diff --git a/NBTExplorer/Controllers/NodeTreeController.cs b/NBTExplorer/Controllers/NodeTreeController.cs
index 217b60e..2aca05f 100644
--- a/NBTExplorer/Controllers/NodeTreeController.cs
+++ b/NBTExplorer/Controllers/NodeTreeController.cs
@@ -229,14 +229,14 @@ namespace NBTExplorer.Controllers
                     foreach (var item in FileTypeRegistry.RegisteredTypes) {
                         if (item.Value.NamePatternTest(path))
                             node = item.Value.NodeCreate(path);
-                    }
-
-                    if (node == null)
-                        node = NbtFileDataNode.TryCreateFrom(path);
-                    if (node != null)
-                        _nodeTree.Nodes.Add(CreateUnexpandedNode(node));
-                    else
-                        failCount++;
+                    }
+
+                    if (node == null)
+                        node = NbtFileDataNode.TryCreateFrom(path);
+                    if (node != null)
+                        _nodeTree.Nodes.Add(CreateUnexpandedNode(node));
+                    else
+                        failCount++;
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/NBTModel/Data/Nodes/RegionChunkDataNode.cs b/NBTModel/Data/Nodes/RegionChunkDataNode.cs
index 2587934..b952679 100644
--- a/NBTModel/Data/Nodes/RegionChunkDataNode.cs
+++ b/NBTModel/Data/Nodes/RegionChunkDataNode.cs
@@ -31,13 +31,19 @@ namespace NBTExplorer.Model
             get { return _z; }
         }
 
+        protected RegionFileDataNode RegionParent
+        {
+            get { return Parent as RegionFileDataNode; }
+        }
+
         protected override NodeCapabilities Capabilities
         {
             get
             {
                 return NodeCapabilities.CreateTag
                     | NodeCapabilities.PasteInto
-                    | NodeCapabilities.Search;
+                    | NodeCapabilities.Search
+                    | NodeCapabilities.Delete;
             }
         }
 
@@ -99,6 +105,17 @@ namespace NBTExplorer.Model
             get { return true; }
         }
 
+        public override bool DeleteNode ()
+        {
+            if (CanDeleteNode && _regionFile.HasChunk(_x, _z)) {
+                RegionParent.QueueDeleteChunk(_x, _z);
+                IsParentModified = true;
+                return Parent.Nodes.Remove(this);
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
         public bool IsNamedContainer
         {
             get { return true; }
diff --git a/NBTModel/Data/Nodes/RegionFileDataNode.cs b/NBTModel/Data/Nodes/RegionFileDataNode.cs
index e736745..7f397fb 100644
--- a/NBTModel/Data/Nodes/RegionFileDataNode.cs
+++ b/NBTModel/Data/Nodes/RegionFileDataNode.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace NBTExplorer.Model
     {
         private string _path;
         private RegionFile _region;
+        private List<RegionKey> _deleteQueue = new List<RegionKey>();
 
         private static Regex _namePattern = new Regex(@"^r\.(-?\d+)\.(-?\d+)\.(mcr|mca)$");
 
@@ -100,6 +101,16 @@ namespace NBTExplorer.Model
             Nodes.Clear();
         }
 
+        protected override void SaveCore ()
+        {
+            foreach (RegionKey key in _deleteQueue) {
+                if (_region.HasChunk(key.X, key.Z))
+                    _region.DeleteChunk(key.X, key.Z);
+            }
+
+            _deleteQueue.Clear();
+        }
+
         public override bool RefreshNode ()
         {
             Dictionary<string, object> expandSet = BuildExpandSet(this);
@@ -108,5 +119,12 @@ namespace NBTExplorer.Model
 
             return expandSet != null;
         }
+
+        public void QueueDeleteChunk (int rx, int rz)
+        {
+            RegionKey key = new RegionKey(rx, rz);
+            if (!_deleteQueue.Contains(key))
+                _deleteQueue.Add(key);
+        }
     }
 }