diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-delete-meta-by-id b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-delete-meta-by-id
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7321786bf3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-delete-meta-by-id
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: fix
+
+[HPOS] Support deleting metadata just by meta id.
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/src/Internal/DataStores/Orders/OrdersTableDataStore.php b/plugins/woocommerce/src/Internal/DataStores/Orders/OrdersTableDataStore.php
index 9646752ebab..bbe90ccce78 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/src/Internal/DataStores/Orders/OrdersTableDataStore.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/src/Internal/DataStores/Orders/OrdersTableDataStore.php
@@ -2803,10 +2803,19 @@ CREATE TABLE $meta_table (
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	public function delete_meta( &$object, $meta ) {
+		if ( $this->should_backfill_post_record() && isset( $meta->id ) && ! isset( $meta->key ) ) {
+			// Let's get the actual meta key before its deleted for backfilling. We cannot delete just by ID because meta IDs are different in HPOS and posts tables.
+			$db_meta = $this->data_store_meta->get_metadata_by_id( $meta->id );
+			if ( $db_meta ) {
+				$meta->key   = $db_meta->meta_key;
+				$meta->value = $db_meta->meta_value;
+			}
+		}
+
 		$delete_meta = $this->data_store_meta->delete_meta( $object, $meta );
 		$this->after_meta_change( $object, $meta );
 
-		if ( $object instanceof WC_Abstract_Order && $this->should_backfill_post_record() ) {
+		if ( $object instanceof WC_Abstract_Order && $this->should_backfill_post_record() && isset( $meta->key ) ) {
 			self::$backfilling_order_ids[] = $object->get_id();
 			delete_post_meta( $object->get_id(), $meta->key, $meta->value );
 			self::$backfilling_order_ids = array_diff( self::$backfilling_order_ids, array( $object->get_id() ) );
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/php/src/Internal/DataStores/Orders/OrdersTableDataStoreTests.php b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/php/src/Internal/DataStores/Orders/OrdersTableDataStoreTests.php
index da66db16c09..f7dd3721bf4 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/php/src/Internal/DataStores/Orders/OrdersTableDataStoreTests.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/php/src/Internal/DataStores/Orders/OrdersTableDataStoreTests.php
@@ -2804,4 +2804,26 @@ class OrdersTableDataStoreTests extends HposTestCase {
 		$reset_state->call( $sut );
 		wp_cache_flush();
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @testDox Test that we can delete metadata just by sending the meta ID.
+	 */
+	public function test_allow_deleting_meta_with_id_only() {
+		$this->toggle_cot_authoritative( true );
+		$this->enable_cot_sync();
+
+		$order = OrderHelper::create_order();
+		$order->add_meta_data( 'test_key', 'test_value' );
+		$order->save();
+
+		$meta_data = $this->sut->read_meta( $order );
+
+		foreach ( $meta_data as $meta ) {
+			$this->sut->delete_meta( $order, (object) array( 'id' => $meta->meta_id ) );
+		}
+
+		$r_order = wc_get_order( $order->get_id() );
+		$this->assertEmpty( $r_order->get_meta_data() );
+		$this->assertEquals( '', get_post_meta( $order->get_id(), 'test_key', true ) );
+	}
 }