diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
index d7d77e488b..692560e967 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ func runDelete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		errs := DeleteProfiles(profilesToDelete)
 		if len(errs) > 0 {
 			HandleDeletionErrors(errs)
+		} else {
+			out.T(out.DeletingHost, "Successfully deleted all profiles")
 		}
 	} else {
 		if len(args) > 0 {
@@ -100,8 +102,10 @@ func runDelete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		}
 
 		errs := DeleteProfiles([]*pkg_config.Profile{profile})
-		if err != nil {
+		if len(errs) > 0 {
 			HandleDeletionErrors(errs)
+		} else {
+			out.T(out.DeletingHost, "Successfully deleted profile \"{{.name}}\"", out.V{"name": profileName})
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -119,7 +123,7 @@ func DeleteProfiles(profiles []*pkg_config.Profile) []error {
 		}
 
 		if (err != nil && !profile.IsValid()) || (loadErr != nil || !mm.IsValid()) {
-			invalidProfileDeletionErrs := DeleteInvalidProfile(profile)
+			invalidProfileDeletionErrs := deleteInvalidProfile(profile)
 			if len(invalidProfileDeletionErrs) > 0 {
 				errs = append(errs, invalidProfileDeletionErrs...)
 			}
@@ -193,7 +197,7 @@ func deleteProfile(profile *pkg_config.Profile) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func DeleteInvalidProfile(profile *pkg_config.Profile) []error {
+func deleteInvalidProfile(profile *pkg_config.Profile) []error {
 	out.T(out.DeletingHost, "Trying to delete invalid profile {{.profile}}", out.V{"profile": profile.Name})
 
 	var errs []error
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete_test.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete_test.go
index 1e2c03e25c..a377c3135e 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete_test.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ func TestDeleteProfileWithValidConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err = os.Setenv(constants.MinikubeHome, miniDir)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
+		t.Errorf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
 	}
 
 	files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "profiles"))
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ func TestDeleteProfileWithEmptyProfileConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err = os.Setenv(constants.MinikubeHome, miniDir)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
+		t.Errorf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
 	}
 
 	files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "profiles"))
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ func TestDeleteProfileWithInvalidProfileConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err = os.Setenv(constants.MinikubeHome, miniDir)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
+		t.Errorf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
 	}
 
 	files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "profiles"))
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ func TestDeleteProfileWithPartialProfileConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err = os.Setenv(constants.MinikubeHome, miniDir)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
+		t.Errorf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
 	}
 
 	files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "profiles"))
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ func TestDeleteProfileWithMissingMachineConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err = os.Setenv(constants.MinikubeHome, miniDir)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
+		t.Errorf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
 	}
 
 	files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "profiles"))
@@ -277,7 +276,7 @@ func TestDeleteProfileWithEmptyMachineConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err = os.Setenv(constants.MinikubeHome, miniDir)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
+		t.Errorf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
 	}
 
 	files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "profiles"))
@@ -325,7 +324,7 @@ func TestDeleteProfileWithInvalidMachineConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err = os.Setenv(constants.MinikubeHome, miniDir)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
+		t.Errorf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
 	}
 
 	files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "profiles"))
@@ -373,7 +372,7 @@ func TestDeleteProfileWithPartialMachineConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err = os.Setenv(constants.MinikubeHome, miniDir)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
+		t.Errorf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
 	}
 
 	files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "profiles"))
@@ -410,3 +409,65 @@ func TestDeleteProfileWithPartialMachineConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("Did not delete exactly one profile")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDeleteAllProfiles(t *testing.T) {
+	const numberOfTotalProfileDirs = 8
+	const numberOfTotalMachineDirs = 7
+
+	testMinikubeDir := "../../../pkg/minikube/config/testdata/delete-all/.minikube"
+	miniDir, err := filepath.Abs(testMinikubeDir)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error getting dir path for %s : %v", testMinikubeDir, err)
+	}
+
+	err = os.Setenv(constants.MinikubeHome, miniDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error setting up test environment. could not set %s", constants.MinikubeHome)
+	}
+
+	files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "profiles"))
+	numberOfProfileDirs := len(files)
+
+	files, _ = ioutil.ReadDir(filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "machines"))
+	numberOfMachineDirs := len(files)
+
+	if numberOfTotalProfileDirs != numberOfProfileDirs {
+		t.Error("invalid testdata")
+	}
+
+	if numberOfTotalMachineDirs != numberOfMachineDirs {
+		t.Error("invalid testdata")
+	}
+
+	validProfiles, inValidProfiles, err := config.ListProfiles()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if numberOfTotalProfileDirs != len(validProfiles)+len(inValidProfiles) {
+		t.Error("invalid testdata")
+	}
+
+	profiles := append(validProfiles, inValidProfiles...)
+	errs := DeleteProfiles(profiles)
+
+	if errs != nil {
+		t.Errorf("errors while deleting all profiles: %v", errs)
+	}
+
+	files, _ = ioutil.ReadDir(filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "profiles"))
+	numberOfProfileDirs = len(files)
+
+	files, _ = ioutil.ReadDir(filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "machines"))
+	numberOfMachineDirs = len(files)
+
+	if numberOfProfileDirs != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Did not delete all profiles: still %d profiles left", numberOfProfileDirs)
+	}
+
+	if numberOfMachineDirs != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Did not delete all profiles: still %d machines left", numberOfMachineDirs)
+	}
+}