diff --git a/src/js/components/encodings/ScaleList.tsx b/src/js/components/encodings/ScaleList.tsx
index d540058d3..a9b00e138 100644
--- a/src/js/components/encodings/ScaleList.tsx
+++ b/src/js/components/encodings/ScaleList.tsx
@@ -8,14 +8,21 @@ import sg from '../../ctrl/signals';
 import {channelName} from '../../actions/bindChannel';
 import {MODE, SELECTED, CELL} from '../../store/factory/Signal';
 import {ScaleDraggingState, DraggingStateRecord, ScaleDraggingStateRecord} from '../../store/factory/Inspector';
-import {startDragging, stopDragging} from '../../actions/inspectorActions';
+import { startDragging, stopDragging} from '../../actions/inspectorActions';
 import {setMarkVisual} from '../../actions/markActions';
 import {NumericValueRef, StringValueRef, tupleid} from 'vega';
+import { deleteScale } from '../../actions/scaleActions';
+import { Icon } from '../Icon';
+import ReactTooltip from 'react-tooltip';
+import { ThunkDispatch } from 'redux-thunk';
+import { AnyAction } from 'redux';
 
 const ctrl = require('../../ctrl');
 
 const imutils = require('../../util/immutable-utils');
 const getInVis = imutils.getInVis;
+const assets = require('../../util/assets');
+const capitalize = require('capitalize');
 
 interface StateProps {
   selectedId: number;
@@ -28,6 +35,7 @@ interface DispatchProps {
   startDragging: (d: DraggingStateRecord) => void;
   stopDragging: () => void;
   setMarkVisual: (payload: {property: string, def: NumericValueRef | StringValueRef}, markId: number) => void;
+  deleteScale: (_: any, id: number, evt: any) => void;
 }
 
 function mapStateToProps(reduxState: State, ownProps): StateProps {
@@ -40,7 +48,28 @@ function mapStateToProps(reduxState: State, ownProps): StateProps {
   };
 }
 
-const actionCreators: DispatchProps = {startDragging, stopDragging, selectScale, setMarkVisual};
+function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch: ThunkDispatch<State, null, AnyAction>): DispatchProps {
+  return {
+    startDragging: function (d) {
+      dispatch(startDragging(d));
+    },
+    stopDragging: function () {
+      dispatch(stopDragging());
+    },
+    selectScale: function (guideId) {
+      dispatch(selectScale(guideId));
+    },
+    setMarkVisual: function (payload, markId) {
+      dispatch(setMarkVisual(payload, markId));
+    },
+    deleteScale: function (selectedId, scaleId, evt) {
+      dispatch(deleteScale(null, scaleId));
+      evt.preventDefault();
+      evt.stopPropagation();
+      ReactTooltip.hide();
+    },
+  };
+}
 
 class ScaleList extends React.Component<StateProps & DispatchProps> {
   private handleDragStart = (evt) => {
@@ -86,12 +115,17 @@ class ScaleList extends React.Component<StateProps & DispatchProps> {
       ctrl.update();
     }
   }
+
+  public componentDidUpdate() {
+    ReactTooltip.rebuild();
+  }
+
   public render() {
     const props = this.props;
     const scales = [...props.scales.values()]
 
     return (
-      <div id='scale-list'>
+      <div id='scale-list' className="expandingMenu">
         <h2>Scales</h2>
         <ul>
           {scales.map((scale) => {
@@ -109,7 +143,12 @@ class ScaleList extends React.Component<StateProps & DispatchProps> {
                   data-scale={scale.get('_id')}
                   data-field={field}>
                   {/* <ContentEditable value={name} save={updateScaleName}  /> */}
-                  {name}
+                  <div style={{ "marginLeft": "26px" }}>
+                    {capitalize(name)}
+                  </div>
+                  <Icon glyph={assets.trash} className='delete'
+                    onClick={props.deleteScale.bind(null, props.selectedId, id)}
+                    data-tip={'Delete ' + name + ' scale'} data-place='right'/>
                 </div>
               </li>
             );
@@ -120,4 +159,4 @@ class ScaleList extends React.Component<StateProps & DispatchProps> {
   }
 }
 
-export default connect(mapStateToProps, actionCreators)(ScaleList);
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(ScaleList);
diff --git a/src/js/reducers/marksReducer.ts b/src/js/reducers/marksReducer.ts
index 0dfa6a114..071d8649a 100644
--- a/src/js/reducers/marksReducer.ts
+++ b/src/js/reducers/marksReducer.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {Map} from 'immutable';
 import {ActionType, getType} from 'typesafe-actions';
 import * as helperActions from '../actions/bindChannel/helperActions';
 import * as guideActions from '../actions/guideActions';
+import * as scaleActions from '../actions/scaleActions';
 import * as markActions from '../actions/markActions';
 import * as sceneActions from '../actions/sceneActions';
 import * as interactionActions from '../actions/interactionActions';
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ const ensureValuePresentImmutable = function(state: MarkState, path: string[], v
 };
 
 const ensureValueAbsent = function(state: MarkState, path: string[], valToRemove): MarkState {
-  return state.updateIn(path, children => children.filter(c => c !== valToRemove));
+  return state.updateIn(path, children => children != null ? children.filter(c => c !== valToRemove) : children);
 };
 
 // Helper reducer to add a mark to the store. Runs the mark through a method to
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ export function marksReducer(
     | ActionType<typeof guideActions.deleteGuide>
     | ActionType<typeof interactionActions.deleteInteraction>
     | ActionType<typeof widgetActions.deleteWidget>
+    | ActionType<typeof scaleActions.deleteScale>
 ): MarkState {
   if (typeof state === 'undefined') {
     return Map();
@@ -257,6 +259,24 @@ export function marksReducer(
     return ensureValueAbsent(state, [String(action.payload.groupId), 'legends'], id);
   }
 
+  if (action.type === getType(scaleActions.deleteScale)) {
+    const groupIds = state.keySeq().toArray();
+    groupIds.forEach(function (groupId) {
+      state = ensureValueAbsent(state, [String(groupId), 'scales'], id);
+
+      // clean up encoding references
+      let encodingKeys = Object.keys(state.getIn([String(groupId), 'encode', 'update']));
+      encodingKeys.forEach(function (encodingKey) {
+        let needsDelete = state.getIn([String(groupId), 'encode', 'update', encodingKey, 'scale']) === id;
+        if (needsDelete) {
+          state = state.setIn([String(groupId), 'encode', 'update', encodingKey], undefined);
+        }
+      });
+      
+    });
+    return state;
+  }
+
   if (action.type === getType(interactionActions.deleteInteraction)) {
     return ensureValueAbsent(state, [String(action.payload.groupId), '_interactions'], id);
   }
diff --git a/src/scss/layers.scss b/src/scss/layers.scss
index 06676f268..736be7039 100644
--- a/src/scss/layers.scss
+++ b/src/scss/layers.scss
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@
   }
 
   li {
-    float: left;
     margin: $inner-padding;
     margin-top: 0;
     list-style-type: none;
   }
 
   .scale.name {
-    display: inline-block;
-    padding: $inner-padding;
+    display: flex;
+    padding: 2*$inner-padding;
     text-align: center;
+    border-radius: 2px;
 
     background-color: skyblue;
     color: black;