diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index a48c60e..210237e 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <PropertyGroup>
         <Description>By hook or by crook, perform operations on files and directories. If they are
             in use by a process, kill the process.</Description>
-        <Version>1.2.1</Version>
+        <Version>1.3.0</Version>
         <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/domsleee/forceops</PackageProjectUrl>
         <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/domsleee/forceops</RepositoryUrl>
         <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
diff --git a/ForceOps.Test/src/ProgramTest.cs b/ForceOps.Test/src/ProgramTest.cs
index 5b9ae6b..3caa82a 100644
--- a/ForceOps.Test/src/ProgramTest.cs
+++ b/ForceOps.Test/src/ProgramTest.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,21 @@ public void SuccessfulChildDoesntThrowException()
 		testContext.relaunchAsElevatedMock.Verify(t => t.RelaunchAsElevated(It.IsAny<List<string>>(), It.IsAny<string>()), Times.Once());
 	}
 
+	[Fact]
+	public void RetryDelayAndMaxRetriesWork()
+	{
+		using var launchedProcess = LaunchProcessInDirectory(tempDirectoryPath);
+		var testContext = new TestContext();
+		testContext.relaunchAsElevatedMock.Setup(t => t.RelaunchAsElevated(It.IsAny<List<string>>(), It.IsAny<string>())).Returns(0);
+		testContext.forceOpsContext.processKiller = new Mock<IProcessKiller>().Object;
+
+		var forceOps = new ForceOps(new[] { "delete", tempDirectoryPath, "--retry-delay", "33", "--max-retries", "8" }, testContext.forceOpsContext);
+		Assert.Equal(0, forceOps.Run());
+
+		testContext.relaunchAsElevatedMock.Verify(t => t.RelaunchAsElevated(It.IsAny<List<string>>(), It.IsAny<string>()), Times.Once());
+		Assert.Contains("Beginning retry 1/8 in 33ms.", testContext.fakeLoggerFactory.GetAllLogsString());
+	}
+
 	[Fact]
 	public void ExceptionThrownIfAlreadyElevated()
 	{
diff --git a/ForceOps/src/ForceOps.cs b/ForceOps/src/ForceOps.cs
index 0829afa..de177cf 100644
--- a/ForceOps/src/ForceOps.cs
+++ b/ForceOps/src/ForceOps.cs
@@ -61,26 +61,32 @@ Command CreateDeleteCommand()
 			Arity = ArgumentArity.OneOrMore
 		};
 
-		var forceOption = new Option<bool>(new[] { "-f", "--force" }, "Ignore nonexistent files and arguments");
-		var disableElevate = new Option<bool>(new[] { "-e", "--disable-elevate" }, "Do not attempt to elevate if the file can't be deleted");
+		var forceOption = new Option<bool>(new[] { "-f", "--force" }, "Ignore nonexistent files and arguments.");
+		var disableElevate = new Option<bool>(new[] { "-e", "--disable-elevate" }, "Do not attempt to elevate if the file can't be deleted.");
+		var retryDelay = new Option<int>(new[] { "-d", "--retry-delay" }, () => 500, "Delay when retrying to delete a file, after deleting processes holding a lock. (default: 500)");
+		var maxRetries = new Option<int>(new[] { "-n", "--max-retries" }, () => 5, "Number of retries when deleting a locked file. (default: 5)");
 
 		var deleteCommand = new Command("delete", "Delete files or a directories recursively.")
 		{
 			filesToDeleteArgument,
 			forceOption,
-			disableElevate
+			disableElevate,
+			retryDelay,
+			maxRetries
 		};
 
 		deleteCommand.AddAlias("rm");
 		deleteCommand.AddAlias("remove");
-		deleteCommand.SetHandler(DeleteCommand, filesToDeleteArgument, forceOption, disableElevate);
+		deleteCommand.SetHandler(DeleteCommand, filesToDeleteArgument, forceOption, disableElevate, retryDelay, maxRetries);
 		return deleteCommand;
 	}
 
-	void DeleteCommand(string[] filesOrDirectoriesToDelete, bool force, bool disableElevate)
+	void DeleteCommand(string[] filesOrDirectoriesToDelete, bool force, bool disableElevate, int retryDelay, int maxRetries)
 	{
 		RunWithRelaunchAsElevated(() =>
 		{
+			forceOpsContext.maxRetries = maxRetries;
+			forceOpsContext.retryDelay = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(retryDelay);
 			var deleter = new FileAndDirectoryDeleter(forceOpsContext);
 			filesOrDirectoriesToDelete = filesOrDirectoriesToDelete.Select(file => DirectoryUtils.CombineWithCWDAndGetAbsolutePath(file)).ToArray();
 			foreach (var file in filesOrDirectoriesToDelete)