diff --git a/lib/console_ui.dart b/lib/console_ui.dart
index a86ced0..5e3a5ef 100644
--- a/lib/console_ui.dart
+++ b/lib/console_ui.dart
@@ -409,10 +409,16 @@ Future<void> otherMenuUi(Store node) async {
       case 7:
         stdout.write("Enter event id to delete: ");
         String? $tempEventId = stdin.readLineSync();
-        String eventId = $tempEventId??"";
-        if( eventId.length == 64) {
-          sendDeleteEvent(node, eventId);
-        } else print("Invalid Event Id entered; should be of 64 byte length. Try again.");
+        String userInputId = $tempEventId??"";
+        Set<String> eventIdToDelete = node.getEventEidFromPrefix(userInputId);
+
+        if( eventIdToDelete.length == 1) {
+          String toDeleteId = eventIdToDelete.first;
+          print("Going to send a delete event for the following event with id ${toDeleteId}");
+          sendDeleteEvent(node, eventIdToDelete.first);
+        } else {
+          print("Invalid Event Id(s) entered = {$eventIdToDelete}");
+        }
 
         break;
 
diff --git a/lib/tree_ds.dart b/lib/tree_ds.dart
index 8fde14e..0aa685b 100644
--- a/lib/tree_ds.dart
+++ b/lib/tree_ds.dart
@@ -1185,6 +1185,22 @@ class Store {
     });
     return deletedEventIds;
   } // end processDeleteEvents
+
+  Set<String> getEventEidFromPrefix(String eventId) {
+    if( eventId.length > 64) {
+      return {};
+    }
+    
+    Set<String> foundEventIds = {};
+    for(  String k in allChildEventsMap.keys) {
+      if( k.length >= eventId.length && k.substring(0, eventId.length) == eventId) {
+        foundEventIds.add(k);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return foundEventIds;
+  }
+
 } // end Store
 
 void addMessageToChannel(String channelId, String messageId, Map<String, Tree> tempChildEventsMap, var chatRooms) {