diff --git a/apps/playersettings/README.md b/apps/playersettings/README.md
index 23f2bf7..adf0141 100644
--- a/apps/playersettings/README.md
+++ b/apps/playersettings/README.md
@@ -10,11 +10,18 @@ Player-settings worker served on the `playersettings` subdomain.
   `key=…&value=…` (or a JSON `{key,value}` / array) and **upserts** it into the
   player's settings, keyed by the `sub` claim of the Bearer JWT. Returns `200`.
   Persisted in Workers KV (`RECFLARE_PLAYER_SETTINGS`, key `player:<id>`).
+- `DELETE /playersettings` — `[Authorize]`. Removes a setting from the player's
+  map. The client sends a bare form-urlencoded `key=PlayerShoppingBagId` (no
+  `value`); a JSON body and a `?key=` query param are also read. Deleting a key
+  that isn't stored is a no-op `200`, not a `404`.
 
 > A full settings PUT would replace the player's _entire_ settings set on each
 > call; we merge instead, so a single-key PUT (e.g. `key=PlayerSessionCount`)
 > doesn't wipe the others.
 
+> Emptying the map with DELETE puts the player back to a first read: the next
+> `GET` re-seeds the defaults.
+
 ## KV namespace
 
 ```sh
diff --git a/apps/playersettings/src/openapi.ts b/apps/playersettings/src/openapi.ts
index 33153ba..91ec371 100644
--- a/apps/playersettings/src/openapi.ts
+++ b/apps/playersettings/src/openapi.ts
@@ -103,3 +103,23 @@ export const SettingJsonWrite = z.union([
 		})
 	),
 ])
+
+/**
+ * The form-encoded delete the client actually sends: a bare `key=PlayerShoppingBagId`,
+ * with no `value`. An empty `key` is ignored.
+ */
+export const SettingFormDelete = z.object({
+	key: z.string().describe('The setting name to remove; an empty key is ignored'),
+})
+
+/**
+ * The JSON form of the same delete. Accepted as a bare setting name, a `{ key }` /
+ * `{ Key }` object, or an array of either.
+ */
+export const SettingJsonDelete = z.union([
+	z.string(),
+	z.object({ key: z.string().optional(), Key: z.string().optional() }),
+	z.array(
+		z.union([z.string(), z.object({ key: z.string().optional(), Key: z.string().optional() })])
+	),
+])
diff --git a/apps/playersettings/src/playersettings.app.ts b/apps/playersettings/src/playersettings.app.ts
index 5bd2cab..b915c58 100644
--- a/apps/playersettings/src/playersettings.app.ts
+++ b/apps/playersettings/src/playersettings.app.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ import {
 	HealthResponse,
 	json,
 	PlayerSettingEntry,
+	SettingFormDelete,
 	SettingFormWrite,
+	SettingJsonDelete,
 	SettingJsonWrite,
 	UNAUTHORIZED_RESPONSE,
 } from './openapi'
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ import type { App } from './context'
  * (`player:{id}`); a player with nothing stored is seeded with the reference defaults on
  * their first read.
  *
- * Both routes are auth-gated on the Bearer JWT issued by the `auth` worker.
+ * Every `/playersettings` route is auth-gated on the Bearer JWT issued by the `auth` worker.
  */
 
 /**
@@ -78,6 +80,45 @@ async function parseSettings(c: Context<App>): Promise<Array<{ key: string; valu
 	return key ? [{ key, value }] : []
 }
 
+/**
+ * Pull the setting name(s) to remove out of a DELETE body. The client sends a bare
+ * form-urlencoded `key=PlayerShoppingBagId` — with no `value`, and (unlike its PUTs) not
+ * always a `content-type` Hono's body parser recognises on a DELETE, so an unparsed body
+ * is re-read as raw text. A JSON body is accepted too, as a bare string, a `{ key }`
+ * object, or an array of either. Blank names are dropped.
