diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesGroup.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesGroup.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9eafa81ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesGroup.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import { configureStore } from 'app/store/configureStore';
+import { CombinedRuleGroup, CombinedRuleNamespace } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
+import React from 'react';
+import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
+import { byTestId, byText } from 'testing-library-selector';
+import { mockCombinedRule, mockDataSource } from '../../mocks';
+import { RulesGroup } from './RulesGroup';
+
+const hasRulerMock = jest.fn<boolean, any>();
+jest.mock('../../hooks/useHasRuler', () => ({
+  useHasRuler: () => hasRulerMock,
+}));
+
+beforeEach(() => hasRulerMock.mockReset());
+
+const ui = {
+  editGroupButton: byTestId('edit-group'),
+  deleteGroupButton: byTestId('delete-group'),
+  confirmDeleteModal: {
+    header: byText('Delete group'),
+    confirmButton: byText('Delete'),
+  },
+};
+
+describe('Rules group tests', () => {
+  const store = configureStore();
+
+  function renderRulesGroup(namespace: CombinedRuleNamespace, group: CombinedRuleGroup) {
+    return render(
+      <Provider store={store}>
+        <RulesGroup group={group} namespace={namespace} expandAll={false} />
+      </Provider>
+    );
+  }
+
+  describe('When the datasource is grafana', () => {
+    const group: CombinedRuleGroup = {
+      name: 'TestGroup',
+      rules: [mockCombinedRule()],
+    };
+
+    const namespace: CombinedRuleNamespace = {
+      name: 'TestNamespace',
+      rulesSource: 'grafana',
+      groups: [group],
+    };
+
+    it('Should hide delete and edit group buttons', () => {
+      // Act
+      renderRulesGroup(namespace, group);
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(ui.deleteGroupButton.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(ui.editGroupButton.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('When the datasource is not grafana', () => {
+    const group: CombinedRuleGroup = {
+      name: 'TestGroup',
+      rules: [mockCombinedRule()],
+    };
+
+    const namespace: CombinedRuleNamespace = {
+      name: 'TestNamespace',
+      rulesSource: mockDataSource(),
+      groups: [group],
+    };
+
+    it('When ruler enabled should display delete and edit group buttons', () => {
+      // Arrange
+      hasRulerMock.mockReturnValue(true);
+
+      // Act
+      renderRulesGroup(namespace, group);
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(hasRulerMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(ui.deleteGroupButton.get()).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(ui.editGroupButton.get()).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('When ruler disabled should hide delete and edit group buttons', () => {
+      // Arrange
+      hasRulerMock.mockReturnValue(false);
+
+      // Act
+      renderRulesGroup(namespace, group);
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(hasRulerMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(ui.deleteGroupButton.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(ui.editGroupButton.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('Delete button click should display confirmation modal', () => {
+      // Arrange
+      hasRulerMock.mockReturnValue(true);
+
+      // Act
+      renderRulesGroup(namespace, group);
+      userEvent.click(ui.deleteGroupButton.get());
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(ui.confirmDeleteModal.header.get()).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(ui.confirmDeleteModal.confirmButton.get()).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesGroup.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesGroup.tsx
index ab267eeb172..04c61de0f57 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesGroup.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesGroup.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
-import { CombinedRuleGroup, CombinedRuleNamespace } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
-import React, { FC, useState, useEffect } from 'react';
-import { HorizontalGroup, Icon, Spinner, Tooltip, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { ConfirmModal, HorizontalGroup, Icon, Spinner, Tooltip, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import kbn from 'app/core/utils/kbn';
+import { CombinedRuleGroup, CombinedRuleNamespace } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
+import pluralize from 'pluralize';
+import React, { FC, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
+import { useFolder } from '../../hooks/useFolder';
+import { useHasRuler } from '../../hooks/useHasRuler';
+import { deleteRulesGroupAction } from '../../state/actions';
+import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, isCloudRulesSource } from '../../utils/datasource';
 import { isGrafanaRulerRule } from '../../utils/rules';
 import { CollapseToggle } from '../CollapseToggle';
-import { RulesTable } from './RulesTable';
-import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, isCloudRulesSource } from '../../utils/datasource';
 import { ActionIcon } from './ActionIcon';
-import { useHasRuler } from '../../hooks/useHasRuler';
-import kbn from 'app/core/utils/kbn';
-import { useFolder } from '../../hooks/useFolder';
-import { RuleStats } from './RuleStats';
 import { EditCloudGroupModal } from './EditCloudGroupModal';
+import { RulesTable } from './RulesTable';
+import { RuleStats } from './RuleStats';
 
