diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Util/Device.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Util/Device.pm
index 472fc543..3cb3c08b 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Util/Device.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Util/Device.pm
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Returns true if the transaction completes, else returns false.
 =cut
 
 sub delete_device {
-  my ($ip, $archive, $log) = @_;
+  my ($ip, $archive) = @_;
   my $device = get_device($ip) or return 0;
   return 0 if not $device->in_storage;
 
@@ -87,13 +87,6 @@ sub delete_device {
     schema(vars->{'tenant'})->resultset('Device')
       ->search({ ip => $device->ip })->delete({archive_nodes => $archive});
 
-    schema(vars->{'tenant'})->resultset('UserLog')->create({
-      username => session('logged_in_user'),
-      userip => scalar eval {request->remote_address},
-      event => (sprintf "Delete device %s", $device->ip),
-      details => $log,
-    });
-
     $happy = 1;
   });
 
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/AdminTask.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/AdminTask.pm
index 9eb9322c..7e1f8859 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/AdminTask.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/AdminTask.pm
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ use Dancer::Plugin::Auth::Extensible;
 
 use NetAddr::IP qw/:rfc3021 :lower/;
 use App::Netdisco::JobQueue 'jq_insert';
-use App::Netdisco::Util::Device qw/delete_device renumber_device/;
+use App::Netdisco::Util::Device qw/renumber_device/;
 
 sub add_job {
-    my ($action, $device, $subaction) = @_;
+    my ($action, $device, $extra, $port) = @_;
 
     my $net = NetAddr::IP->new($device);
     return if
@@ -18,15 +18,29 @@ sub add_job {
 
     my @hostlist = $device ? ($net->hostenum) : (undef);
 
-    jq_insert([map {{
-      ($_ ? (device => $_->addr) : ()),
+    my $happy = jq_insert([map {{
       action => $action,
-      ($subaction ? (subaction => $subaction) : ()),
+      ($_     ? (device => $_->addr) : ()),
+      ($port  ? (port   => $port)    : ()),
+      ($extra ? (extra  => $extra)   : ()),
       username => session('logged_in_user'),
-      userip => request->remote_address,
+      userip => scalar eval {request->remote_address},
     }} @hostlist]);
 
-    true;
+    foreach my $h (@hostlist) {
+        next unless defined $h;
+        my $msg = ($happy ? "Queued job to $action device \%s"
+                          : "Failed to queue job to $action device \%s");
+
+        schema(vars->{'tenant'})->resultset('UserLog')->create({
+          username => session('logged_in_user'),
+          userip => scalar eval {request->remote_address},
+          event => (sprintf $msg, $h->addr),
+          details => ($extra || 'no user log supplied'),
+        });
+    }
+
+    return $happy;
 }
 
 foreach my $action (@{ setting('job_prio')->{high} },
@@ -35,12 +49,12 @@ foreach my $action (@{ setting('job_prio')->{high} },
     next if $action and $action =~ m/^hook::/; # skip hooks
 
     ajax "/ajax/control/admin/$action" => require_role admin => sub {
-        add_job($action, param('device'), param('extra'))
+        add_job($action, param('device'), param('extra'), param('port'))
           or send_error('Bad device', 400);
     };
 
     post "/admin/$action" => require_role admin => sub {
-        add_job($action, param('device'), param('extra'))
+        add_job($action, param('device'), param('extra'), param('port'))
           ? redirect uri_for('/admin/jobqueue')->path
           : redirect uri_for('/')->path;
     };
@@ -61,18 +75,6 @@ ajax qr{/ajax/control/admin/(?:\w+/)?renumber} => require_role setting('defanged
     return renumber_device( $device->addr, $newip->addr );
 };
 
-ajax qr{/ajax/control/admin/(?:\w+/)?delete} => require_role setting('defanged_admin') => sub {
-    send_error('Missing device', 400) unless param('device');
-
-    my $device = NetAddr::IP->new(param('device'));
-    send_error('Bad device', 400)
-      if ! $device or $device->addr eq '0.0.0.0';
-
-    return delete_device(
-      $device->addr, param('archive'), param('log'),
-    );
-};
-
 ajax "/ajax/control/admin/snapshot_req" => require_role admin => sub {
     my $device = NetAddr::IP->new(param('device'));
     send_error('Bad device', 400)
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Delete.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Delete.pm
index 5597b7e2..a1e4e8b6 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Delete.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Delete.pm
@@ -14,11 +14,21 @@ register_worker({ phase => 'check' }, sub {
 
 register_worker({ phase => 'main' }, sub {
   my ($job, $workerconf) = @_;
-  my ($device, $port, $extra) = map {$job->$_} qw/device port extra/;
+  my ($device, $port) = map {$job->$_} qw/device port/;
+
+  # support for Hooks
+  vars->{'hook_data'} = { $device->get_columns };
+  delete vars->{'hook_data'}->{'snmp_comm'}; # for privacy
 
