diff --git a/index-scheduler/src/batch.rs b/index-scheduler/src/batch.rs
index a4b7e5c45..c4f9c12be 100644
--- a/index-scheduler/src/batch.rs
+++ b/index-scheduler/src/batch.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use meilisearch_types::heed::{RoTxn, RwTxn};
 use meilisearch_types::milli::documents::{obkv_to_object, DocumentsBatchReader};
 use meilisearch_types::milli::heed::CompactionOption;
 use meilisearch_types::milli::update::{
-    IndexDocumentsConfig, IndexDocumentsMethod, Settings as MilliSettings,
+    IndexDocumentsConfig, IndexDocumentsMethod, IndexerConfig, Settings as MilliSettings,
 };
 use meilisearch_types::milli::{self, Filter, BEU32};
 use meilisearch_types::settings::{apply_settings_to_builder, Settings, Unchecked};
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::autobatcher::{self, BatchKind};
 use crate::utils::{self, swap_index_uid_in_task};
-use crate::{Error, IndexScheduler, ProcessingTasks, Result, TaskId};
+use crate::{Error, IndexScheduler, MustStopProcessing, ProcessingTasks, Result, TaskId};
 
 /// Represents a combination of tasks that can all be processed at the same time.
 ///
@@ -1323,7 +1323,13 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
                     } else {
                         unreachable!()
                     };
-                let deleted_documents = delete_document_by_filter(index_wtxn, filter, index);
+                let deleted_documents = delete_document_by_filter(
+                    index_wtxn,
+                    filter,
+                    self.index_mapper.indexer_config(),
+                    self.must_stop_processing.clone(),
+                    index,
+                );
                 let original_filter = if let Some(Details::DocumentDeletionByFilter {
                     original_filter,
                     deleted_documents: _,
@@ -1557,6 +1563,8 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
 fn delete_document_by_filter<'a>(
     wtxn: &mut RwTxn<'a, '_>,
     filter: &serde_json::Value,
+    indexer_config: &IndexerConfig,
+    must_stop_processing: MustStopProcessing,
     index: &'a Index,
 ) -> Result<u64> {
     let filter = Filter::from_json(filter)?;
@@ -1567,10 +1575,38 @@ fn delete_document_by_filter<'a>(
             }
             e => e.into(),
         })?;
-        todo!("need a way to get back the external ids from the internal ids");
-        // let mut delete_operation = DeleteDocuments::new(wtxn, index)?;
-        // delete_operation.delete_documents(&candidates);
-        // delete_operation.execute().map(|result| result.deleted_documents)?
+        let external_documents_ids = index.external_documents_ids(wtxn)?;
+        // FIXME: for filters matching a lot of documents, this will allocate a huge vec of external docids (strings).
+        // Since what we have is an iterator, it would be better to delete in chunks
+        let external_to_internal: std::result::Result<Vec<_>, RoaringBitmap> =
+            external_documents_ids.find_external_id_of(candidates).only_external_ids().collect();
+        let document_ids = match external_to_internal {
+            Ok(external_ids) => external_ids,
+            Err(remaining_ids) => panic!("Couldn't find some external ids {:?}", remaining_ids),
+        };
+
+        let config = IndexDocumentsConfig {
+            update_method: IndexDocumentsMethod::ReplaceDocuments,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        let mut builder = milli::update::IndexDocuments::new(
+            wtxn,
+            index,
+            indexer_config,
+            config,
+            |indexing_step| debug!("update: {:?}", indexing_step),
+            || must_stop_processing.get(),
+        )?;
+
+        let (new_builder, user_result) = builder.remove_documents(document_ids)?;
+        builder = new_builder;
+        // Uses Invariant: remove documents actually always returns Ok for the inner result
+        let count = user_result.unwrap();
+
+        let _ = builder.execute()?;
+
+        count
     } else {
         0
     })