diff --git a/public/component_types/interfaces.ts b/public/component_types/interfaces.ts
index 2abf45d5..4fa63b80 100644
--- a/public/component_types/interfaces.ts
+++ b/public/component_types/interfaces.ts
@@ -77,3 +77,11 @@ export interface IComponent {
   createFields?: IComponentField[];
   outputs?: IComponentOutput[];
 }
+
+/**
+ * We need to include some extra instance-specific data to the ReactFlow component
+ * to perform extra functionality, such as deleting the node from the ReactFlowInstance.
+ */
+export interface IComponentData extends IComponent {
+  id: string;
+}
diff --git a/public/pages/workflow_detail/workspace/workspace.tsx b/public/pages/workflow_detail/workspace/workspace.tsx
index e26ee1fb..a3d7b5b6 100644
--- a/public/pages/workflow_detail/workspace/workspace.tsx
+++ b/public/pages/workflow_detail/workspace/workspace.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import ReactFlow, {
 import { EuiFlexItem, EuiFlexGroup } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { rfContext, setDirty } from '../../../store';
 import { IComponent, Workflow } from '../../../../common';
-import { generateId } from '../../../utils';
+import { generateId, initComponentData } from '../../../utils';
 import { getCore } from '../../../services';
 import { WorkspaceComponent } from '../workspace_component';
 import { DeletableEdge } from '../workspace_edge';
@@ -84,11 +84,12 @@ export function Workspace(props: WorkspaceProps) {
 
       // TODO: remove hardcoded values when more component info is passed in the event.
       // Only keep the calculated 'position' field.
+      const id = generateId(nodeData.type);
       const newNode = {
-        id: generateId(nodeData.type),
+        id,
         type: nodeData.type,
         position,
-        data: nodeData,
+        data: initComponentData(nodeData, id),
         style: {
           background: 'white',
         },
diff --git a/public/pages/workflow_detail/workspace_component/workspace_component.tsx b/public/pages/workflow_detail/workspace_component/workspace_component.tsx
index 7d0ac3de..20d4953c 100644
--- a/public/pages/workflow_detail/workspace_component/workspace_component.tsx
+++ b/public/pages/workflow_detail/workspace_component/workspace_component.tsx
@@ -3,14 +3,22 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-import React from 'react';
-import { EuiFlexGroup, EuiFlexItem, EuiCard } from '@elastic/eui';
-import { IComponent } from '../../../component_types';
+import React, { useContext } from 'react';
+import {
+  EuiFlexGroup,
+  EuiFlexItem,
+  EuiCard,
+  EuiText,
+  EuiTitle,
+  EuiButtonIcon,
+} from '@elastic/eui';
+import { rfContext } from '../../../store';
+import { IComponentData } from '../../../component_types';
 import { InputHandle } from './input_handle';
 import { OutputHandle } from './output_handle';
 
 interface WorkspaceComponentProps {
-  data: IComponent;
+  data: IComponentData;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -20,10 +28,36 @@ interface WorkspaceComponentProps {
  */
 export function WorkspaceComponent(props: WorkspaceComponentProps) {
   const component = props.data;
+  const { deleteNode } = useContext(rfContext);
 
   return (
-    <EuiCard title={component.label}>
+    <EuiCard
+      textAlign="left"
+      title={
+        <EuiFlexGroup direction="row" justifyContent="spaceBetween">
+          <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
+            <EuiTitle size="s">
+              <h3>{component.label}</h3>
+            </EuiTitle>
+          </EuiFlexItem>
+          <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
+            <EuiButtonIcon
+              iconType="trash"
+              onClick={() => {
+                deleteNode(component.id);
+              }}
+              aria-label="Delete"
+            />
+          </EuiFlexItem>
+        </EuiFlexGroup>
+      }
+    >
       <EuiFlexGroup direction="column">
+        <EuiFlexItem>
+          <EuiText size="s" color="subdued">
+            {component.description}
+          </EuiText>
+        </EuiFlexItem>
         {component.inputs?.map((input, index) => {
           return (
             <EuiFlexItem key={index}>
@@ -31,7 +65,6 @@ export function WorkspaceComponent(props: WorkspaceComponentProps) {
             </EuiFlexItem>
           );
         })}
-        {/* TODO: finalize from UX what we show in the component itself. Readonly fields? Configure in the component JSON definition? */}
         {component.outputs?.map((output, index) => {
           return (
             <EuiFlexItem key={index}>
diff --git a/public/store/context/react_flow_context_provider.tsx b/public/store/context/react_flow_context_provider.tsx
index 73ef1cce..8268a0c9 100644
--- a/public/store/context/react_flow_context_provider.tsx
+++ b/public/store/context/react_flow_context_provider.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import React, { createContext, useState } from 'react';
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
-import { Edge } from 'reactflow';
+import { Edge, Node } from 'reactflow';
 import { setDirty } from '../reducers';
 
