diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/alert_tab_ctrl.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/alert_tab_ctrl.ts
index 4aca42c56a7..ca5b8aa37f0 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/alert_tab_ctrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/alert_tab_ctrl.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ export class AlertTabCtrl {
     }
   }
 
+  markAsDeleted() {
+    if (this.panel.alerting) {
+      this.panel.alerting.queryRef = this.metricTargets[0].refId;
+    }
+  }
+
   thresholdsUpdated() {
     if (this.panel.alerting.warnLevel) {
       this.panel.grid.threshold1 = parseInt(this.panel.alerting.warnLevel);
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/partials/tab_alerting.html b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/partials/tab_alerting.html
index 0f78b5558fb..db04ef8e8e1 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/partials/tab_alerting.html
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/partials/tab_alerting.html
@@ -72,4 +72,8 @@
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
-
+<div class="editor-row">
+  <div class="gf-form-button-row">
+    <button class="btn btn-warning" ng-click="alertTab.markAsDeleted()">Delete Alert</button>
+  </div>
+</div>