   $port = ($port ? 1 : 0);
-  delete_device($device, $port, $extra);
-  return Status->done("Deleted device: $device");
+  my $happy = delete_device($device, $port);
+
+  if ($happy) {
+      return Status->done("Deleted device: $device")
+  }
+  else {
+      return Status->error("Failed to delete device: $device")
+  }
 });
 
 true;
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Delete/Hooks.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Delete/Hooks.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..062f913f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Delete/Hooks.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin::Delete::Hooks;
+
+use Dancer ':syntax';
+use App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin;
+use aliased 'App::Netdisco::Worker::Status';
+
+use App::Netdisco::Util::Worker;
+use App::Netdisco::Util::Permission qw/check_acl_no check_acl_only/;
+
+register_worker({ phase => 'late' }, sub {
+  my ($job, $workerconf) = @_;
+  my $count = 0;
+
+  foreach my $conf (@{ setting('hooks') }) {
+    my $no   = ($conf->{'filter'}->{'no'}   || []);
+    my $only = ($conf->{'filter'}->{'only'} || []);
+
+    next if check_acl_no( $job->device, $no );
+    next unless check_acl_only( $job->device, $only);
+
+    if ($conf->{'event'} eq 'delete') {
+      $count += queue_hook('delete', $conf);
+      debug sprintf ' [%s] hooks - %s queued', 'delete', $job->device;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return Status
+    ->info(sprintf ' [%s] hooks - %d queued', $job->device, $count);
+});
+
+true;
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Expire.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Expire.pm
index 03093f48..934ed136 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Expire.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Expire.pm
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin;
 use aliased 'App::Netdisco::Worker::Status';
 
 use Dancer::Plugin::DBIC 'schema';
+use App::Netdisco::JobQueue 'jq_insert';
 use App::Netdisco::Util::Statistics 'update_stats';
 use App::Netdisco::DB::ExplicitLocking ':modes';
 
@@ -13,11 +14,16 @@ register_worker({ phase => 'main' }, sub {
 
   if (setting('expire_devices') and setting('expire_devices') > 0) {
       schema('netdisco')->txn_do(sub {
-        schema('netdisco')->resultset('Device')->search({
-          -or => [ 'vendor' => undef, 'vendor' => { '!=' => 'netdisco' }],
+        my @hostlist = schema('netdisco')->resultset('Device')->search({
+          -not_bool => 'is_pseudo',
           last_discover => \[q/< (LOCALTIMESTAMP - ?::interval)/,
               (setting('expire_devices') * 86400)],
-        })->delete();
+        })->get_column('ip')->all;
+
+        my $happy = jq_insert([map {{
+          device => $_,
+          action => 'delete',
+        }} @hostlist]);
       });
   }
 
diff --git a/share/config.yml b/share/config.yml
index 3a9f8f0a..c5ae8026 100644
--- a/share/config.yml
+++ b/share/config.yml
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ job_prio:
     - power
     - snapshot
     - vlan
+    - delete
   normal:
     - arpnip
     - arpwalk
@@ -493,6 +494,7 @@ worker_plugins:
   - 'Arpwalk'
   - 'Contact'
   - 'Delete'
+  - 'Delete::Hooks'
   - 'Discover'
   - 'Discover::CanonicalIP'
   - 'Discover::Entities'
diff --git a/share/views/ajax/admintask/duplicatedevices.tt b/share/views/ajax/admintask/duplicatedevices.tt
index 44315131..9eeececa 100644
--- a/share/views/ajax/admintask/duplicatedevices.tt
+++ b/share/views/ajax/admintask/duplicatedevices.tt
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
               </ul>
             </blockquote>
             <textarea id="nd_devdel-log" class="input-block-level" rows="2" data-form="delete"
-              placeholder="Enter a log message" name="log"></textarea>
+              placeholder="Enter a log message" name="extra"></textarea>
             <label class="checkbox" style="display: block">
-              <input id="nd_devdel-archive" type="checkbox" data-form="delete" name="archive">
+              <input id="nd_devdel-archive" type="checkbox" data-form="delete" name="port">
               <h4 class="nd_unbolden">Archive Nodes</h4>
             </label>
             <input type="hidden" data-form="delete" value="[% row.ip | html_entity %]" name="device"/>
diff --git a/share/views/ajax/device/details.tt b/share/views/ajax/device/details.tt
index 77fe3505..d380e4fb 100644
--- a/share/views/ajax/device/details.tt
+++ b/share/views/ajax/device/details.tt
@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@
               </ul>
             </blockquote>
             <textarea id="nd_devdel-log" class="input-block-level" rows="2" data-form="delete"
-              placeholder="Enter a log message" name="log"></textarea>
+              placeholder="Enter a log message" name="extra"></textarea>
             <label class="checkbox">
-              <input id="nd_devdel-archive" type="checkbox" data-form="delete" name="archive">
+              <input id="nd_devdel-archive" type="checkbox" data-form="delete" name="port">
               <h4 class="nd_unbolden">Archive Nodes</h4>
             </label>
             <input type="hidden" data-form="delete" value="[% d.ip | html_entity %]" name="device"/>
diff --git a/share/views/js/device.js b/share/views/js/device.js
index 56b7948d..5031ef93 100644
--- a/share/views/js/device.js
+++ b/share/views/js/device.js
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
             }
           }
           else {
-            toastr.success('Deleted device '+ tr.data('for-device'));
+            toastr.success('Queued job to delete '+ tr.data('for-device'));
           }
         }
         // skip any error reporting for now