diff --git a/admin/app/controllers/downloads_controller.ts b/admin/app/controllers/downloads_controller.ts
index bd58790..023806b 100644
--- a/admin/app/controllers/downloads_controller.ts
+++ b/admin/app/controllers/downloads_controller.ts
@@ -15,4 +15,9 @@ export default class DownloadsController {
     const payload = await request.validateUsing(downloadJobsByFiletypeSchema)
     return this.downloadService.listDownloadJobs(payload.params.filetype)
   }
+
+  async removeJob({ params }: HttpContext) {
+    await this.downloadService.removeFailedJob(params.jobId)
+    return { success: true }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/admin/app/services/download_service.ts b/admin/app/services/download_service.ts
index 63c7ecd..a2b7faf 100644
--- a/admin/app/services/download_service.ts
+++ b/admin/app/services/download_service.ts
@@ -50,4 +50,15 @@ export class DownloadService {
       return b.progress - a.progress
     })
   }
+
+  async removeFailedJob(jobId: string): Promise<void> {
+    for (const queueName of [RunDownloadJob.queue, DownloadModelJob.queue]) {
+      const queue = this.queueService.getQueue(queueName)
+      const job = await queue.getJob(jobId)
+      if (job) {
+        await job.remove()
+        return
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/admin/inertia/components/ActiveDownloads.tsx b/admin/inertia/components/ActiveDownloads.tsx
index 69bbb8f..9661f22 100644
--- a/admin/inertia/components/ActiveDownloads.tsx
+++ b/admin/inertia/components/ActiveDownloads.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import useDownloads, { useDownloadsProps } from '~/hooks/useDownloads'
 import HorizontalBarChart from './HorizontalBarChart'
 import { extractFileName } from '~/lib/util'
 import StyledSectionHeader from './StyledSectionHeader'
-import { IconAlertTriangle } from '@tabler/icons-react'
+import { IconAlertTriangle, IconX } from '@tabler/icons-react'
+import api from '~/lib/api'
 
 interface ActiveDownloadProps {
   filetype?: useDownloadsProps['filetype']
@@ -10,7 +11,12 @@ interface ActiveDownloadProps {
 }
 
 const ActiveDownloads = ({ filetype, withHeader = false }: ActiveDownloadProps) => {
-  const { data: downloads } = useDownloads({ filetype })
+  const { data: downloads, invalidate } = useDownloads({ filetype })
+
+  const handleDismiss = async (jobId: string) => {
+    await api.removeDownloadJob(jobId)
+    invalidate()
+  }
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -37,6 +43,13 @@ const ActiveDownloads = ({ filetype, withHeader = false }: ActiveDownloadProps)
                       Download failed{download.failedReason ? `: ${download.failedReason}` : ''}
                     </p>
                   </div>
+                  <button
+                    onClick={() => handleDismiss(download.jobId)}
+                    className="flex-shrink-0 p-1 rounded hover:bg-red-100 transition-colors"
+                    title="Dismiss failed download"
+                  >
+                    <IconX className="w-4 h-4 text-red-400 hover:text-red-600" />
+                  </button>
                 </div>
               ) : (
                 <HorizontalBarChart
diff --git a/admin/inertia/lib/api.ts b/admin/inertia/lib/api.ts
index 021c096..0295a4f 100644
--- a/admin/inertia/lib/api.ts
+++ b/admin/inertia/lib/api.ts
@@ -532,6 +532,12 @@ class API {
     })()
   }
 
+  async removeDownloadJob(jobId: string): Promise<void> {
+    return catchInternal(async () => {
+      await this.client.delete(`/downloads/jobs/${jobId}`)
+    })()
+  }
+
   async runBenchmark(type: BenchmarkType, sync: boolean = false) {
     return catchInternal(async () => {
       const response = await this.client.post<RunBenchmarkResponse>(
diff --git a/admin/start/routes.ts b/admin/start/routes.ts
index 2045b27..631c528 100644
--- a/admin/start/routes.ts
+++ b/admin/start/routes.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ router
   .group(() => {
     router.get('/jobs', [DownloadsController, 'index'])
     router.get('/jobs/:filetype', [DownloadsController, 'filetype'])
+    router.delete('/jobs/:jobId', [DownloadsController, 'removeJob'])
   })
   .prefix('/api/downloads')