 const initialValues = {
@@ -30,8 +30,19 @@ export function ReactFlowContextProvider({ children }: any) {
   const [reactFlowInstance, setReactFlowInstance] = useState(null);
 
   const deleteNode = (nodeId: string) => {
-    // TODO: implement node deletion
-    // reactFlowInstance.setNodes(...)
+    reactFlowInstance.setNodes(
+      reactFlowInstance.getNodes().filter((node: Node) => node.id !== nodeId)
+    );
+    // Also delete any dangling edges attached to the component
+    reactFlowInstance.setEdges(
+      reactFlowInstance
+        .getEdges()
+        .filter(
+          (edge: Edge) => edge.source !== nodeId && edge.target !== nodeId
+        )
+    );
+
+    dispatch(setDirty());
   };
 
   const deleteEdge = (edgeId: string) => {
diff --git a/public/store/reducers/workflows_reducer.ts b/public/store/reducers/workflows_reducer.ts
index efc07a07..20c60f76 100644
--- a/public/store/reducers/workflows_reducer.ts
+++ b/public/store/reducers/workflows_reducer.ts
@@ -11,26 +11,30 @@ import {
   KnnIndex,
   TextEmbeddingProcessor,
   generateId,
+  initComponentData,
 } from '../../../common';
 
 // TODO: remove after fetching from server-side
+const id1 = generateId('text_embedding_processor');
+const id2 = generateId('text_embedding_processor');
+const id3 = generateId('knn_index');
 const dummyNodes = [
   {
-    id: generateId('text_embedding_processor'),
+    id: id1,
     position: { x: 0, y: 500 },
-    data: new TextEmbeddingProcessor().toObj(),
+    data: initComponentData(new TextEmbeddingProcessor().toObj(), id1),
     type: 'customComponent',
   },
   {
-    id: generateId('text_embedding_processor'),
+    id: id2,
     position: { x: 0, y: 200 },
-    data: new TextEmbeddingProcessor().toObj(),
+    data: initComponentData(new TextEmbeddingProcessor().toObj(), id2),
     type: 'customComponent',
   },
   {
-    id: generateId('knn_index'),
+    id: id3,
     position: { x: 500, y: 500 },
-    data: new KnnIndex().toObj(),
+    data: initComponentData(new KnnIndex().toObj(), id3),
     type: 'customComponent',
   },
 ] as ReactFlowComponent[];
diff --git a/public/utils/utils.ts b/public/utils/utils.ts
index 1304c5cf..b319a8af 100644
--- a/public/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/public/utils/utils.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
+import { IComponent, IComponentData } from '../../common';
+
 // Append 16 random characters
 export function generateId(prefix: string) {
   const uniqueChar = () => {
@@ -11,3 +13,15 @@ export function generateId(prefix: string) {
   };
   return `${prefix}_${uniqueChar()}${uniqueChar()}${uniqueChar()}${uniqueChar()}`;
 }
+
+// Adding any instance metadata. Converting the base IComponent obj into
+// an instance-specific IComponentData obj.
+export function initComponentData(
+  data: IComponent,
+  componentId: string
+): IComponentData {
+  return {
+    ...data,
+    id: componentId,
+  } as IComponentData;
+}