diff --git a/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployment.ts b/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployment.ts
index 8e0a324..655e6d7 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployment.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployment.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ export interface ApplicationDeploymentRequest {
   meta: string;
 }
 
+export interface ApplicationDeploymentRemovalRequest {
+  type: string;
+  version: string;
+  deployment: string;
+}
+
 export interface ApplicationRecord {
   type: string;
   version: string;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/registry.ts b/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
index ed30af9..71091f1 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import { RegistryConfig } from './config';
 import {
   ApplicationRecord,
   Deployment,
-  ApplicationDeploymentRequest
+  ApplicationDeploymentRequest,
+  ApplicationDeploymentRemovalRequest
 } from './entity/Deployment';
 import { AppDeploymentRecord, PackageJSON } from './types';
 import { sleep } from './utils';
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ const log = debug('snowball:registry');
 
 const APP_RECORD_TYPE = 'ApplicationRecord';
 const APP_DEPLOYMENT_REQUEST_TYPE = 'ApplicationDeploymentRequest';
+const APP_DEPLOYMENT_REMOVAL_REQUEST_TYPE = 'ApplicationDeploymentRemovalRequest';
 const APP_DEPLOYMENT_RECORD_TYPE = 'ApplicationDeploymentRecord';
 const SLEEP_DURATION = 1000;
 
@@ -229,6 +231,37 @@ export class Registry {
     );
   }
 
+  async createApplicationDeploymentRemovalRequest (data: {
+    deployment: Deployment
+  }): Promise<{
+    applicationDeploymentRemovalRequestId: string;
+    applicationDeploymentRemovalRequestData: ApplicationDeploymentRemovalRequest;
+  }> {
+    const applicationDeploymentRemovalRequest = {
+      type: APP_DEPLOYMENT_REMOVAL_REQUEST_TYPE,
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      deployment: data.deployment.id
+    };
+
+    const result = await this.registry.setRecord(
+      {
+        privateKey: this.registryConfig.privateKey,
+        record: applicationDeploymentRemovalRequest,
+        bondId: this.registryConfig.bondId
+      },
+      '',
+      this.registryConfig.fee
+    );
+
+    log(`Application deployment removal request record published: ${result.data.id}`);
+    log('Application deployment removal request data:', applicationDeploymentRemovalRequest);
+
+    return {
+      applicationDeploymentRemovalRequestId: result.data.id,
+      applicationDeploymentRemovalRequestData: applicationDeploymentRemovalRequest
+    };
+  }
+
   getCrn (appName: string): string {
     assert(this.registryConfig.authority, "Authority doesn't exist");
     return `crn://${this.registryConfig.authority}/applications/${appName}`;