+ */
+async function parseDeleteKeys(c: Context<App>): Promise<string[]> {
+	const contentType = c.req.header('content-type') ?? ''
+
+	if (contentType.includes('application/json')) {
+		const body = await c.req.json<unknown>().catch(() => null)
+		const list = Array.isArray(body) ? body : body == null ? [] : [body]
+		return list
+			.map((o) => {
+				if (typeof o === 'string') return o
+				const rec = o as Record<string, unknown>
+				const key = rec.key ?? rec.Key
+				return typeof key === 'string' ? key : ''
+			})
+			.filter((k) => k !== '')
+	}
+
+	// Pick ONE read of the body from the content-type: Hono's parser only recognises the
+	// form types, and re-reading as text after it has cached a FormData re-serialises the
+	// body as multipart, so trying both in turn parses garbage.
+	let key = ''
+	if (contentType.includes('form-data') || contentType.includes('x-www-form-urlencoded')) {
+		const form = await c.req.parseBody().catch(() => ({}) as Record<string, unknown>)
+		if (typeof form.key === 'string') key = form.key
+	} else {
+		key = new URLSearchParams(await c.req.text().catch(() => '')).get('key') ?? ''
+	}
+
+	// Last resort, for a client that hangs the name off the URL instead.
+	if (key === '') key = c.req.query('key') ?? ''
+	return key ? [key] : []
+}
+
 const app = new Hono<App>()
 	.use(
 		'*',
@@ -180,6 +221,59 @@ const app = new Hono<App>()
 		}
 	)
 
+	// Remove a setting from the caller's map. The client sends `key=PlayerShoppingBagId`
+	// when it drops a value it no longer wants defaulted (a stale shopping bag id, say)
+	// rather than writing an empty string over it.
+	.delete(
+		'/playersettings',
+		describeRoute({
+			tags: ['Player Settings'],
+			summary: 'Delete a player setting',
+			description: [
+				'Removes the named setting(s) from the caller’s KV map. The client sends a bare',
+				'form-urlencoded `key=PlayerShoppingBagId` (no `value`); a JSON body — a string, a',
+				'`{ key }` object, or an array of either — and a `?key=` query param are also read.',
+				'Deleting a key that isn’t stored, or sending nothing to delete, is a no-op 200, not a',
+				'404. Empty body on success.',
+				'',
+				'Note that emptying the map entirely puts the player back to a first read: the next',
+				'`GET` re-seeds the defaults.',
+			].join(' '),
+			security: AUTHED,
+			requestBody: formOrJson(SettingFormDelete, SettingJsonDelete, 'The setting(s) to remove'),
+			responses: {
+				200: { description: 'Removed, or nothing to remove (empty body)' },
+				401: UNAUTHORIZED_RESPONSE,
+			},
+		}),
+		async (c) => {
+			const id = await authedId(c)
+			if (id === null) return unauthorized(c)
+
+			const keys = await parseDeleteKeys(c)
+			if (keys.length === 0) return c.body(null, 200)
+
+			const kvKey = `player:${id}`
+			const existing = await c.env.RECFLARE_PLAYER_SETTINGS.get<Record<string, string>>(
+				kvKey,
+				'json'
+			)
+			if (!existing) return c.body(null, 200)
+
+			const remaining = { ...existing }
+			let removed = false
+			for (const key of keys) {
+				if (key in remaining) {
+					delete remaining[key]
+					removed = true
+				}
+			}
+			if (removed) await c.env.RECFLARE_PLAYER_SETTINGS.put(kvKey, JSON.stringify(remaining))
+
+			return c.body(null, 200)
+		}
+	)
+
 // The generated spec. Documentation only — no request is validated against it (see
 // openapi.ts). `hide: true` keeps this route out of its own output.
