diff --git a/dev/tests/verification/Resources/BasicFunctionalTest.txt b/dev/tests/verification/Resources/BasicFunctionalTest.txt
index c500628b8..3452b8883 100644
--- a/dev/tests/verification/Resources/BasicFunctionalTest.txt
+++ b/dev/tests/verification/Resources/BasicFunctionalTest.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ class BasicFunctionalTestCest
 		$I->clickWithRightButton("#element .4123#element", 200, 300);
 		$I->closeTab();
 		$I->conditionalClick(".functionalTestSelector", ".functionalDependentTestSelector", true);
+		$I->amGoingTo("delete entity that has the createDataKey: createKey1");
+		$createKey1->deleteEntity();
+		$I->deleteEntityByUrl("/V1/categories{$grabbedData}");
 		$I->dontSee("someInput", ".functionalTestSelector");
 		$I->dontSeeCheckboxIsChecked(".functionalTestSelector");
 		$I->dontSeeCookie("someInput");
diff --git a/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/Test/BasicFunctionalTest.xml b/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/Test/BasicFunctionalTest.xml
index 77122d42f..70ba6299f 100644
--- a/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/Test/BasicFunctionalTest.xml
+++ b/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/Test/BasicFunctionalTest.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
         <clickWithRightButton selector="{{SampleSection.simpleElementOneParam('4123')}}{{SampleSection.simpleElement}}" x="{{offset.x}}" y="{{offset.y}}" stepKey="clickWithRightButtonKeyXY1" />
         <closeTab stepKey="closeTabKey1"/>
         <conditionalClick selector=".functionalTestSelector" dependentSelector=".functionalDependentTestSelector" visible="true" stepKey="conditionalClickKey1"/>
+        <deleteData stepKey="deleteKey1" createDataKey="createKey1"/>
+        <deleteData stepKey="deleteKey2" url="/V1/categories{$grabbedData}"/>
         <dontSee userInput="someInput" selector=".functionalTestSelector" stepKey="dontSeeKey1" />
         <dontSeeCheckboxIsChecked selector=".functionalTestSelector" stepKey="dontSeeCheckboxIsCheckedKey1"/>
         <dontSeeCookie userInput="someInput" stepKey="dontSeeCookieKey1"/>
diff --git a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Module/MagentoWebDriver.php b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Module/MagentoWebDriver.php
index 606437cd6..25bb65e07 100644
--- a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Module/MagentoWebDriver.php
+++ b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Module/MagentoWebDriver.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 use Codeception\Exception\ModuleException;
 use Codeception\Util\Uri;
 use Codeception\Util\ActionSequence;
+use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\DataGenerator\Persist\Curl\WebapiExecutor;
 use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\Util\Protocol\CurlTransport;
 use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\Util\Protocol\CurlInterface;
 use Magento\Setup\Exception;
@@ -437,7 +438,6 @@ public function scrollToTopOfPage()
      */
     public function magentoCLI($command)
     {
-
         $apiURL = $this->config['url'] . getenv('MAGENTO_CLI_COMMAND_PATH');
         $executor = new CurlTransport();
         $executor->write($apiURL, [getenv('MAGENTO_CLI_COMMAND_PARAMETER') => $command], CurlInterface::POST, []);
@@ -446,6 +446,21 @@ public function magentoCLI($command)
         return $response;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Runs DELETE request to delete a Magento entity against the url given.
+     * @param string $url
+     * @param int $storeCode
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function deleteEntityByUrl($url, $storeCode = null)
+    {
+        $executor = new WebapiExecutor($storeCode);
+        $executor->write($url, [], CurlInterface::DELETE, []);
+        $response = $executor->read();
+        $executor->close();
+        return $response;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Conditional click for an area that should be visible
      *
diff --git a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Objects/ActionObject.php b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Objects/ActionObject.php
index 10cd77937..84f073c04 100644
--- a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Objects/ActionObject.php
+++ b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Objects/ActionObject.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\DataGenerator\Handlers\DataObjectHandler;
 use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\DataGenerator\Objects\EntityDataObject;
+use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\Exceptions\XmlException;
 use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\ObjectManager\ObjectHandlerInterface;
 use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\Page\Objects\PageObject;
 use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\Page\Objects\SectionObject;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ class ActionObject
     const ASSERTION_ATTRIBUTES = ["expectedResult" => "expected", "actualResult" => "actual"];
     const ASSERTION_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE = "type";
     const ASSERTION_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE = "value";
+    const DELETE_DATA_MUTUAL_EXCLUSIVE_ATTRIBUTES = ["url", "createDataKey"];
     const EXTERNAL_URL_AREA_INVALID_ACTIONS = ['amOnPage'];
     const MERGE_ACTION_ORDER_AFTER = 'after';
     const MERGE_ACTION_ORDER_BEFORE = 'before';
@@ -229,6 +231,9 @@ public function resolveReferences()
             $this->resolveSelectorReferenceAndTimeout();
             $this->resolveUrlReference();
             $this->resolveDataInputReferences();
+            if ($this->getType() == "deleteData") {
+                $this->validateMutuallyExclusiveAttributes(self::DELETE_DATA_MUTUAL_EXCLUSIVE_ATTRIBUTES);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -496,6 +501,28 @@ private function findAndReplaceReferences($objectHandler, $inputString)
         return $outputString;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Validates that the mutually exclusive attributes passed in don't all occur.
