diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index d07d7fa7933b..e3a9ce9b6a98 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 *Winlogbeat*
 
 - Add support for custom XML queries {issue}1054[1054] {pull}29330[29330]
+- Add support for sysmon event ID 26; FileDeleteDetected. {issue}26280[26280] {pull}29957[29957]
 
 *Elastic Log Driver*
 
diff --git a/x-pack/winlogbeat/module/sysmon/ingest/sysmon.yml b/x-pack/winlogbeat/module/sysmon/ingest/sysmon.yml
index db28eb13cf78..2ace6b3f66da 100644
--- a/x-pack/winlogbeat/module/sysmon/ingest/sysmon.yml
+++ b/x-pack/winlogbeat/module/sysmon/ingest/sysmon.yml
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ processors:
             - process
           type:
             - change
+        "26":
+          category:
+            - file
+          type:
+            - deletion
       tag: Add ECS categorization fields
       source: |-
         if (ctx?.event?.code == null || params.get(ctx.event.code) == null) {
@@ -237,7 +242,7 @@ processors:
       target_field: process.hash
       if: |-
         ctx?._temp?.hashes != null &&
-        ["1", "23", "24", "25"].contains(ctx.event.code)
+        ["1", "23", "24", "25", "26"].contains(ctx.event.code)
   - rename:
       field: process.hash.imphash
       target_field: process.pe.imphash
diff --git a/x-pack/winlogbeat/module/sysmon/test/testdata/sysmon-11-filedeletedetected.evtx b/x-pack/winlogbeat/module/sysmon/test/testdata/sysmon-11-filedeletedetected.evtx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8a0c028b129c
Binary files /dev/null and b/x-pack/winlogbeat/module/sysmon/test/testdata/sysmon-11-filedeletedetected.evtx differ
diff --git a/x-pack/winlogbeat/module/sysmon/test/testdata/sysmon-11-filedeletedetected.evtx.golden.json b/x-pack/winlogbeat/module/sysmon/test/testdata/sysmon-11-filedeletedetected.evtx.golden.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be766c23f9ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/winlogbeat/module/sysmon/test/testdata/sysmon-11-filedeletedetected.evtx.golden.json
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+[
+  {
+    "@timestamp": "2022-01-24T05:12:34.328Z",
+    "event": {
+      "category": [
+        "file"
+      ],
+      "code": "26",
+      "kind": "event",
+      "module": "sysmon",
+      "provider": "Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon",
+      "type": [
+        "deletion"
+      ]
+    },
+    "file": {
+      "directory": "C:\\Windows\\ServiceState\\EventLog\\Data",
+      "extension": "dat",
+      "name": "lastalive1.dat",
+      "path": "C:\\Windows\\ServiceState\\EventLog\\Data\\lastalive1.dat"
+    },
+    "host": {
+      "name": "vagrant"
+    },
+    "log": {
+      "level": "information"
+    },
+    "process": {
+      "entity_id": "{63a74932-a2b4-61ee-1b00-000000000700}",
+      "executable": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\svchost.exe",
+      "hash": {
+        "sha256": "a94808e7c66973b122f66ec6611019c745a9602f8e944f53635cab58aef35a79"
+      },
+      "name": "svchost.exe",
+      "pid": 1264
+    },
+    "related": {
+      "hash": "a94808e7c66973b122f66ec6611019c745a9602f8e944f53635cab58aef35a79",
+      "user": "LOCAL SERVICE"
+    },
+    "rule": {
+      "name": "-"
+    },
+    "sysmon": {
+      "file": {
+        "is_executable": false
+      }
+    },
+    "user": {
+      "domain": "NT AUTHORITY",
+      "id": "S-1-5-18",
+      "name": "LOCAL SERVICE"
+    },
+    "winlog": {
+      "api": "wineventlog",
+      "channel": "Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational",
+      "computer_name": "vagrant",
+      "event_id": "26",
+      "process": {
+        "pid": 2764,
+        "thread": {
+          "id": 3792
+        }
+      },
+      "provider_guid": "{5770385f-c22a-43e0-bf4c-06f5698ffbd9}",
+      "provider_name": "Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon",
+      "record_id": 456,
+      "user": {
+        "identifier": "S-1-5-18"
+      },
+      "version": 5
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "@timestamp": "2022-01-24T05:12:51.031Z",
+    "event": {
+      "category": [
+        "file"
+      ],
+      "code": "26",
+      "kind": "event",
+      "module": "sysmon",
+      "provider": "Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon",
+      "type": [
+        "deletion"
+      ]
+    },
+    "file": {
+      "directory": "C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\DeviceMetadataCache",
+      "extension": "000",
+      "name": "OLDCACHE.000",
+      "path": "C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\DeviceMetadataCache\\OLDCACHE.000"
+    },
+    "host": {
+      "name": "vagrant"
+    },
+    "log": {
+      "level": "information"
+    },
+    "process": {
+      "entity_id": "{63a74932-3523-61ee-af00-000000000700}",
+      "executable": "C:\\Windows\\system32\\svchost.exe",
+      "hash": {
+        "sha256": "d78fbf654d84ddf2cb4fe221f7d8b61e0decdee48a4687915e6e4a2296e2418b"
+      },
+      "name": "svchost.exe",
+      "pid": 1364
+    },
+    "related": {
+      "hash": "d78fbf654d84ddf2cb4fe221f7d8b61e0decdee48a4687915e6e4a2296e2418b",
+      "user": "SYSTEM"
+    },
+    "rule": {
+      "name": "-"
+    },
+    "sysmon": {
+      "file": {
+        "is_executable": false
+      }
+    },
+    "user": {
+      "domain": "NT AUTHORITY",
+      "id": "S-1-5-18",
+      "name": "SYSTEM"
+    },
+    "winlog": {
+      "api": "wineventlog",
+      "channel": "Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational",
+      "computer_name": "vagrant",
+      "event_id": "26",
+      "process": {
+        "pid": 2764,
+        "thread": {
+          "id": 3792
+        }
+      },
+      "provider_guid": "{5770385f-c22a-43e0-bf4c-06f5698ffbd9}",
+      "provider_name": "Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon",
+      "record_id": 457,
+      "user": {
+        "identifier": "S-1-5-18"
+      },
+      "version": 5
+    }
+  }
+]
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