diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/__tests__/reducer.test.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/__tests__/reducer.test.ts
index 0da25f25e..df0ec8e57 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/__tests__/reducer.test.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/__tests__/reducer.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { entitiesFetchFail, entitiesFetchRequest, importEntities } from '../actions';
-import reducer from '../reducer';
+import { deleteEntities, entitiesFetchFail, entitiesFetchRequest, importEntities } from '../actions';
+import reducer, { State } from '../reducer';
+import { createListState } from '../utils';
 
 import type { EntityCache } from '../types';
 
@@ -76,4 +77,24 @@ test('failure adds the error to the state', () => {
   const result = reducer(undefined, action);
 
   expect(result.TestEntity!.lists.thingies!.state.error).toBe(error);
+});
+
+test('deleting items', () => {
+  const state: State = {
+    TestEntity: {
+      store: { '1': { id: '1' }, '2': { id: '2' }, '3': { id: '3' } },
+      lists: {
+        '': {
+          ids: new Set(['1', '2', '3']),
+          state: createListState(),
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  };
+
+  const action = deleteEntities(['3', '1'], 'TestEntity');
+  const result = reducer(state, action);
+
+  expect(result.TestEntity!.store).toMatchObject({ '2': { id: '2' } });
+  expect([...result.TestEntity!.lists['']!.ids]).toEqual(['2']);
 });
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diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/actions.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/actions.ts
index d5e78c1f9..4a01942b7 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/actions.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/actions.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { Entity, EntityListState } from './types';
 
 const ENTITIES_IMPORT = 'ENTITIES_IMPORT' as const;
+const ENTITIES_DELETE = 'ENTITIES_DELETE' as const;
 const ENTITIES_FETCH_REQUEST = 'ENTITIES_FETCH_REQUEST' as const;
 const ENTITIES_FETCH_SUCCESS = 'ENTITIES_FETCH_SUCCESS' as const;
 const ENTITIES_FETCH_FAIL = 'ENTITIES_FETCH_FAIL' as const;
@@ -15,6 +16,14 @@ function importEntities(entities: Entity[], entityType: string, listKey?: string
   };
 }
 
+function deleteEntities(ids: Iterable<string>, entityType: string) {
+  return {
+    type: ENTITIES_DELETE,
+    ids,
+    entityType,
+  };
+}
+
 function entitiesFetchRequest(entityType: string, listKey?: string) {
   return {
     type: ENTITIES_FETCH_REQUEST,
@@ -45,16 +54,19 @@ function entitiesFetchFail(entityType: string, listKey: string | undefined, erro
 /** Any action pertaining to entities. */
 type EntityAction =
   ReturnType<typeof importEntities>
+  | ReturnType<typeof deleteEntities>
   | ReturnType<typeof entitiesFetchRequest>
   | ReturnType<typeof entitiesFetchSuccess>
   | ReturnType<typeof entitiesFetchFail>;
 
 export {
   ENTITIES_IMPORT,
+  ENTITIES_DELETE,
   ENTITIES_FETCH_REQUEST,
   ENTITIES_FETCH_SUCCESS,
   ENTITIES_FETCH_FAIL,
   importEntities,
+  deleteEntities,
   entitiesFetchRequest,
   entitiesFetchSuccess,
   entitiesFetchFail,
diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/index.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/index.ts
index 07d597912..af27c8f3e 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export { useEntities } from './useEntities';
-export { useEntity } from './useEntity';
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+export { useEntity } from './useEntity';
+export { useEntityActions } from './useEntityActions';
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diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/types.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89992c12d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import type { Entity } from '../types';
+import type z from 'zod';
+
+type EntitySchema<TEntity extends Entity = Entity> = z.ZodType<TEntity, z.ZodTypeDef, any>;
+
+export type { EntitySchema };
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diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntities.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntities.ts
index 3b84f07ca..3d3fddb48 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntities.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntities.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { filteredArray } from 'soapbox/schemas/utils';
 import { entitiesFetchFail, entitiesFetchRequest, entitiesFetchSuccess } from '../actions';
 
 import type { Entity, EntityListState } from '../types';
+import type { EntitySchema } from './types';
 import type { RootState } from 'soapbox/store';
 
 /** Tells us where to find/store the entity in the cache. */
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ type EntityPath = [
 /** Additional options for the hook. */
 interface UseEntitiesOpts<TEntity extends Entity> {
   /** A zod schema to parse the API entities. */
-  schema?: z.ZodType<TEntity, z.ZodTypeDef, any>
+  schema?: EntitySchema<TEntity>
   /**
    * Time (milliseconds) until this query becomes stale and should be refetched.
    * It is 1 minute by default, and can be set to `Infinity` to opt-out of automatic fetching.
diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntity.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntity.ts
index 92f20560e..1dad1ff1e 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntity.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntity.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ import { useApi, useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from 'soapbox/hooks';
 import { importEntities } from '../actions';
 
 import type { Entity } from '../types';
+import type { EntitySchema } from './types';
 
 type EntityPath = [entityType: string, entityId: string]
 
