v-gl-modal="deleteModalId">
+        {{ $options.i18n.delete }}
+      </gl-button>
     </gl-button-group>
     <upload-blob-modal
       :modal-id="replaceModalId"
@@ -76,5 +94,15 @@ export default {
       :replace-path="replacePath"
       :primary-btn-text="$options.i18n.replacePrimaryBtnText"
     />
+    <delete-blob-modal
+      :modal-id="deleteModalId"
+      :modal-title="deleteModalTitle"
+      :delete-path="deletePath"
+      :commit-message="deleteModalTitle"
+      :target-branch="targetBranch || ref"
+      :original-branch="originalBranch || ref"
+      :can-push-code="canPushCode"
+      :empty-repo="emptyRepo"
+    />
   </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/blob_content_viewer.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/blob_content_viewer.vue
index c3876a77ec4ccf318c0d75bcfab5f551294a2e50..09ac60c94c7e190753dc2199a4a7cfe4d38756e0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/blob_content_viewer.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/blob_content_viewer.vue
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export default {
           pushCode: false,
         },
         repository: {
+          empty: true,
           blobs: {
             nodes: [
               {
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ export default {
                 forkPath: '',
                 simpleViewer: {},
                 richViewer: null,
+                webPath: '',
               },
             ],
           },
@@ -174,7 +176,9 @@ export default {
             :path="path"
             :name="blobInfo.name"
             :replace-path="blobInfo.replacePath"
+            :delete-path="blobInfo.webPath"
             :can-push-code="project.userPermissions.pushCode"
+            :empty-repo="project.repository.empty"
           />
         </template>
       </blob-header>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/delete_blob_modal.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/delete_blob_modal.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6599d99d7bdae9675f76e8b7fc6f600e658a0ead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/delete_blob_modal.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+<script>
+import { GlModal, GlFormGroup, GlFormInput, GlFormTextarea, GlToggle } from '@gitlab/ui';
+import csrf from '~/lib/utils/csrf';
+import { __ } from '~/locale';
+import {
+  SECONDARY_OPTIONS_TEXT,
+  COMMIT_LABEL,
+  TARGET_BRANCH_LABEL,
+  TOGGLE_CREATE_MR_LABEL,
+} from '../constants';
+
+export default {
+  csrf,
+  components: {
+    GlModal,
+    GlFormGroup,
+    GlFormInput,
+    GlFormTextarea,
+    GlToggle,
+  },
+  i18n: {
+    PRIMARY_OPTIONS_TEXT: __('Delete file'),
+    SECONDARY_OPTIONS_TEXT,
+    COMMIT_LABEL,
+    TARGET_BRANCH_LABEL,
+    TOGGLE_CREATE_MR_LABEL,
+  },
+  props: {
+    modalId: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    modalTitle: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    deletePath: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    commitMessage: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    targetBranch: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    originalBranch: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    canPushCode: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    emptyRepo: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      required: true,
+    },
+  },
+  data() {
+    return {
+      loading: false,
+      commit: this.commitMessage,
+      target: this.targetBranch,
+      createNewMr: true,
+      error: '',
+    };
+  },
+  computed: {
+    primaryOptions() {
+      return {
+        text: this.$options.i18n.PRIMARY_OPTIONS_TEXT,
+        attributes: [
+          {
+            variant: 'danger',
+            loading: this.loading,
+            disabled: !this.formCompleted || this.loading,
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+    },
+    cancelOptions() {
+      return {
+        text: this.$options.i18n.SECONDARY_OPTIONS_TEXT,
+        attributes: [
+          {
+            disabled: this.loading,
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+    },
+    showCreateNewMrToggle() {
+      return this.canPushCode && this.target !== this.originalBranch;
+    },
+    formCompleted() {
+      return this.commit && this.target;
+    },
+  },
+  methods: {
+    submitForm(e) {
+      e.preventDefault(); // Prevent modal from closing
+      this.loading = true;
