diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 89f18a20b..d355213db 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -803,12 +803,33 @@ func (h *Handler) handleDeleteView(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if err := f.DeleteView(viewName); err != nil {
+	// Check that the view name is an integer.
+	if _, err := strconv.Atoi(viewName); err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "only time based views can be deleted", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Check the frame for time quantum.
+	if f.TimeQuantum() == "" {
+		http.Error(w, "frame does not contain a Time Quantum", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Delete the standard view.
+	if err := f.DeleteView(ViewStandard + "_" + viewName); err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}
 
-	// TODO: Send the delete frame message to all nodes.
+	// Delete the inverse view.
+	if f.InverseEnabled() {
+		if err := f.DeleteView(ViewInverse + "_" + viewName); err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	// TODO: Send the delete view message to all nodes.
 
 	// Encode response.
 	if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(deleteViewResponse{}); err != nil {
diff --git a/handler_test.go b/handler_test.go
index 2947fd1b8..c8e0d949c 100644
--- a/handler_test.go
+++ b/handler_test.go
@@ -1516,18 +1516,19 @@ func TestHandler_GetTimeStamp(t *testing.T) {
 func TestHandler_DeleteView(t *testing.T) {
 	hldr := test.MustOpenHolder()
 	defer hldr.Close()
-	hldr.MustCreateFragmentIfNotExists("i0", "f0", "v0", 1).MustSetBits(30, (1*SliceWidth)+1)
+	hldr.MustCreateFragmentIfNotExists("i0", "f0", pilosa.ViewStandard+"_2017", 1).MustSetBits(30, (1*SliceWidth)+1)
+	hldr.Index("i0").Frame("f0").SetTimeQuantum("YMD")
 
 	h := test.NewHandler()
 	h.Holder = hldr.Holder
 	h.Cluster = test.NewCluster(1)
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	h.ServeHTTP(w, test.MustNewHTTPRequest("DELETE", "/index/i0/frame/f0/view/v0", strings.NewReader("")))
+	h.ServeHTTP(w, test.MustNewHTTPRequest("DELETE", "/index/i0/frame/f0/view/2017", strings.NewReader("")))
 	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected status code: %d", w.Code)
 	} else if body := w.Body.String(); body != `{}`+"\n" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected body: %s", body)
-	} else if f := hldr.Index("i0").Frame("f0").View("v0"); f != nil {
+	} else if f := hldr.Index("i0").Frame("f0").View(pilosa.ViewStandard + "_2017"); f != nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected nil view")
 	}
 }