diff --git a/cmd/node/nodeDelete.go b/cmd/node/nodeDelete.go
index e722ec95..d607c7e2 100644
--- a/cmd/node/nodeDelete.go
+++ b/cmd/node/nodeDelete.go
@@ -30,25 +30,37 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+type nodeDeleteFlags struct {
+	All               bool
+	IncludeRegistries bool
+}
+
 // NewCmdNodeDelete returns a new cobra command
 func NewCmdNodeDelete() *cobra.Command {
 
+	flags := nodeDeleteFlags{}
+
 	// create new cobra command
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:               "delete (NAME | --all)",
 		Short:             "Delete node(s).",
 		Long:              `Delete node(s).`,
-		Args:              cobra.MinimumNArgs(1), // at least one node has to be specified
 		ValidArgsFunction: util.ValidArgsAvailableNodes,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
-			nodes := parseDeleteNodeCmd(cmd, args)
+			nodes := parseDeleteNodeCmd(cmd, args, &flags)
+			nodeDeleteOpts := k3d.NodeDeleteOpts{
+				SkipRegistryCheck: true,
+			}
+			if flags.All {
+				nodeDeleteOpts.SkipLBUpdate = true
+			}
 
 			if len(nodes) == 0 {
 				log.Infoln("No nodes found")
 			} else {
 				for _, node := range nodes {
-					if err := client.NodeDelete(cmd.Context(), runtimes.SelectedRuntime, node, k3d.NodeDeleteOpts{SkipRegistryCheck: true}); err != nil {
+					if err := client.NodeDelete(cmd.Context(), runtimes.SelectedRuntime, node, nodeDeleteOpts); err != nil {
 						log.Fatalln(err)
 					}
 				}
@@ -59,30 +71,38 @@ func NewCmdNodeDelete() *cobra.Command {
 	// add subcommands
 
 	// add flags
-	cmd.Flags().BoolP("all", "a", false, "Delete all existing nodes")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&flags.All, "all", "a", false, "Delete all existing nodes")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&flags.IncludeRegistries, "registries", "r", false, "Also delete registries")
 
 	// done
 	return cmd
 }
 
 // parseDeleteNodeCmd parses the command input into variables required to delete nodes
-func parseDeleteNodeCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) []*k3d.Node {
+func parseDeleteNodeCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, flags *nodeDeleteFlags) []*k3d.Node {
 
-	// --all
 	var nodes []*k3d.Node
+	var err error
 
-	if all, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("all"); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalln(err)
-	} else if all {
+	// --all
+	if flags.All {
+		if !flags.IncludeRegistries {
+			log.Infoln("Didn't set '--registries', so won't delete registries.")
+		}
 		nodes, err = client.NodeList(cmd.Context(), runtimes.SelectedRuntime)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalln(err)
 		}
-		nodes = client.NodeFilterByRoles(nodes, k3d.ClusterInternalNodeRoles, k3d.ClusterInternalNodeRoles)
+		include := k3d.ClusterInternalNodeRoles
+		exclude := []k3d.Role{}
+		if flags.IncludeRegistries {
+			include = append(include, k3d.RegistryRole)
+		}
+		nodes = client.NodeFilterByRoles(nodes, include, exclude)
 		return nodes
 	}
 
-	if len(args) < 1 {
+	if !flags.All && len(args) < 1 {
 		log.Fatalln("Expecting at least one node name if `--all` is not set")
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/registry/registryDelete.go b/cmd/registry/registryDelete.go
index 6b259d60..1fc18fcc 100644
--- a/cmd/registry/registryDelete.go
+++ b/cmd/registry/registryDelete.go
@@ -30,25 +30,30 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+type registryDeleteFlags struct {
+	All bool
+}
+
 // NewCmdRegistryDelete returns a new cobra command
 func NewCmdRegistryDelete() *cobra.Command {
 
+	flags := registryDeleteFlags{}
+
 	// create new cobra command
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:               "delete (NAME | --all)",
 		Short:             "Delete registry/registries.",
 		Long:              `Delete registry/registries.`,
-		Args:              cobra.MinimumNArgs(1), // at least one node has to be specified
 		ValidArgsFunction: util.ValidArgsAvailableRegistries,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
-			nodes := parseRegistryDeleteCmd(cmd, args)
+			nodes := parseRegistryDeleteCmd(cmd, args, &flags)
 
 			if len(nodes) == 0 {
-				log.Infoln("No nodes found")
+				log.Infoln("No registries found")
 			} else {
 				for _, node := range nodes {
-					if err := client.NodeDelete(cmd.Context(), runtimes.SelectedRuntime, node, k3d.NodeDeleteOpts{SkipLBUpdate: true}); err != nil {
+					if err := client.NodeDelete(cmd.Context(), runtimes.SelectedRuntime, node, k3d.NodeDeleteOpts{SkipLBUpdate: true, SkipRegistryCheck: true}); err != nil {
 						log.Fatalln(err)
 					}
 				}
@@ -59,29 +64,26 @@ func NewCmdRegistryDelete() *cobra.Command {
 	// add subcommands
 
 	// add flags
-	cmd.Flags().BoolP("all", "a", false, "Delete all existing registries")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&flags.All, "all", "a", false, "Delete all existing registries")
 
 	// done
 	return cmd
 }
 
 // parseRegistryDeleteCmd parses the command input into variables required to delete nodes
-func parseRegistryDeleteCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) []*k3d.Node {
+func parseRegistryDeleteCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, flags *registryDeleteFlags) []*k3d.Node {
 
-	// --all
 	var nodes []*k3d.Node
+	var err error
 
-	if all, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("all"); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalln(err)
-	} else if all {
+	if flags.All {
 		nodes, err = client.NodeList(cmd.Context(), runtimes.SelectedRuntime)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalln(err)
 		}
-		return nodes
 	}
 
-	if len(args) < 1 {
+	if !flags.All && len(args) < 1 {
 		log.Fatalln("Expecting at least one registry name if `--all` is not set")
 	}
 
@@ -93,5 +95,7 @@ func parseRegistryDeleteCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) []*k3d.Node {
 		nodes = append(nodes, node)
 	}
 
+	nodes = client.NodeFilterByRoles(nodes, []k3d.Role{k3d.RegistryRole}, []k3d.Role{})
+
 	return nodes
 }
diff --git a/docs/usage/commands.md b/docs/usage/commands.md
index b14b847a..0ba2c80a 100644
--- a/docs/usage/commands.md
+++ b/docs/usage/commands.md
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ k3d
     stop NODENAME # stop a node
     delete NODENAME  # delete an existing node
       -a, --all  # delete all existing nodes (default: false)
+      -r, --registries  # also delete registries, as a special type of node (default: false)
     list NODENAME
       --no-headers  # do not print headers (default: false)
   registry
diff --git a/pkg/client/node.go b/pkg/client/node.go
index ac5676b6..58f35b54 100644
--- a/pkg/client/node.go
+++ b/pkg/client/node.go
@@ -442,5 +442,8 @@ nodeLoop:
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	log.Tracef("Filteres %d nodes by roles (in: %+v | ex: %+v), got %d left", len(nodes), includeRoles, excludeRoles, len(resultList))
+
 	return resultList
 }