diff --git a/geonode/base/api/tests.py b/geonode/base/api/tests.py
index f6c452e11cb..0f9597d1e08 100644
--- a/geonode/base/api/tests.py
+++ b/geonode/base/api/tests.py
@@ -1998,6 +1998,56 @@ def test_set_resource_thumbnail(self):
                 )
                 self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
 
+    @patch("geonode.base.api.views.remove_thumb")
+    def test_delete_thumbnail(self, mock_remove_thumb):
+
+        resource = Dataset.objects.first()
+
+        # Set a thumbnail url and path
+        resource.thumbnail_url = "http://example.com/thumb/test.png"
+        resource.thumbnail_path = "thumb/test.png"
+        resource.save()
+
+        url = reverse("base-resources-delete-thumbnail", kwargs={"resource_id": resource.id})
+
+        # Anonymous user
+        response = self.client.post(url)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 403)
+
+        # Authenticated user (admin)
+        self.assertTrue(self.client.login(username="admin", password="admin"))
+
+        # Valid thumbnail removal
+        response = self.client.post(url)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data["message"], "Thumbnail deleted successfully.")
+        resource.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertIsNone(resource.thumbnail_url)
+        self.assertIsNone(resource.thumbnail_path)
+        mock_remove_thumb.assert_called_once_with("test.png")
+
+        # Thumbnail already deleted
+        response = self.client.post(url)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data["message"], "The thumbnail URL field is already empty.")
+        self.assertFalse(response.data["success"])
+
+        # Invalid image format
+        resource.thumbnail_url = "http://example.com/media/thumb/test.txt"
+        resource.thumbnail_path = "thumb/test.txt"
+        resource.save()
+
+        response = self.client.post(url)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 400)
+        self.assertIn("not a valid image", response.data)
+
+        # Resource does not exist
+        invalid_url = reverse("base-resources-delete-thumbnail", kwargs={"resource_id": 9999})
+        response = self.client.post(invalid_url)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data["message"], "Resource not found.")
+        self.assertFalse(response.data["success"])
+
     def test_set_thumbnail_from_bbox_from_Anonymous_user_raise_permission_error(self):
         """
         Given a request with Anonymous user, should raise an authentication error.
diff --git a/geonode/base/api/views.py b/geonode/base/api/views.py
index a7ad7df6ddb..12fed6d4f38 100644
--- a/geonode/base/api/views.py
+++ b/geonode/base/api/views.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 from geonode.base.models import Configuration, ExtraMetadata, LinkedResource
 from geonode.thumbs.exceptions import ThumbnailError
 from geonode.thumbs.thumbnails import create_thumbnail
-from geonode.thumbs.utils import _decode_base64, BASE64_PATTERN
+from geonode.thumbs.utils import _decode_base64, BASE64_PATTERN, remove_thumb
 from geonode.groups.conf import settings as groups_settings
 from geonode.base.models import HierarchicalKeyword, Region, ResourceBase, TopicCategory, ThesaurusKeyword
 from geonode.base.api.filters import (
@@ -721,6 +721,57 @@ def set_thumbnail_from_bbox(self, request, resource_id, *args, **kwargs):
             logger.error(e)
             return Response(data={"message": e.args[0], "success": False}, status=500, exception=True)
 
+    @extend_schema(
+        methods=["post"],
+        responses={200},
+        description="API endpoint allowing to delete a thumbnail for an existing dataset.",
+    )
+    @action(
+        detail=False,
+        url_path="(?P<resource_id>\d+)/delete_thumbnail",  # noqa
+        url_name="delete-thumbnail",
+        methods=["post"],
+        permission_classes=[IsAuthenticated, UserHasPerms(perms_dict={"default": {"POST": ["base.add_resourcebase"]}})],
+    )
+    def delete_thumbnail(self, request, resource_id, *args, **kwargs):
+
+        try:
+            resource = ResourceBase.objects.get(id=int(resource_id))
+
+            # Check if thumbnail exists
+            if not resource.thumbnail_url:
+                return Response(
+                    {"message": "The thumbnail URL field is already empty.", "success": False},
+                    status=status.HTTP_200_OK,
+                )
+
+            thumb_parsed_url = urlparse(resource.thumbnail_url)
+            thumb_filename = thumb_parsed_url.path.split("/")[-1]
+            if thumb_filename.rsplit(".")[-1] not in ["png", "jpeg", "jpg"]:
+                return Response(
+                    "The file name is not a valid image with a format png, jpeg or jpg",
+                    status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
+                )
+
+            # remove_thumb will call the thumb_path function and then the storage_manager which will delete it
+            remove_thumb(thumb_filename)
+
+            # Clear the related fields in the database
+            resource.thumbnail_url = None
+            resource.thumbnail_path = None
+            resource.save(update_fields=["thumbnail_url", "thumbnail_path"])
+
+            return Response({"message": "Thumbnail deleted successfully.", "success": True}, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+        except ResourceBase.DoesNotExist:
+            return Response({"message": "Resource not found.", "success": False}, status=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(e)
+            return Response(
+                {"message": "Unexpected error occurred.", "success": False},
+                status=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+            )
+
     @extend_schema(
         methods=["post"], responses={200}, description="Instructs the Async dispatcher to execute a 'INGEST' operation."
     )