+      this.$refs.form.submit();
+    },
+  },
+};
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <gl-modal
+    :modal-id="modalId"
+    :title="modalTitle"
+    :action-primary="primaryOptions"
+    :action-cancel="cancelOptions"
+    @primary="submitForm"
+  >
+    <form ref="form" :action="deletePath" method="post">
+      <input type="hidden" name="_method" value="delete" />
+      <input :value="$options.csrf.token" type="hidden" name="authenticity_token" />
+      <template v-if="emptyRepo">
+        <!-- Once "empty_repo_upload_experiment" is made available, will need to add class 'js-branch-name'
+          Follow-up issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/335721 -->
+        <input type="hidden" name="branch_name" :value="originalBranch" />
+      </template>
+      <template v-else>
+        <input type="hidden" name="original_branch" :value="originalBranch" />
+        <!-- Once "push to branch" permission is made available, will need to add to conditional
+          Follow-up issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/335462 -->
+        <input v-if="createNewMr" type="hidden" name="create_merge_request" value="1" />
+        <gl-form-group :label="$options.i18n.COMMIT_LABEL" label-for="commit_message">
+          <gl-form-textarea v-model="commit" name="commit_message" :disabled="loading" />
+        </gl-form-group>
+        <gl-form-group
+          v-if="canPushCode"
+          :label="$options.i18n.TARGET_BRANCH_LABEL"
+          label-for="branch_name"
+        >
+          <gl-form-input v-model="target" :disabled="loading" name="branch_name" />
+        </gl-form-group>
+        <gl-toggle
+          v-if="showCreateNewMrToggle"
+          v-model="createNewMr"
+          :disabled="loading"
+          :label="$options.i18n.TOGGLE_CREATE_MR_LABEL"
+        />
+      </template>
+    </form>
+  </gl-modal>
+</template>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repository/constants.js b/app/assets/javascripts/repository/constants.js
index 22349261d3cfff37109bd3fc99dfcb182aab2dd6..2d2faa8d9f397aa19b76faa6f109c38385e8f230 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repository/constants.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repository/constants.js
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+import { __ } from '~/locale';
+
 export const TREE_PAGE_LIMIT = 1000; // the maximum amount of items per page
 export const TREE_PAGE_SIZE = 100; // the amount of items to be fetched per (batch) request
 export const TREE_INITIAL_FETCH_COUNT = TREE_PAGE_LIMIT / TREE_PAGE_SIZE; // the amount of (batch) requests to make
+
+export const SECONDARY_OPTIONS_TEXT = __('Cancel');
+export const COMMIT_LABEL = __('Commit message');
+export const TARGET_BRANCH_LABEL = __('Target branch');
+export const TOGGLE_CREATE_MR_LABEL = __('Start a new merge request with these changes');
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repository/queries/blob_info.query.graphql b/app/assets/javascripts/repository/queries/blob_info.query.graphql
index 1889f2269f593844f2abc6ea9fa0653c6b4582eb..a8f263941e29712f8ac6c61108013b9a12465f9c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repository/queries/blob_info.query.graphql
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repository/queries/blob_info.query.graphql
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ query getBlobInfo($projectPath: ID!, $filePath: String!) {
       pushCode
     }
     repository {
+      empty
       blobs(paths: [$filePath]) {
         nodes {
           webPath
diff --git a/spec/frontend/repository/components/blob_button_group_spec.js b/spec/frontend/repository/components/blob_button_group_spec.js
index b9a11dd1270270ba564042ee11bf5e73dc62d73b..a449fd6f06c9342b17259cedd55cd256e9fb9d0a 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/repository/components/blob_button_group_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/repository/components/blob_button_group_spec.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { GlButton } from '@gitlab/ui';
 import { shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils';
 import { createMockDirective, getBinding } from 'helpers/vue_mock_directive';
-
 import BlobButtonGroup from '~/repository/components/blob_button_group.vue';
+import DeleteBlobModal from '~/repository/components/delete_blob_modal.vue';
 import UploadBlobModal from '~/repository/components/upload_blob_modal.vue';
 
