diff -r bc8f8ddbad2e -r 3b302093945c src/server/test/webdav.c
--- a/src/server/test/webdav.c	Sun May 31 17:31:43 2020 +0200
+++ b/src/server/test/webdav.c	Sun May 31 19:35:29 2020 +0200
@@ -1558,6 +1558,18 @@
     return 1;
 }
 
+static int delete_count = 0;
+static int delete_finish_count = 0;
+
+static int test_backend_webdav_delete(WebdavVFSRequest *req, WSBool *created) {
+    delete_count++;    
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int test_backend_webdav_delete_finish(WebdavVFSRequest *req, WSBool success) {
+    delete_finish_count++;
+    return 0;
+}
 
 
 UCX_TEST(test_webdav_vfs_op_do) {
@@ -1566,13 +1578,20 @@
     TestIOStream *st;
     pblock *pb;
     
+    // Tests performed primarily with MKCOL, because webdav_vfs_op_do
+    // behaves the same for both operations
+    // the only difference are the callbacks
+    
     init_test_webdav_method(&sn, &rq, &st, &pb, "MKCOL", NULL);
-    rq->vfs = testvfs_create(sn);
+    VFS *testvfs = testvfs_create(sn);
+    rq->vfs = testvfs;
     
     WebdavBackend dav1;
     ZERO(&dav1, sizeof(WebdavBackend));
     dav1.opt_mkcol = test_webdav_mkcol;
     dav1.opt_mkcol_finish = test_webdav_mkcol_finish;
+    dav1.opt_delete = test_backend_webdav_delete;
+    dav1.opt_delete_finish = test_backend_webdav_delete_finish;
     
     WebdavBackend dav2;
     ZERO(&dav2, sizeof(WebdavBackend));
@@ -1625,6 +1644,83 @@
     UCX_TEST_ASSERT(mkcol_count == 1, "op3: wrong mkcol_count");
     UCX_TEST_ASSERT(mkcol_finish_count == 1, "op3: wrong mkcol_finish_count");
     
+    // test DELETE to make sure, delete callbacks will be used
+    pblock_replace("path", "/deltest", rq->vars);
+    rq->vfs = testvfs;
+    WebdavVFSOperation *op_del = webdav_vfs_op(sn, rq, &dav1, FALSE);
+    vfs_open(op_del->vfs, "/deltest", O_CREAT);
+    ret = webdav_vfs_op_do(op_del, WEBDAV_VFS_DELETE);
+    
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "op_del failed");
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(delete_count == 1, "op_del: wrong delete_count");
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(delete_finish_count == 1, "op_del: wrong delete_finish_count");
+    
     
     UCX_TEST_END;
 }
+
+UCX_TEST(test_webdav_delete){
+    Session *sn;
+    Request *rq; 
+    TestIOStream *st;
+    pblock *pb;
+    
+    init_test_webdav_method(&sn, &rq, &st, &pb, "DELETE", NULL);
+    rq->vfs = testvfs_create(sn);
+    
+    WebdavBackend dav1;
+    ZERO(&dav1, sizeof(WebdavBackend));
+    dav1.opt_delete = test_backend_webdav_delete;
+    dav1.opt_delete_finish = test_backend_webdav_delete_finish;
+    delete_count = 0;
+    delete_finish_count = 0;
+    rq->davCollection = &dav1;
+    
+    UCX_TEST_BEGIN;
+    
+    // prepare
+    VFSContext *vfs = vfs_request_context(sn, rq);
+    int err;
+    err = vfs_mkdir(vfs, "/dir1");
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(err == 0, "mkdir dir1 failed");
+    err = vfs_mkdir(vfs, "/dir2");
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(err == 0, "mkdir dir2 failed");
+    err = vfs_mkdir(vfs, "/dir2/dir3");
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(err == 0, "mkdir dir3 failed");
+    err = vfs_mkdir(vfs, "/dir2/dir4");
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(err == 0, "mkdir dir4 failed");
+    err = vfs_mkdir(vfs, "/dir2/dir4/dir5");
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(err == 0, "mkdir dir5 failed");
+    
+    SYS_FILE f0 = vfs_open(vfs, "/file0", O_CREAT);
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(f0, "f0 create failed");
+    // no f1
+    SYS_FILE f2 = vfs_open(vfs, "/dir2/file2", O_CREAT);
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(f2, "f2 create failed");
+    SYS_FILE f3 = vfs_open(vfs, "/dir2/dir3/file3", O_CREAT);
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(f3, "f3 create failed");
+    SYS_FILE f4 = vfs_open(vfs, "/dir2/dir4/file4", O_CREAT);
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(f4, "f4 create failed");
+    SYS_FILE f5 = vfs_open(vfs, "/dir2/dir4/dir5/file5", O_CREAT);
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(f5, "f5 create failed");
+    
+    // delete single file
+    pblock_replace("path", "/file0", rq->vars);
+    err = webdav_delete(NULL, sn, rq);
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(err == 0, "DELETE /file0 failed");
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(delete_count == 1, "del1: wrong delete count");
+    
+    delete_count = 0;
+    pblock_replace("path", "/dir1", rq->vars);
+    err = webdav_delete(NULL, sn, rq);
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(err == 0, "DELETE /dir1 failed");
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(delete_count == 1, "del1: wrong delete count");
+    
+    delete_count = 0;
+    pblock_replace("path", "/dir2", rq->vars);
+    err = webdav_delete(NULL, sn, rq);
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(err == 0, "DELETE /dir2 failed");
+    UCX_TEST_ASSERT(delete_count == 8, "del2: wrong delete count");
+    
+    UCX_TEST_END;
+}