diff --git a/instruction.go b/instruction.go
index b9182db..ebb8f6e 100644
--- a/instruction.go
+++ b/instruction.go
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ type LinkInstruction struct {
 	Target string
 	Force  bool
 	Hard   bool
+	Delete bool
 }
 
 func (instruction *LinkInstruction) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s", SourceColor, instruction.Source, DefaultColor, deliminer, TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor, deliminer, strconv.FormatBool(instruction.Force), deliminer, strconv.FormatBool(instruction.Hard))
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s", SourceColor, instruction.Source, DefaultColor, deliminer, TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor, deliminer, strconv.FormatBool(instruction.Force), deliminer, strconv.FormatBool(instruction.Hard), deliminer, strconv.FormatBool(instruction.Delete))
 }
 
 func ParseInstruction(line string) (LinkInstruction, error) {
@@ -41,6 +42,11 @@ func ParseInstruction(line string) (LinkInstruction, error) {
 		res, _ := regexp.MatchString(`^(?i)\s*T|TRUE\s*$`, parts[3])
 		instruction.Hard = res
 	}
+	if len(parts) > 4 {
+		res, _ := regexp.MatchString(`^(?i)\s*T|TRUE\s*$`, parts[4])
+		instruction.Delete = res
+		instruction.Force = res
+	}
 
 	instruction.Source, _ = ConvertHome(instruction.Source)
 	instruction.Target, _ = ConvertHome(instruction.Target)
@@ -75,7 +81,14 @@ func (instruction *LinkInstruction) RunSync() error {
 					return fmt.Errorf("failed deleting %s%s%s due to %s%+v%s", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor, ErrorColor, err, DefaultColor)
 				}
 			} else {
-				return fmt.Errorf("refusing to delte actual (non symlink) file %s%s%s", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor)
+				if !instruction.Delete {
+					return fmt.Errorf("refusing to delte actual (non symlink) file %s%s%s", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor)
+				}
+				log.Printf("Deleting %s%s%s", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor)
+				err = os.RemoveAll(instruction.Target)
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed deleting %s%s%s due to %s%+v%s", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor, ErrorColor, err, DefaultColor)
+				}
 			}
 		} else {
 			return fmt.Errorf("target %s%s%s exists - handle manually or set the 'forced' flag (3rd field)", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor)
@@ -140,8 +153,16 @@ func (instruction *LinkInstruction) RunAsync(status chan (error)) {
 					return
 				}
 			} else {
-				status <- fmt.Errorf("refusing to delte actual (non symlink) file %s%s%s", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor)
-				return
+				if !instruction.Delete {
+					status <- fmt.Errorf("refusing to delte actual (non symlink) file %s%s%s", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor)
+					return
+				}
+				log.Printf("Deleting %s%s%s", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor)
+				err = os.RemoveAll(instruction.Target)
+				if err != nil {
+					status <- fmt.Errorf("failed deleting %s%s%s due to %s%+v%s", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor, ErrorColor, err, DefaultColor)
+					return
+				}
 			}
 		} else {
 			status <- fmt.Errorf("target %s%s%s exists - handle manually or set the 'forced' flag (3rd field)", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor)
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 83570e2..ae5df7c 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func FileExists(path string) bool {
 
 func NormalizePath(input string) string {
 	workingdirectory, _ := os.Getwd()
-	input = strings.ReplaceAll(input, "\\", "/")
+	input = filepath.ToSlash(input)
 	input = strings.ReplaceAll(input, "\"", "")
 
 	if !filepath.IsAbs(input) {