diff --git a/python/obitools3/commands/rm.pyx b/python/obitools3/commands/rm.pyx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55c2f0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/obitools3/commands/rm.pyx
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#cython: language_level=3
+
+from obitools3.uri.decode import open_uri
+from obitools3.apps.config import logger
+from obitools3.dms import DMS
+from obitools3.apps.optiongroups import addMinimalInputOption
+from obitools3.dms.view.view cimport View
+import os
+ 
+__title__="Delete a view"
+
+
+def addOptions(parser):    
+    addMinimalInputOption(parser)
+
+def run(config):
+
+    DMS.obi_atexit()
+    
+    logger("info", "obi rm")
+
+    # Open the input
+    input = open_uri(config['obi']['inputURI'])
+    if input is None:
+        raise Exception("Could not read input")
+    
+    # Check that it's a view
+    if isinstance(input[1], View) :
+        view = input[1]
+    else: 
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+    
+    # Get the path to the view file to remove
+    path = input[0].full_path  # dms path
+    path+=b"/VIEWS/"
+    path+=view.name
+    path+=b".obiview"
+    
+    # Close the view and the DMS
+    view.close()
+    input[0].close(force=True)
+    
+    # Rm
+    os.remove(path)
diff --git a/python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx b/python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx
index 2314bdd..2cda8a2 100755
--- a/python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx
+++ b/python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx
@@ -600,7 +600,8 @@ cdef class View(OBIWrapper) :
                 if element is not None:
                     if element.comments[b"input_dms_name"] is not None :
                         for i in range(len(element.comments[b"input_dms_name"])) :
-                            if element.comments[b"input_dms_name"][i] == element.dms.name and b"/" not in element.comments[b"input_view_name"][i]:  # Same DMS and not a special element like a taxonomy
+                            if b"/" not in element.comments[b"input_view_name"][i] and element.comments[b"input_view_name"][i] in element.dms \
+                            and element.comments[b"input_dms_name"][i] == element.dms.name :  # Same DMS and not a special element like a taxonomy and view was not deleted
                                 top_level.append(element.dms[element.comments[b"input_view_name"][i]])
                             else:
                                 top_level.append(None)