diff --git a/internal/app/api/v1/tests.go b/internal/app/api/v1/tests.go
index 8bc8069f8c6..0c91b92eda7 100644
--- a/internal/app/api/v1/tests.go
+++ b/internal/app/api/v1/tests.go
@@ -540,9 +540,12 @@ func (s TestkubeAPI) DeleteTestHandler() fiber.Handler {
 			return s.Error(c, http.StatusInternalServerError, fmt.Errorf("%s: client could not delete test: %w", errPrefix, err))
 		}
 
-		// delete executions for test
-		if err = s.ExecutionResults.DeleteByTest(c.Context(), name); err != nil {
-			return s.Warn(c, http.StatusInternalServerError, fmt.Errorf("test %s was deleted but deleting test executions returned error: %w", name, err))
+		skipExecutions := c.Query("skipDeleteExecutions", "")
+		if skipExecutions != "true" {
+			// delete executions for test
+			if err = s.ExecutionResults.DeleteByTest(c.Context(), name); err != nil {
+				return s.Warn(c, http.StatusInternalServerError, fmt.Errorf("test %s was deleted but deleting test executions returned error: %w", name, err))
+			}
 		}
 
 		return c.SendStatus(http.StatusNoContent)
diff --git a/internal/app/api/v1/tests_test.go b/internal/app/api/v1/tests_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a6c3f9b9721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/app/api/v1/tests_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	testsv3 "github.com/kubeshop/testkube-operator/api/tests/v3"
+	testsclientv3 "github.com/kubeshop/testkube-operator/pkg/client/tests/v3"
+	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/server"
+
+	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	k8sclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake"
+)
+
+func TestTestkubeAPI_DeleteTest(t *testing.T) {
+	app := fiber.New()
+
+	s := &TestkubeAPI{
+		HTTPServer: server.HTTPServer{
+			Mux: app,
+			Log: log.DefaultLogger,
+		},
+		TestsClient: getMockTestClient(),
+	}
+
+	app.Delete("/tests/:id", s.DeleteTestHandler())
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("DELETE", "http://localhost/tests/k6?skipDeleteExecutions=true", nil)
+	resp, err := app.Test(req, -1)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+}
+
+func getMockTestClient() *testsclientv3.TestsClient {
+	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+	testsv3.AddToScheme(scheme)
+	corev1.AddToScheme(scheme)
+	initObjects := []k8sclient.Object{
+		&testsv3.Test{
+			TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+				Kind:       "Test",
+				APIVersion: "tests.testkube.io/v3",
+			},
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name:      "k6",
+				Namespace: "",
+			},
+			Spec: testsv3.TestSpec{},
+		},
+	}
+
+	fakeClient := fake.NewClientBuilder().
+		WithScheme(scheme).
+		WithObjects(initObjects...).
+		Build()
+
+	return testsclientv3.NewClient(fakeClient, "")
+}