diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/PlaceDao.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/PlaceDao.java
index f18b80004..85233e5b1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/PlaceDao.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/PlaceDao.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package fr.free.nrw.commons.nearby;
 
 import androidx.room.Dao;
+import androidx.room.Delete;
 import androidx.room.Insert;
 import androidx.room.OnConflictStrategy;
 import androidx.room.Query;
@@ -24,6 +25,12 @@ public abstract class PlaceDao {
     @Insert(onConflict = OnConflictStrategy.REPLACE)
     public abstract void saveSynchronous(Place place);
 
+    /**
+     * Deletes a Place object from the database
+     * based on the provided entity.
+     */
+    @Delete
+    public abstract void deletePlace(Place place);
     /**
      * Retrieves a Place object from the database based on the provided entity ID.
      *
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/PlacesLocalDataSource.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/PlacesLocalDataSource.java
index 8de437c82..61a89fd06 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/PlacesLocalDataSource.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/PlacesLocalDataSource.java
@@ -36,4 +36,11 @@ public class PlacesLocalDataSource {
     public Completable savePlace(Place place) {
         return placeDao.save(place);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes a Place object from the database
+     * based on the provided entity.
+     */
+    public void  deletePlace(final Place place) {placeDao.deletePlace(place);}
+
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/PlacesRepository.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/PlacesRepository.java
index 85e964ddb..ee7d2de08 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/PlacesRepository.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/PlacesRepository.java
@@ -38,4 +38,10 @@ public class PlacesRepository {
         return localDataSource.fetchPlace(entityID);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Deletes a Place object from the database
+     * based on the provided entity.
+     */
+    public void deletePlace(final Place place){ localDataSource.deletePlace(place);}
+
 }