diff --git a/lib/cask/artifact/uninstall_base.rb b/lib/cask/artifact/uninstall_base.rb
index 4af12d23832cc..58792bc727e60 100644
--- a/lib/cask/artifact/uninstall_base.rb
+++ b/lib/cask/artifact/uninstall_base.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def dispatch_uninstall_directives(stanza)
     ohai "Running #{stanza} process for #{@cask}; your password may be necessary"
 
     directives_set.each do |directives|
-      unknown_keys = directives.keys - [:early_script, :launchctl, :quit, :signal, :kext, :script, :pkgutil, :files]
+      unknown_keys = directives.keys - [:early_script, :launchctl, :quit, :signal, :kext, :script, :pkgutil, :files, :delete, :trash]
       unless unknown_keys.empty?
         opoo %Q{Unknown arguments to #{stanza} -- #{unknown_keys.inspect}. Running "brew update && brew upgrade brew-cask && brew cleanup && brew cask cleanup" will likely fix it.}
       end
@@ -144,6 +144,23 @@ def dispatch_uninstall_directives(stanza)
       end
     end
 
+    directives_set.select{ |h| h.key?(:delete) }.each do |directives|
+      Array(directives[:delete]).flatten.each_slice(500) do |file_slice|
+        ohai "Removing files: #{file_slice.utf8_inspect}"
+        @command.run!('/bin/rm', :args => file_slice.unshift('-rf', '--'), :sudo => true)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # :trash functionality is stubbed as a synonym for :delete
+    # todo: make :trash work differently, moving files to the Trash
+    directives_set.select{ |h| h.key?(:trash) }.each do |directives|
+      Array(directives[:trash]).flatten.each_slice(500) do |file_slice|
+        ohai "Removing files: #{file_slice.utf8_inspect}"
+        @command.run!('/bin/rm', :args => file_slice.unshift('-rf', '--'), :sudo => true)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # todo: remove support for deprecated :files both here and elsewhere
     directives_set.select{ |h| h.key?(:files) }.each do |directives|
       Array(directives[:files]).flatten.each_slice(500) do |file_slice|
         ohai "Removing files: #{file_slice.utf8_inspect}"