 /** Additional options for the hook. */
-interface UseEntityOpts<TEntity> {
+interface UseEntityOpts<TEntity extends Entity> {
   /** A zod schema to parse the API entity. */
-  schema?: z.ZodType<TEntity, z.ZodTypeDef, any>
+  schema?: EntitySchema<TEntity>
   /** Whether to refetch this entity every time the hook mounts, even if it's already in the store. */
   refetch?: boolean
 }
diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntityActions.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntityActions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1e40f37e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntityActions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+import { useApi, useAppDispatch } from 'soapbox/hooks';
+
+import { importEntities } from '../actions';
+
+import type { Entity } from '../types';
+import type { EntitySchema } from './types';
+import type { AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
+
+type EntityPath = [entityType: string, listKey?: string]
+
+interface UseEntityActionsOpts<TEntity extends Entity = Entity> {
+  schema?: EntitySchema<TEntity>
+}
+
+interface CreateEntityResult<TEntity extends Entity = Entity> {
+  response: AxiosResponse
+  entity: TEntity
+}
+
+interface DeleteEntityResult {
+  response: AxiosResponse
+}
+
+interface EntityActionEndpoints {
+  post?: string
+  delete?: string
+}
+
+function useEntityActions<TEntity extends Entity = Entity, P = any>(
+  path: EntityPath,
+  endpoints: EntityActionEndpoints,
+  opts: UseEntityActionsOpts<TEntity> = {},
+) {
+  const api = useApi();
+  const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
+  const [entityType, listKey] = path;
+
+  function createEntity(params: P): Promise<CreateEntityResult<TEntity>> {
+    if (!endpoints.post) return Promise.reject(endpoints);
+
+    return api.post(endpoints.post, params).then((response) => {
+      const schema = opts.schema || z.custom<TEntity>();
+      const entity = schema.parse(response.data);
+
+      // TODO: optimistic updating
+      dispatch(importEntities([entity], entityType, listKey));
+
+      return {
+        response,
+        entity,
+      };
+    });
+  }
+
+  function deleteEntity(entityId: string): Promise<DeleteEntityResult> {
+    if (!endpoints.delete) return Promise.reject(endpoints);
+    return api.delete(endpoints.delete.replaceAll(':id', entityId)).then((response) => {
+
+      return {
+        response,
+      };
+    });
+  }
+
+  return {
+    createEntity: endpoints.post ? createEntity : undefined,
+    deleteEntity: endpoints.delete ? deleteEntity : undefined,
+  };
+}
+
+export { useEntityActions };
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diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/reducer.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/reducer.ts
index bb1dcdd1d..a7f82e6e6 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/reducer.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/reducer.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import produce, { enableMapSet } from 'immer';
 
 import {
   ENTITIES_IMPORT,
+  ENTITIES_DELETE,
   ENTITIES_FETCH_REQUEST,
   ENTITIES_FETCH_SUCCESS,
   ENTITIES_FETCH_FAIL,
@@ -43,6 +44,26 @@ const importEntities = (
   });
 };
 
+const deleteEntities = (
+  state: State,
+  entityType: string,
+  ids: Iterable<string>,
+) => {
+  return produce(state, draft => {
+    const cache = draft[entityType] ?? createCache();
+
+    for (const id of ids) {
+      delete cache.store[id];
+
+      for (const list of Object.values(cache.lists)) {
+        list?.ids.delete(id);
+      }
+    }
+
+    draft[entityType] = cache;
+  });
+};
+
 const setFetching = (
   state: State,
   entityType: string,
@@ -69,6 +90,8 @@ function reducer(state: Readonly<State> = {}, action: EntityAction): State {
   switch (action.type) {
     case ENTITIES_IMPORT:
       return importEntities(state, action.entityType, action.entities, action.listKey);
+    case ENTITIES_DELETE:
+      return deleteEntities(state, action.entityType, action.ids);
     case ENTITIES_FETCH_SUCCESS:
       return importEntities(state, action.entityType, action.entities, action.listKey, action.newState);
     case ENTITIES_FETCH_REQUEST:
@@ -80,4 +103,5 @@ function reducer(state: Readonly<State> = {}, action: EntityAction): State {
   }
 }
 
-export default reducer;
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+export default reducer;
+export type { State };
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diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/utils.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/utils.ts
index 6e96a9ec6..9d56ceb42 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/utils.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Entity, EntityStore, EntityList, EntityCache } from './types';
+import type { Entity, EntityStore, EntityList, EntityCache, EntityListState } from './types';
 
 /** Insert the entities into the store. */
 const updateStore = (store: EntityStore, entities: Entity[]): EntityStore => {
@@ -26,14 +26,17 @@ const createCache = (): EntityCache => ({
 /** Create an empty entity list. */
 const createList = (): EntityList => ({
   ids: new Set(),
-  state: {
-    next: undefined,
-    prev: undefined,
-    error: null,
-    fetched: false,
-    fetching: false,
-    lastFetchedAt: undefined,
-  },
+  state: createListState(),
+});
+
+/** Create an empty entity list state. */
+const createListState = (): EntityListState => ({
+  next: undefined,
+  prev: undefined,
+  error: null,
+  fetched: false,
+  fetching: false,
+  lastFetchedAt: undefined,
 });
 
 export {
@@ -41,4 +44,5 @@ export {
   updateList,
   createCache,
   createList,
+  createListState,
 };
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diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index c47b1a33f..c61cdf0f3 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "strict": true,
     "module": "es2022",
     "lib": ["es2019", "es6", "dom", "webworker"],
-    "target": "es5",
+    "target": "es2015",
     "jsx": "react",
     "allowJs": true,
     "moduleResolution": "node",