diff --git a/client/src/components/admin/GameInfoTile.vue b/client/src/components/admin/GameInfoTile.vue
index 34690ed..8250599 100644
--- a/client/src/components/admin/GameInfoTile.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/admin/GameInfoTile.vue
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ const disableGame = async (): Promise<void> => {
 }
 const removeGame = async (): Promise<void> => {
   if (confirm('remove game and wipe all of it\'s data?')) {
+    console.log(1)
     await useEngine().removeGame()
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/composables/engine/gameState.ts b/client/src/composables/engine/gameState.ts
index f3f0c85..fc88fa3 100644
--- a/client/src/composables/engine/gameState.ts
+++ b/client/src/composables/engine/gameState.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export async function disableGame(this: EngineContext): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 export async function removeGame(this: EngineContext): Promise<void> {
+  console.log(2)
   const userInfoStore = useUserinfoStore()
   await this.callApi('/api/removeGame', {
     g: userInfoStore.gameId,
diff --git a/server/src/application/removeGame.go b/server/src/application/removeGame.go
index ef3b5e1..98a4bec 100644
--- a/server/src/application/removeGame.go
+++ b/server/src/application/removeGame.go
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ package application
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"path"
 
+	"sirlab.de/go/knowyt/game"
 	"sirlab.de/go/knowyt/log"
 	"sirlab.de/go/knowyt/user"
 )
@@ -23,15 +26,43 @@ func (app *Application) RemoveGame(usr *user.User, w http.ResponseWriter, r *htt
 		return
 	}
 
-	log.Info("remove game %s\n", gm.GetId())
-	delete(app.games, gameRef)
-
-	// if true {
-	// 	err := fmt.Errorf("not yet implmemented (%s)", gm.GetId())
-	// 	log.ErrorLog(err)
-	// 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
-	// 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "couldn't save game state")
-	// }
+	if err := app.removeGame(gm); err != nil {
+		log.ErrorLog(err)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "failed to remove game\n")
+		return
+	}
 
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "ok")
 }
+
+func (app *Application) removeGame(gm *game.Game) error {
+	log.Info("remove game %s\n", gm.GetId())
+
+	gameInfo := gm.GetGameInfo()
+	for _, player := range gameInfo.Players {
+		log.Info("remove player %s (%s)\n", player.Id, player.Name)
+
+		if err := app.removePlayerById(player.Id, gm); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	gameBaseDir := path.Join(app.config.DataDir, "games", gm.GetId())
+	stateFilename := path.Join(gameBaseDir, "state.json")
+	if err := os.Remove(stateFilename); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := gm.RemoveGame(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	app.mu.Lock()
+	delete(app.games, gm.GetId())
+	app.mu.Unlock()
+
+	log.Info("game %s done\n", gm.GetId())
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/server/src/fileutil/SaveFile.go b/server/src/fileutil/SaveFile.go
index ca69ef9..5862518 100644
--- a/server/src/fileutil/SaveFile.go
+++ b/server/src/fileutil/SaveFile.go
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@ func SaveFile(filename string, data []byte) error {
 	}
 
 	return nil
-
 }
diff --git a/server/src/game/game.go b/server/src/game/game.go
index 11a6d1c..11ae148 100644
--- a/server/src/game/game.go
+++ b/server/src/game/game.go
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ func (gm *Game) SaveGame() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (gm *Game) RemoveGame() error {
+	return os.Remove(gm.filename)
+}
+
 func (gm *Game) StartEngine() {
 	gm.eng.Run(gm.populateSyncDataCb)
 }