 const DEFAULT_PROPS = {
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ const DEFAULT_PROPS = {
   path: 'some/path',
   canPushCode: true,
   replacePath: 'some/replace/path',
+  deletePath: 'some/delete/path',
+  emptyRepo: false,
 };
 
 const DEFAULT_INJECT = {
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ describe('BlobButtonGroup component', () => {
     wrapper.destroy();
   });
 
+  const findDeleteBlobModal = () => wrapper.findComponent(DeleteBlobModal);
   const findUploadBlobModal = () => wrapper.findComponent(UploadBlobModal);
   const findReplaceButton = () => wrapper.findAll(GlButton).at(0);
 
@@ -93,4 +96,22 @@ describe('BlobButtonGroup component', () => {
       primaryBtnText: 'Replace file',
     });
   });
+
+  it('renders DeleteBlobModel', () => {
+    createComponent();
+
+    const { targetBranch, originalBranch } = DEFAULT_INJECT;
+    const { name, canPushCode, deletePath, emptyRepo } = DEFAULT_PROPS;
+    const title = `Delete ${name}`;
+
+    expect(findDeleteBlobModal().props()).toMatchObject({
+      modalTitle: title,
+      commitMessage: title,
+      targetBranch,
+      originalBranch,
+      canPushCode,
+      deletePath,
+      emptyRepo,
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/spec/frontend/repository/components/blob_content_viewer_spec.js b/spec/frontend/repository/components/blob_content_viewer_spec.js
index e1ac46171bb10671fc19ba52c4d7b7de3dde27ad..a83d0a607f2f411f7c67c8b54207b6f768d12150 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/repository/components/blob_content_viewer_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/repository/components/blob_content_viewer_spec.js
@@ -58,23 +58,36 @@ const richMockData = {
     renderError: null,
   },
 };
-const userPermissionsMockData = {
+
+const projectMockData = {
   userPermissions: {
     pushCode: true,
   },
+  repository: {
+    empty: false,
+  },
 };
 
 const localVue = createLocalVue();
 const mockAxios = new MockAdapter(axios);
 
-const createComponentWithApollo = (mockData, mockPermissionData = true) => {
+const createComponentWithApollo = (mockData = {}) => {
   localVue.use(VueApollo);
 
+  const defaultPushCode = projectMockData.userPermissions.pushCode;
+  const defaultEmptyRepo = projectMockData.repository.empty;
+  const { blobs, emptyRepo = defaultEmptyRepo, canPushCode = defaultPushCode } = mockData;
+
   const mockResolver = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
     data: {
       project: {
-        userPermissions: { pushCode: mockPermissionData },
-        repository: { blobs: { nodes: [mockData] } },
+        userPermissions: { pushCode: canPushCode },
+        repository: {
+          empty: emptyRepo,
+          blobs: {
+            nodes: [blobs],
+          },
+        },
       },
     },
   });
@@ -209,14 +222,14 @@ describe('Blob content viewer component', () => {
 
   describe('legacy viewers', () => {
     it('does not load a legacy viewer when a rich viewer is not available', async () => {
-      createComponentWithApollo(simpleMockData);
+      createComponentWithApollo({ blobs: simpleMockData });
       await waitForPromises();
 
       expect(mockAxios.history.get).toHaveLength(0);
     });
 
     it('loads a legacy viewer when a rich viewer is available', async () => {
-      createComponentWithApollo(richMockData);
+      createComponentWithApollo({ blobs: richMockData });
       await waitForPromises();
 
       expect(mockAxios.history.get).toHaveLength(1);
@@ -320,16 +333,20 @@ describe('Blob content viewer component', () => {
     });
 
     describe('BlobButtonGroup', () => {
-      const { name, path, replacePath } = simpleMockData;
+      const { name, path, replacePath, webPath } = simpleMockData;
       const {
         userPermissions: { pushCode },
-      } = userPermissionsMockData;
+        repository: { empty },
+      } = projectMockData;
 
       it('renders component', async () => {
         window.gon.current_user_id = 1;
 
         fullFactory({
-          mockData: { blobInfo: simpleMockData, project: userPermissionsMockData },
+          mockData: {
+            blobInfo: simpleMockData,
+            project: { userPermissions: { pushCode }, repository: { empty } },
+          },
           stubs: {
             BlobContent: true,
             BlobButtonGroup: true,
@@ -342,7 +359,9 @@ describe('Blob content viewer component', () => {
           name,
           path,
           replacePath,
+          deletePath: webPath,
           canPushCode: pushCode,
+          emptyRepo: empty,
         });
       });
 
