diff --git a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/admin.ts b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/admin.ts
index f3611035..c09ba6fe 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/admin.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/admin.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ const adminAccountActionSchema = z.object({
 });
 
 const adminActionController: AppController = async (c) => {
-  const { conf, relay } = c.var;
+  const { conf, relay, signal } = c.var;
 
   const body = await parseBody(c.req.raw);
   const result = adminAccountActionSchema.safeParse(body);
@@ -161,7 +161,24 @@ const adminActionController: AppController = async (c) => {
   if (data.type === 'revoke_name') {
     n.revoke_name = true;
     try {
-      await relay.remove!([{ kinds: [30360], authors: [await conf.signer.getPublicKey()], '#p': [authorId] }]);
+      const [event] = await relay.query([{
+        kinds: [30360],
+        authors: [await conf.signer.getPublicKey()],
+        '#p': [authorId],
+      }], { signal });
+
+      if (event) {
+        await createAdminEvent({
+          kind: 5,
+          tags: [
+            ['e', event.id],
+            ['k', '30360'],
+            ['p', authorId], // NOTE: this is not in the NIP-09 spec
+          ],
+        }, c);
+      } else {
+        return c.json({ error: 'Name grant not found' }, 404);
+      }
     } catch (e) {
       logi({ level: 'error', ns: 'ditto.api.admin.account.action', type: data.type, error: errorJson(e) });
       return c.json({ error: 'Unexpected runtime error' }, 500);
diff --git a/packages/ditto/storages/DittoRelayStore.test.ts b/packages/ditto/storages/DittoRelayStore.test.ts
index 66690efa..b073c865 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/storages/DittoRelayStore.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/storages/DittoRelayStore.test.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import { genEvent, MockRelay } from '@nostrify/nostrify/test';
 import { assertEquals } from '@std/assert';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey } from 'nostr-tools';
 
-import { DittoRelayStore } from './DittoRelayStore.ts';
+import { DittoRelayStore } from '@/storages/DittoRelayStore.ts';
 
 import type { NostrMetadata } from '@nostrify/types';
+import { nostrNow } from '@/utils.ts';
 
 Deno.test('updateAuthorData sets nip05', async () => {
   const alex = generateSecretKey();
@@ -38,6 +39,48 @@ Deno.test('updateAuthorData sets nip05', async () => {
   assertEquals(row?.nip05_hostname, 'gleasonator.dev');
 });
 
+Deno.test('Admin revokes nip05 grant and nip05 column gets null', async () => {
+  const alex = generateSecretKey();
+
+  await using test = setupTest((req) => {
+    switch (req.url) {
+      case 'https://gleasonator.dev/.well-known/nostr.json?name=alex':
+        return jsonResponse({ names: { alex: getPublicKey(alex) } });
+      default:
+        return new Response('Not found', { status: 404 });
+    }
+  });
+
+  const { db, store, conf } = test;
+
+  const metadata: NostrMetadata = { nip05: 'alex@gleasonator.dev' };
+  const event = genEvent({ kind: 0, content: JSON.stringify(metadata) }, alex);
+
+  await store.updateAuthorData(event);
+
+  const adminDeletion = await conf.signer.signEvent({
+    kind: 5,
+    created_at: nostrNow(),
+    tags: [
+      ['k', '30360'],
+      ['p', event.id], // NOTE: this is not in the NIP-09 spec
+    ],
+    content: '',
+  });
+
+  await store.event(adminDeletion);
+
+  const row = await db.kysely
+    .selectFrom('author_stats')
+    .selectAll()
+    .where('pubkey', '=', getPublicKey(alex))
+    .executeTakeFirst();
+
+  assertEquals(row?.nip05, null);
+  assertEquals(row?.nip05_domain, null);
+  assertEquals(row?.nip05_hostname, null);
+});
+
 function setupTest(cb: (req: Request) => Response | Promise<Response>) {
   const conf = new DittoConf(Deno.env);
   const db = new DittoPolyPg(conf.databaseUrl);
@@ -53,6 +96,7 @@ function setupTest(cb: (req: Request) => Response | Promise<Response>) {
   return {
     db,
     store,
+    conf,
     [Symbol.asyncDispose]: async () => {
       await store[Symbol.asyncDispose]();
       await db[Symbol.asyncDispose]();
diff --git a/packages/ditto/storages/DittoRelayStore.ts b/packages/ditto/storages/DittoRelayStore.ts
index 7b935d96..173d8793 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/storages/DittoRelayStore.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/storages/DittoRelayStore.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import { DittoPush } from '@/DittoPush.ts';
 import { DittoEvent } from '@/interfaces/DittoEvent.ts';
 import { RelayError } from '@/RelayError.ts';
 import { hydrateEvents } from '@/storages/hydrate.ts';
-import { eventAge, nostrNow, Time } from '@/utils.ts';
+import { eventAge, isNostrId, nostrNow, Time } from '@/utils.ts';
 import { getAmount } from '@/utils/bolt11.ts';
 import { errorJson } from '@/utils/log.ts';
 import { purifyEvent } from '@/utils/purify.ts';
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ export class DittoRelayStore implements NRelay {
       Promise.allSettled([
         this.handleZaps(event),
         this.updateAuthorData(event, signal),
+        this.handleRevokeNip05(event, signal),
         this.prewarmLinkPreview(event, signal),
         this.generateSetEvents(event),
       ])
@@ -245,6 +246,34 @@ export class DittoRelayStore implements NRelay {
     }
   }
 
+  /** Sets the nip05 column to null */
+  private async handleRevokeNip05(event: NostrEvent, signal?: AbortSignal) {
+    const { conf, relay } = this.opts;
+
+    if (await conf.signer.getPublicKey() !== event.pubkey) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (event.kind !== 5) return;
+
+    const kind = event.tags.find(([name, value]) => name === 'k' && value === '30360')?.[1];
+    if (kind !== '30360') {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const authorId = event.tags.find(([name]) => name === 'p')?.[1];
+    if (!authorId || !isNostrId(authorId)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const [author] = await relay.query([{ kinds: [0], authors: [authorId] }], { signal });
+    if (!author) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await this.updateAuthorData(author);
+  }
+
   /** Parse kind 0 metadata and track indexes in the database. */
   async updateAuthorData(event: NostrEvent, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<void> {
     if (event.kind !== 0) return;