 app.get(
diff --git a/apps/playersettings/src/test/integration/api.test.ts b/apps/playersettings/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
index 3be76da..4f678e3 100644
--- a/apps/playersettings/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
+++ b/apps/playersettings/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ function putForm(
 	}
 }
 
+function deleteForm(
+	fields: Record<string, string>,
+	headers: Record<string, string> = {}
+): RequestInit {
+	return {
+		method: 'DELETE',
+		headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', ...headers },
+		body: new URLSearchParams(fields).toString(),
+	}
+}
+
 describe('playersettings endpoints', () => {
 	it('GET / reports service status', async () => {
 		const res = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/`)
@@ -134,6 +145,80 @@ describe('playersettings endpoints', () => {
 		expect(res.status).toBe(200)
 	})
 
+	it('DELETE /playersettings 401s without a token', async () => {
+		const res = await SELF.fetch(
+			`${ORIGIN}/playersettings`,
+			deleteForm({ key: 'PlayerShoppingBagId' })
+		)
+		expect(res.status).toBe(401)
+	})
+
+	it('DELETE /playersettings removes the named key and leaves the rest', async () => {
+		await SELF.fetch(
+			`${ORIGIN}/playersettings`,
+			putForm({ key: 'PlayerShoppingBagId', value: 'bag-1' }, await bearer('20'))
+		)
+		await SELF.fetch(
+			`${ORIGIN}/playersettings`,
+			putForm({ key: 'PlayerSessionCount', value: '3' }, await bearer('20'))
+		)
+
+		const res = await SELF.fetch(
+			`${ORIGIN}/playersettings`,
+			deleteForm({ key: 'PlayerShoppingBagId' }, await bearer('20'))
+		)
+		expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+
+		const stored = await env.RECFLARE_PLAYER_SETTINGS.get<Record<string, string>>(
+			'player:20',
+			'json'
+		)
+		expect(stored).toEqual({ PlayerSessionCount: '3' })
+	})
+
+	it('DELETE /playersettings reads a body with no content-type', async () => {
+		await SELF.fetch(
+			`${ORIGIN}/playersettings`,
+			putForm({ key: 'PlayerShoppingBagId', value: 'bag-2' }, await bearer('21'))
+		)
+
+		const res = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/playersettings`, {
+			method: 'DELETE',
+			headers: await bearer('21'),
+			body: 'key=PlayerShoppingBagId',
+		})
+		expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+
+		const stored = await env.RECFLARE_PLAYER_SETTINGS.get<Record<string, string>>(
+			'player:21',
+			'json'
+		)
+		expect(stored).toEqual({})
+	})
+
+	it('DELETE /playersettings 200s for an unknown key and an empty body', async () => {
+		await SELF.fetch(
+			`${ORIGIN}/playersettings`,
+			putForm({ key: 'A', value: '1' }, await bearer('22'))
+		)
+
+		const unknown = await SELF.fetch(
+			`${ORIGIN}/playersettings`,
+			deleteForm({ key: 'NotStored' }, await bearer('22'))
+		)
+		expect(unknown.status).toBe(200)
+
+		const empty = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/playersettings`, deleteForm({}, await bearer('22')))
+		expect(empty.status).toBe(200)
+
+		// Neither call touched the stored map.
+		const stored = await env.RECFLARE_PLAYER_SETTINGS.get<Record<string, string>>(
+			'player:22',
+			'json'
+		)
+		expect(stored).toEqual({ A: '1' })
+	})
+
 	it('GET /openapi.json documents every route', async () => {
 		const res = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/openapi.json`)
 		expect(res.status).toBe(200)
@@ -154,7 +239,12 @@ describe('playersettings endpoints', () => {
 				Object.keys(ops).map((method) => `${method.toUpperCase()} ${path}`)
 			)
 		)
-		expect([...documented].sort()).toEqual(['GET /', 'GET /playersettings', 'PUT /playersettings'])
+		expect([...documented].sort()).toEqual([
+			'DELETE /playersettings',
+			'GET /',
+			'GET /playersettings',
+			'PUT /playersettings',
+		])
 
 		// Every operation carries a summary — a path present but undescribed is not
 		// documentation.