+     * @param array $attributes
+     * @return void
+     * @throws TestReferenceException
+     */
+    private function validateMutuallyExclusiveAttributes(array $attributes)
+    {
+        $matches = array_intersect($attributes, array_keys($this->getCustomActionAttributes()));
+        if (count($matches) > 1) {
+            throw new TestReferenceException(
+                "Actions of type '{$this->getType()}' must only contain one attribute of types '"
+                . implode("', '", $attributes) . "'"
+            );
+        } elseif (count($matches) == 0) {
+            throw new TestReferenceException(
+                "Actions of type '{$this->getType()}' must contain at least one attribute of types '"
+                . implode("', '", $attributes) . "'"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Validates the page objects area 'external' against a list of known incompatible types
      *
diff --git a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/etc/Actions/dataActions.xsd b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/etc/Actions/dataActions.xsd
index ad8ea9414..93c07b991 100644
--- a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/etc/Actions/dataActions.xsd
+++ b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/etc/Actions/dataActions.xsd
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
         </xs:annotation>
         <xs:simpleContent>
             <xs:extension base="xs:string">
-                <xs:attribute ref="createDataKey" use="required"/>
+                <xs:attribute ref="url"/>
+                <xs:attribute ref="createDataKey"/>
                 <xs:attributeGroup ref="commonActionAttributes"/>
                 <xs:attribute ref="storeCode"/>
             </xs:extension>
diff --git a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Util/TestGenerator.php b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Util/TestGenerator.php
index a18d1e086..0d30717a2 100644
--- a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Util/TestGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Util/TestGenerator.php
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ public function generateStepsPhp($actionObjects, $hookObject = false, $actor = "
                 $input = $this->addUniquenessFunctionCall($customActionAttributes['userInput']);
             } elseif (isset($customActionAttributes['url'])) {
                 $input = $this->addUniquenessFunctionCall($customActionAttributes['url']);
+                $url = $this->addUniquenessFunctionCall($customActionAttributes['url']);
             } elseif (isset($customActionAttributes['expectedValue'])) {
                 //For old Assert backwards Compatibility, remove when deprecating
                 $assertExpected = $this->addUniquenessFunctionCall($customActionAttributes['expectedValue']);
@@ -712,18 +713,37 @@ public function generateStepsPhp($actionObjects, $hookObject = false, $actor = "
                     $testSteps .= $createEntityFunctionCall;
                     break;
                 case "deleteData":
-                    $key = $customActionAttributes['createDataKey'];
-                    //Add an informative statement to help the user debug test runs
-                    $testSteps .= sprintf(
-                        "\t\t$%s->amGoingTo(\"delete entity that has the createDataKey: %s\");\n",
-                        $actor,
-                        $key
-                    );
+                    if (isset($customActionAttributes['createDataKey'])) {
+                        $key = $customActionAttributes['createDataKey'];
+                        //Add an informative statement to help the user debug test runs
+                        $testSteps .= sprintf(
+                            "\t\t$%s->amGoingTo(\"delete entity that has the createDataKey: %s\");\n",
+                            $actor,
+                            $key
+                        );
 
-                    if ($hookObject) {
-                        $testSteps .= sprintf("\t\t\$this->%s->deleteEntity();\n", $key);
+                        if ($hookObject) {
+                            $testSteps .= sprintf("\t\t\$this->%s->deleteEntity();\n", $key);
+                        } else {
+                            $testSteps .= sprintf("\t\t$%s->deleteEntity();\n", $key);
+                        }
                     } else {
-                        $testSteps .= sprintf("\t\t$%s->deleteEntity();\n", $key);
+                        $output = sprintf(
+                            "\t\t$%s->deleteEntityByUrl(%s",
+                            $actor,
+                            $url
+                        );
+                        $storeCode = null;
+                        if (isset($customActionAttributes["storeCode"])) {
+                            $storeCode = $customActionAttributes["storeCode"];
+                            $output .= sprintf(
+                                ", %s",
+                                $storeCode
+                            );
+                        }
+                        $output .= ");\n";
+                        $output = $this->resolveEnvReferences($output, [$url, $storeCode]);
+                        $testSteps .= $this->resolveTestVariable($output, [$url, $storeCode], null);
                     }
                     break;
                 case "updateData":