diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 3d6f3e97..4107407a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2918,6 +2918,7 @@ Manuel Reimer <Manuel.Reimer@gmx.de>
  when switching to a less privileged user id
  for reporting a bug in moving channels between number groups in SVDRP's MOVC command
  for fixing compatibility with current versions of glibc
+ for suggesting to make the SVDRP command DELC accept a channel id
 
 Rene van den Braken <rene@vandenbraken.name>
  for reporting a bug in writing the PCR pid into the PMT in
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index b67ce0d6..b05d449b 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -9420,7 +9420,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed handling the S2SatelliteDeliverySystemDescriptor for transponders broadcasting
   in "backwards compatibility mode" according to ETSI EN 300 468 (thanks to Onur Sentürk).
 
-2020-05-04:
+2020-05-05:
 
 - Fixed moving channels between number groups in SVDRP's MOVC command and the Channels
   menu, in case a channel is moved to a higher number and into a numbered group
@@ -9429,3 +9429,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   for NID and TID (thanks to Uwe Scheffler for reporting a problem with failed tuning
   in SCR systems, and Helmut Binder for helping with the implementation).
 - Fixed compatibility with current versions of glibc (thanks to Manuel Reimer).
+- The SVDRP command DELC now also accepts a channel id (suggested by Manuel Reimer).
diff --git a/svdrp.c b/svdrp.c
index 46bd9a1a..26b22167 100644
--- a/svdrp.c
+++ b/svdrp.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * and interact with the Video Disk Recorder - or write a full featured
  * graphical interface that sits on top of an SVDRP connection.
  *
- * $Id: svdrp.c 4.40 2020/04/11 09:22:05 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: svdrp.c 4.41 2020/05/05 15:37:49 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "svdrp.h"
@@ -840,8 +840,8 @@ const char *HelpPages[] = {
   "    Used by peer-to-peer connections between VDRs to tell the other VDR\n"
   "    to establish a connection to this VDR. The name is the SVDRP host name\n"
   "    of this VDR, which may differ from its DNS name.",
-  "DELC <number>\n"
-  "    Delete channel.",
+  "DELC <number> | <id>\n"
+  "    Delete the channel with the given number or channel id.",
   "DELR <id>\n"
   "    Delete the recording with the given id. Before a recording can be\n"
   "    deleted, an LSTR command should have been executed in order to retrieve\n"
@@ -1379,49 +1379,50 @@ void cSVDRPServer::CmdCONN(const char *Option)
 void cSVDRPServer::CmdDELC(const char *Option)
 {
   if (*Option) {
-     if (isnumber(Option)) {
-        LOCK_TIMERS_READ;
-        LOCK_CHANNELS_WRITE;
-        Channels->SetExplicitModify();
-        if (cChannel *Channel = Channels->GetByNumber(strtol(Option, NULL, 10))) {
-           if (const cTimer *Timer = Timers->UsesChannel(Channel)) {
-              Reply(550, "Channel \"%s\" is in use by timer %s", Option, *Timer->ToDescr());
+     LOCK_TIMERS_READ;
+     LOCK_CHANNELS_WRITE;
+     Channels->SetExplicitModify();
+     cChannel *Channel = NULL;
+     if (isnumber(Option))
+        Channel = Channels->GetByNumber(strtol(Option, NULL, 10));
+     else
+        Channel = Channels->GetByChannelID(tChannelID::FromString(Option));
+     if (Channel) {
+        if (const cTimer *Timer = Timers->UsesChannel(Channel)) {
+           Reply(550, "Channel \"%s\" is in use by timer %s", Option, *Timer->ToDescr());
+           return;
+           }
+        int CurrentChannelNr = cDevice::CurrentChannel();
+        cChannel *CurrentChannel = Channels->GetByNumber(CurrentChannelNr);
+        if (CurrentChannel && Channel == CurrentChannel) {
+           int n = Channels->GetNextNormal(CurrentChannel->Index());
+           if (n < 0)
+              n = Channels->GetPrevNormal(CurrentChannel->Index());
+           if (n < 0) {
+              Reply(501, "Can't delete channel \"%s\" - list would be empty", Option);
               return;
               }
-           int CurrentChannelNr = cDevice::CurrentChannel();
-           cChannel *CurrentChannel = Channels->GetByNumber(CurrentChannelNr);
-           if (CurrentChannel && Channel == CurrentChannel) {
-              int n = Channels->GetNextNormal(CurrentChannel->Index());
-              if (n < 0)
-                 n = Channels->GetPrevNormal(CurrentChannel->Index());
-              if (n < 0) {
-                 Reply(501, "Can't delete channel \"%s\" - list would be empty", Option);
-                 return;
-                 }
-              CurrentChannel = Channels->Get(n);
-              CurrentChannelNr = 0; // triggers channel switch below
-              }
-           Channels->Del(Channel);
-           Channels->ReNumber();
-           Channels->SetModifiedByUser();
-           Channels->SetModified();
-           isyslog("SVDRP %s < %s deleted channel %s", Setup.SVDRPHostName, *clientName, Option);
-           if (CurrentChannel && CurrentChannel->Number() != CurrentChannelNr) {
-              if (!cDevice::PrimaryDevice()->Replaying() || cDevice::PrimaryDevice()->Transferring())
-                 Channels->SwitchTo(CurrentChannel->Number());
-              else
-                 cDevice::SetCurrentChannel(CurrentChannel->Number());
-              }
-           Reply(250, "Channel \"%s\" deleted", Option);
+           CurrentChannel = Channels->Get(n);
+           CurrentChannelNr = 0; // triggers channel switch below
            }
-        else
-           Reply(501, "Channel \"%s\" not defined", Option);
+        Channels->Del(Channel);
+        Channels->ReNumber();
+        Channels->SetModifiedByUser();
+        Channels->SetModified();
+        isyslog("SVDRP %s < %s deleted channel %s", Setup.SVDRPHostName, *clientName, Option);
+        if (CurrentChannel && CurrentChannel->Number() != CurrentChannelNr) {
+           if (!cDevice::PrimaryDevice()->Replaying() || cDevice::PrimaryDevice()->Transferring())
+              Channels->SwitchTo(CurrentChannel->Number());
+           else
+              cDevice::SetCurrentChannel(CurrentChannel->Number());
+           }
+        Reply(250, "Channel \"%s\" deleted", Option);
         }
      else
-        Reply(501, "Error in channel number \"%s\"", Option);
+        Reply(501, "Channel \"%s\" not defined", Option);
      }
   else
-     Reply(501, "Missing channel number");
+     Reply(501, "Missing channel number or id");
 }
 
 static cString RecordingInUseMessage(int Reason, const char *RecordingId, cRecording *Recording)