diff --git a/delete_status_test.go b/delete_status_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6339d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/delete_status_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package disk
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// The real API answers a delete with 204, or 202 for a large folder deleted
+// in the background. Both mean success.
+func TestDeleteResourceAcceptsTheRealStatusCodes(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, status := range []int{http.StatusNoContent, http.StatusAccepted, http.StatusOK} {
+		client := mockedHttpClient(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			if r.Method != http.MethodDelete {
+				t.Errorf("method = %s, want DELETE", r.Method)
+			}
+			w.WriteHeader(status)
+			if status == http.StatusAccepted {
+				_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"href": "https://cloud-api.yandex.net/v1/disk/operations/abc", "method": "GET"}`))
+			}
+		})
+		if err := client.DeleteResource(context.Background(), "disk:/old.txt", false); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("status %d: %v", status, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeleteResourceReportsAMissingResource(t *testing.T) {
+	client := mockedHttpClient(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"error": "DiskNotFoundError", "description": "Resource not found."}`))
+	})
+	if err := client.DeleteResource(context.Background(), "disk:/missing.txt", false); err == nil {
+		t.Error("a 404 must be reported as an error")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/resources.go b/resources.go
index d2dbf20..5bb8c89 100644
--- a/resources.go
+++ b/resources.go
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ func (c *Client) DeleteResource(ctx context.Context, path string, permanently bo
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
-	// Use centralized response handling
-	if _, err := c.handleResponse(resp, []int{200}); err != nil {
+	// The API answers 204 once the resource is gone, and 202 when a large
+	// folder is being deleted in the background. 200 is kept for proxies.
+	if _, err := c.handleResponse(resp, []int{http.StatusOK, http.StatusAccepted, http.StatusNoContent}); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("delete request failed: %w", err)
 	}