 interface Props {
   namespace: CombinedRuleNamespace;
@@ -22,9 +25,11 @@ interface Props {
 
 export const RulesGroup: FC<Props> = React.memo(({ group, namespace, expandAll }) => {
   const { rulesSource } = namespace;
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
   const [isEditingGroup, setIsEditingGroup] = useState(false);
+  const [isDeletingGroup, setIsDeletingGroup] = useState(false);
   const [isCollapsed, setIsCollapsed] = useState(!expandAll);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -39,6 +44,11 @@ export const RulesGroup: FC<Props> = React.memo(({ group, namespace, expandAll }
   // group "is deleting" if rules source has ruler, but this group has no rules that are in ruler
   const isDeleting = hasRuler(rulesSource) && !group.rules.find((rule) => !!rule.rulerRule);
 
+  const deleteGroup = () => {
+    dispatch(deleteRulesGroupAction(namespace, group));
+    setIsDeletingGroup(false);
+  };
+
   const actionIcons: React.ReactNode[] = [];
 
   // for grafana, link to folder views
@@ -88,6 +98,17 @@ export const RulesGroup: FC<Props> = React.memo(({ group, namespace, expandAll }
         onClick={() => setIsEditingGroup(true)}
       />
     );
+
+    actionIcons.push(
+      <ActionIcon
+        aria-label="delete rule group"
+        data-testid="delete-group"
+        key="delete-group"
+        icon="trash-alt"
+        tooltip="delete rule group"
+        onClick={() => setIsDeletingGroup(true)}
+      />
+    );
   }
 
   const groupName = isCloudRulesSource(rulesSource) ? `${namespace.name} > ${group.name}` : namespace.name;
@@ -129,6 +150,22 @@ export const RulesGroup: FC<Props> = React.memo(({ group, namespace, expandAll }
       {isEditingGroup && (
         <EditCloudGroupModal group={group} namespace={namespace} onClose={() => setIsEditingGroup(false)} />
       )}
+      <ConfirmModal
+        isOpen={isDeletingGroup}
+        title="Delete group"
+        body={
+          <div>
+            Deleting this group will permanently remove the group
+            <br />
+            and {group.rules.length} alert {pluralize('rule', group.rules.length)} belonging to it.
+            <br />
+            Are you sure you want to delete this group?
+          </div>
+        }
+        onConfirm={deleteGroup}
+        onDismiss={() => setIsDeletingGroup(false)}
+        confirmText="Delete"
+      />
     </div>
   );
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
index 38e4a4fdb40..c8c5113ef4a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,14 @@ import {
   TestReceiversAlert,
 } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 import { FolderDTO, NotifierDTO, ThunkResult } from 'app/types';
-import { RuleIdentifier, RuleNamespace, RuleWithLocation, StateHistoryItem } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
+import {
+  CombinedRuleGroup,
+  CombinedRuleNamespace,
+  RuleIdentifier,
+  RuleNamespace,
+  RuleWithLocation,
+  StateHistoryItem,
+} from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
 import {
   PostableRulerRuleGroupDTO,
   RulerGrafanaRuleDTO,
@@ -49,6 +56,7 @@ import {
 import { RuleFormType, RuleFormValues } from '../types/rule-form';
 import {
   getAllRulesSourceNames,
+  getRulesSourceName,
   GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME,
   isGrafanaRulesSource,
   isVanillaPrometheusAlertManagerDataSource,
@@ -263,6 +271,24 @@ async function deleteRule(ruleWithLocation: RuleWithLocation): Promise<void> {
   });
 }
 
+export function deleteRulesGroupAction(
+  namespace: CombinedRuleNamespace,
+  ruleGroup: CombinedRuleGroup
+): ThunkResult<void> {
+  return async (dispatch) => {
+    withAppEvents(
+      (async () => {
+        const sourceName = getRulesSourceName(namespace.rulesSource);
+
+        await deleteRulerRulesGroup(sourceName, namespace.name, ruleGroup.name);
+        dispatch(fetchRulerRulesAction({ rulesSourceName: sourceName }));
+        dispatch(fetchPromRulesAction({ rulesSourceName: sourceName }));
+      })(),
+      { successMessage: 'Group deleted' }
+    );
+  };
+}
+
 export function deleteRuleAction(
   ruleIdentifier: RuleIdentifier,
   options: { navigateTo?: string } = {}