diff --git a/internal/netif/delete.go b/internal/netif/delete.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b06c55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/netif/delete.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package netif
+
+import (
+	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
+)
+
+func DeleteLink(name string) error {
+	link, err := netlink.LinkByName(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return netlink.LinkDel(link)
+}