diff --git a/spec/frontend/repository/components/delete_blob_modal_spec.js b/spec/frontend/repository/components/delete_blob_modal_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a74e3e6d325064b147ca4552505324e1afea0829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/frontend/repository/components/delete_blob_modal_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+import { GlFormTextarea, GlModal, GlFormInput, GlToggle } from '@gitlab/ui';
+import { shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils';
+import { nextTick } from 'vue';
+import DeleteBlobModal from '~/repository/components/delete_blob_modal.vue';
+
+jest.mock('~/lib/utils/csrf', () => ({ token: 'mock-csrf-token' }));
+
+const initialProps = {
+  modalId: 'Delete-blob',
+  modalTitle: 'Delete File',
+  deletePath: 'some/path',
+  commitMessage: 'Delete File',
+  targetBranch: 'some-target-branch',
+  originalBranch: 'main',
+  canPushCode: true,
+  emptyRepo: false,
+};
+
+describe('DeleteBlobModal', () => {
+  let wrapper;
+
+  const createComponent = (props = {}) => {
+    wrapper = shallowMount(DeleteBlobModal, {
+      propsData: {
+        ...initialProps,
+        ...props,
+      },
+    });
+  };
+
+  const findModal = () => wrapper.findComponent(GlModal);
+  const findForm = () => wrapper.findComponent({ ref: 'form' });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    wrapper.destroy();
+  });
+
+  it('renders Modal component', () => {
+    createComponent();
+
+    const { modalTitle: title } = initialProps;
+
+    expect(findModal().props()).toMatchObject({
+      title,
+      size: 'md',
+      actionPrimary: {
+        text: 'Delete file',
+      },
+      actionCancel: {
+        text: 'Cancel',
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('form', () => {
+    it('gets passed the path for action attribute', () => {
+      createComponent();
+      expect(findForm().attributes('action')).toBe(initialProps.deletePath);
+    });
+
+    it('submits the form', async () => {
+      createComponent();
+
+      const submitSpy = jest.spyOn(findForm().element, 'submit');
+      findModal().vm.$emit('primary', { preventDefault: () => {} });
+      await nextTick();
+
+      expect(submitSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      submitSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+
+    it.each`
+      component         | defaultValue                  | canPushCode | targetBranch                 | originalBranch                 | exist
+      ${GlFormTextarea} | ${initialProps.commitMessage} | ${true}     | ${initialProps.targetBranch} | ${initialProps.originalBranch} | ${true}
+      ${GlFormInput}    | ${initialProps.targetBranch}  | ${true}     | ${initialProps.targetBranch} | ${initialProps.originalBranch} | ${true}
+      ${GlFormInput}    | ${undefined}                  | ${false}    | ${initialProps.targetBranch} | ${initialProps.originalBranch} | ${false}
+      ${GlToggle}       | ${'true'}                     | ${true}     | ${initialProps.targetBranch} | ${initialProps.originalBranch} | ${true}
+      ${GlToggle}       | ${undefined}                  | ${true}     | ${'same-branch'}             | ${'same-branch'}               | ${false}
+    `(
+      'has the correct form fields ',
+      ({ component, defaultValue, canPushCode, targetBranch, originalBranch, exist }) => {
+        createComponent({
+          canPushCode,
+          targetBranch,
+          originalBranch,
+        });
+        const formField = wrapper.findComponent(component);
+
+        if (!exist) {
+          expect(formField.exists()).toBe(false);
+          return;
+        }
+
+        expect(formField.exists()).toBe(true);
+        expect(formField.attributes('value')).toBe(defaultValue);
+      },
+    );
+
+    it.each`
+      input                     | value                          | emptyRepo | canPushCode | exist
+      ${'authenticity_token'}   | ${'mock-csrf-token'}           | ${false}  | ${true}     | ${true}
+      ${'authenticity_token'}   | ${'mock-csrf-token'}           | ${true}   | ${false}    | ${true}
+      ${'_method'}              | ${'delete'}                    | ${false}  | ${true}     | ${true}
+      ${'_method'}              | ${'delete'}                    | ${true}   | ${false}    | ${true}
+      ${'original_branch'}      | ${initialProps.originalBranch} | ${false}  | ${true}     | ${true}
+      ${'original_branch'}      | ${undefined}                   | ${true}   | ${true}     | ${false}
+      ${'create_merge_request'} | ${'1'}                         | ${false}  | ${false}    | ${true}
+      ${'create_merge_request'} | ${'1'}                         | ${false}  | ${true}     | ${true}
+      ${'create_merge_request'} | ${undefined}                   | ${true}   | ${false}    | ${false}
+    `(
+      'passes $input as a hidden input with the correct value',
+      ({ input, value, emptyRepo, canPushCode, exist }) => {
+        createComponent({
+          emptyRepo,
+          canPushCode,
+        });
+
+        const inputMethod = findForm().find(`input[name="${input}"]`);
+
+        if (!exist) {
+          expect(inputMethod.exists()).toBe(false);
+          return;
+        }
+
+        expect(inputMethod.attributes('type')).toBe('hidden');
+        expect(inputMethod.attributes('value')).toBe(value);
+      },
+    );
+  });
+});