diff --git a/radicale/__init__.py b/radicale/__init__.py
index d951528..4267d61 100644
--- a/radicale/__init__.py
+++ b/radicale/__init__.py
@@ -267,8 +267,15 @@ class Application(object):
     def delete(self, environ, calendars, content, user):
         """Manage DELETE request."""
         calendar = calendars[0]
-        item = calendar.get_item(
-            xmlutils.name_from_path(environ["PATH_INFO"], calendar))
+
+        if calendar.local_path == environ["PATH_INFO"].strip("/"):
+            # Path matching the calendar, the item to delete is the calendar
+            item = calendar
+        else:
+            # Try to get an item matching the path
+            item = calendar.get_item(
+                xmlutils.name_from_path(environ["PATH_INFO"], calendar))
+
         if item and environ.get("HTTP_IF_MATCH", item.etag) == item.etag:
             # No ETag precondition or precondition verified, delete item
             answer = xmlutils.delete(environ["PATH_INFO"], calendar)
diff --git a/radicale/ical.py b/radicale/ical.py
index 53a292a..3c07d3c 100644
--- a/radicale/ical.py
+++ b/radicale/ical.py
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ class Calendar(object):
         self.encoding = "utf-8"
         split_path = path.split("/")
         self.path = os.path.join(FOLDER, path.replace("/", os.sep))
+        self.props_path = self.path + '.props'
         if principal and split_path and os.path.isdir(self.path):
             # Already existing principal calendar
             self.owner = split_path[0]
@@ -300,6 +301,11 @@ class Calendar(object):
 
         self.write(items=items)
 
+    def delete(self):
+        """Delete the calendar."""
+        os.remove(self.path)
+        os.remove(self.props_path)
+
     def remove(self, name):
         """Remove object named ``name`` from calendar."""
         components = [
@@ -415,16 +421,15 @@ class Calendar(object):
     @contextmanager
     def props(self):
         """Get the calendar properties."""
-        props_path = self.path + '.props'
         # On enter
         properties = {}
-        if os.path.exists(props_path):
-            with open(props_path) as prop_file:
+        if os.path.exists(self.props_path):
+            with open(self.props_path) as prop_file:
                 properties.update(json.load(prop_file))
         yield properties
         # On exit
-        self._create_dirs(props_path)
-        with open(props_path, 'w') as prop_file:
+        self._create_dirs(self.props_path)
+        with open(self.props_path, 'w') as prop_file:
             json.dump(properties, prop_file)
 
     @property
diff --git a/radicale/xmlutils.py b/radicale/xmlutils.py
index 3e08ec5..1b0163d 100644
--- a/radicale/xmlutils.py
+++ b/radicale/xmlutils.py
@@ -153,7 +153,12 @@ def delete(path, calendar):
 
     """
     # Reading request
-    calendar.remove(name_from_path(path, calendar))
+    if calendar.local_path == path.strip("/"):
+        # Delete the whole calendar
+        calendar.delete()
+    else:
+        # Remove an item from the calendar
+        calendar.remove(name_from_path(path, calendar))
 
     # Writing answer
     multistatus = ET.Element(_tag("D", "multistatus"))