diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectDetail/ProjectDetail.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectDetail/ProjectDetail.jsx
index 19030a798e..f08c8951cf 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectDetail/ProjectDetail.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectDetail/ProjectDetail.jsx
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { Link, useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { withI18n } from '@lingui/react';
 import { t } from '@lingui/macro';
 import { Project } from '@types';
 import { Config } from '@contexts/Config';
+
 import { Button, List, ListItem } from '@patternfly/react-core';
+import AlertModal from '@components/AlertModal';
 import { CardBody, CardActionsRow } from '@components/Card';
+import ContentLoading from '@components/ContentLoading';
+import DeleteButton from '@components/DeleteButton';
 import { DetailList, Detail, UserDateDetail } from '@components/DetailList';
+import ErrorDetail from '@components/ErrorDetail';
 import { CredentialChip } from '@components/Chip';
+import { ProjectsAPI } from '@api';
 import { toTitleCase } from '@util/strings';
 
 function ProjectDetail({ project, i18n }) {
@@ -30,6 +36,20 @@ function ProjectDetail({ project, i18n }) {
     scm_url,
     summary_fields,
   } = project;
+  const [deletionError, setDeletionError] = useState(null);
+  const [hasContentLoading, setHasContentLoading] = useState(false);
+  const history = useHistory();
+
+  const handleDelete = async () => {
+    setHasContentLoading(true);
+    try {
+      await ProjectsAPI.destroy(id);
+      history.push(`/projects`);
+    } catch (error) {
+      setDeletionError(error);
+    }
+    setHasContentLoading(false);
+  };
 
   let optionsList = '';
   if (
@@ -54,6 +74,10 @@ function ProjectDetail({ project, i18n }) {
     );
   }
 
+  if (hasContentLoading) {
+    return <ContentLoading />;
+  }
+
   return (
     <CardBody>
       <DetailList gutter="sm">
@@ -138,7 +162,29 @@ function ProjectDetail({ project, i18n }) {
               {i18n._(t`Edit`)}
             </Button>
           )}
+        {summary_fields.user_capabilities &&
+          summary_fields.user_capabilities.delete && (
+            <DeleteButton
+              name={name}
+              modalTitle={i18n._(t`Delete Project`)}
+              onConfirm={handleDelete}
+            >
+              {i18n._(t`Delete`)}
+            </DeleteButton>
+          )}
       </CardActionsRow>
+      {/* Update delete modal to show dependencies https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/5546 */}
+      {deletionError && (
+        <AlertModal
+          isOpen={deletionError}
+          variant="danger"
+          title={i18n._(t`Error!`)}
+          onClose={() => setDeletionError(null)}
+        >
+          {i18n._(t`Failed to delete project.`)}
+          <ErrorDetail error={deletionError} />
+        </AlertModal>
+      )}
     </CardBody>
   );
 }
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectDetail/ProjectDetail.test.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectDetail/ProjectDetail.test.jsx
index d0eb66ca66..33f8e71254 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectDetail/ProjectDetail.test.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectDetail/ProjectDetail.test.jsx
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
 import { createMemoryHistory } from 'history';
 import { mountWithContexts, waitForElement } from '@testUtils/enzymeHelpers';
+import { ProjectsAPI } from '@api';
 import ProjectDetail from './ProjectDetail';
 
+jest.mock('@api');
+
 describe('<ProjectDetail />', () => {
   const mockProject = {
     id: 1,
@@ -122,6 +126,7 @@ describe('<ProjectDetail />', () => {
 
   test('should hide options label when all project options return false', () => {
     const mockOptions = {
+      scm_type: '',
       scm_clean: false,
       scm_delete_on_update: false,
       scm_update_on_launch: false,
@@ -135,7 +140,7 @@ describe('<ProjectDetail />', () => {
     expect(wrapper.find('Detail[label="Options"]').length).toBe(0);
   });
 
-  test('should render with missing summary fields', async done => {
+  test('should render with missing summary fields', async () => {
     const wrapper = mountWithContexts(
       <ProjectDetail project={{ ...mockProject, summary_fields: {} }} />
     );
@@ -144,10 +149,9 @@ describe('<ProjectDetail />', () => {
       'Detail[label="Name"]',
       el => el.length === 1
     );
-    done();
   });
 
-  test('should show edit button for users with edit permission', async done => {
+  test('should show edit button for users with edit permission', async () => {
     const wrapper = mountWithContexts(<ProjectDetail project={mockProject} />);
     const editButton = await waitForElement(
       wrapper,
@@ -155,10 +159,9 @@ describe('<ProjectDetail />', () => {
     );
     expect(editButton.text()).toEqual('Edit');
     expect(editButton.prop('to')).toBe(`/projects/${mockProject.id}/edit`);
-    done();
   });
 
-  test('should hide edit button for users without edit permission', async done => {
+  test('should hide edit button for users without edit permission', async () => {
     const wrapper = mountWithContexts(
       <ProjectDetail
         project={{
@@ -175,7 +178,6 @@ describe('<ProjectDetail />', () => {
     expect(wrapper.find('ProjectDetail Button[aria-label="edit"]').length).toBe(
       0
     );
-    done();
   });
 
   test('edit button should navigate to project edit', () => {
@@ -189,4 +191,37 @@ describe('<ProjectDetail />', () => {
       .simulate('click', { button: 0 });
     expect(history.location.pathname).toEqual('/projects/1/edit');
   });
+
+  test('expected api calls are made for delete', async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountWithContexts(<ProjectDetail project={mockProject} />);
+    await waitForElement(wrapper, 'ProjectDetail Button[aria-label="Delete"]');
+    await act(async () => {
+      wrapper.find('DeleteButton').invoke('onConfirm')();
+    });
+    expect(ProjectsAPI.destroy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  test('Error dialog shown for failed deletion', async () => {
+    ProjectsAPI.destroy.mockImplementationOnce(() =>
+      Promise.reject(new Error())
+    );
+    const wrapper = mountWithContexts(<ProjectDetail project={mockProject} />);
+    await waitForElement(wrapper, 'ProjectDetail Button[aria-label="Delete"]');
+    await act(async () => {
+      wrapper.find('DeleteButton').invoke('onConfirm')();
+    });
+    await waitForElement(
+      wrapper,
+      'Modal[title="Error!"]',
+      el => el.length === 1
+    );
+    await act(async () => {
+      wrapper.find('Modal[title="Error!"]').invoke('onClose')();
+    });
+    await waitForElement(
+      wrapper,
+      'Modal[title="Error!"]',
+      el => el.length === 0
+    );
+  });
 });