diff --git a/internal/auth/password/repository_account.go b/internal/auth/password/repository_account.go
index 396e024a0..e3430c8b3 100644
--- a/internal/auth/password/repository_account.go
+++ b/internal/auth/password/repository_account.go
@@ -99,6 +99,38 @@ func (r *Repository) ListAccounts(ctx context.Context, withAuthMethodId string,
 	return accts, nil
 }
 
+// DeleteAccount deletes the account for the provided id from the repository returning a count of the
+// number of records deleted.  All options are ignored.
+func (r *Repository) DeleteAccount(ctx context.Context, withPublicId string, opt ...Option) (int, error) {
+	if withPublicId == "" {
+		return db.NoRowsAffected, fmt.Errorf("delete: password account: missing public id: %w", db.ErrInvalidParameter)
+	}
+	ac := allocAccount()
+	ac.PublicId = withPublicId
+
+	var rowsDeleted int
+	_, err := r.writer.DoTx(
+		ctx,
+		db.StdRetryCnt,
+		db.ExpBackoff{},
+		func(_ db.Reader, w db.Writer) (err error) {
+			metadata := ac.oplog(oplog.OpType_OP_TYPE_DELETE)
+			dAc := ac.clone()
+			rowsDeleted, err = w.Delete(ctx, dAc, db.WithOplog(r.wrapper, metadata))
+			if err == nil && rowsDeleted > 1 {
+				return db.ErrMultipleRecords
+			}
+			return err
+		},
+	)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return db.NoRowsAffected, fmt.Errorf("delete: password account: %s: %w", withPublicId, err)
+	}
+
+	return rowsDeleted, nil
+}
+
 var reInvalidUserName = regexp.MustCompile("[^a-z0-9.]")
 
 func validUserName(u string) bool {
diff --git a/internal/auth/password/repository_account_test.go b/internal/auth/password/repository_account_test.go
index e0495ed53..527445e39 100644
--- a/internal/auth/password/repository_account_test.go
+++ b/internal/auth/password/repository_account_test.go
@@ -337,6 +337,57 @@ func TestRepository_LookupAccount(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRepository_DeleteAccount(t *testing.T) {
+	conn, _ := db.TestSetup(t, "postgres")
+	rw := db.New(conn)
+	wrapper := db.TestWrapper(t)
+
+	authMethod := testAuthMethods(t, conn, 1)[0]
+	account := testAccounts(t, conn, authMethod.GetScopeId(), authMethod.GetPublicId(), 1)[0]
+
+	newAcctId, err := newAccountId()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	var tests = []struct {
+		name      string
+		in        string
+		want      int
+		wantIsErr error
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "With no public id",
+			wantIsErr: db.ErrInvalidParameter,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "With non existing account id",
+			in:   newAcctId,
+			want: 0,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "With existing account id",
+			in:   account.GetPublicId(),
+			want: 1,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert, require := assert.New(t), require.New(t)
+			repo, err := NewRepository(rw, rw, wrapper)
+			assert.NoError(err)
+			require.NotNil(repo)
+			got, err := repo.DeleteAccount(context.Background(), tt.in)
+			if tt.wantIsErr != nil {
+				assert.Truef(errors.Is(err, tt.wantIsErr), "want err: %q got: %q", tt.wantIsErr, err)
+				assert.Zero(got)
+				return
+			}
+			require.NoError(err)
+			assert.EqualValues(tt.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRepository_ListAccounts(t *testing.T) {
 	conn, _ := db.TestSetup(t, "postgres")
 	rw := db.New(conn)