diff --git a/src/borg/archive.py b/src/borg/archive.py
index 1ac2133e7..4e70c8c41 100644
--- a/src/borg/archive.py
+++ b/src/borg/archive.py
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ Utilization of max. archive size: {csize_max:.0%}
                 raise ChunksIndexError(cid)
             except Repository.ObjectNotFound as e:
                 # object not in repo - strange, but we wanted to delete it anyway.
-                if not forced:
+                if forced == 0:
                     raise
                 error = True
 
@@ -738,14 +738,14 @@ Utilization of max. archive size: {csize_max:.0%}
                 except (TypeError, ValueError):
                     # if items metadata spans multiple chunks and one chunk got dropped somehow,
                     # it could be that unpacker yields bad types
-                    if not forced:
+                    if forced == 0:
                         raise
                     error = True
             if progress:
                 pi.finish()
         except (msgpack.UnpackException, Repository.ObjectNotFound):
             # items metadata corrupted
-            if not forced:
+            if forced == 0:
                 raise
             error = True
         # in forced delete mode, we try hard to delete at least the manifest entry,
diff --git a/src/borg/archiver.py b/src/borg/archiver.py
index b41df11ad..f81c583cb 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver.py
@@ -844,6 +844,26 @@ class Archiver:
             if not archive_names:
                 return self.exit_code
 
+        if args.forced == 2:
+            deleted = False
+            for i, archive_name in enumerate(archive_names, 1):
+                try:
+                    del manifest.archives[archive_name]
+                except KeyError:
+                    self.exit_code = EXIT_WARNING
+                    logger.warning('Archive {} not found ({}/{}).'.format(archive_name, i, len(archive_names)))
+                else:
+                    deleted = True
+                    logger.info('Deleted {} ({}/{}).'.format(archive_name, i, len(archive_names)))
+            if deleted:
+                manifest.write()
+                # note: might crash in compact() after committing the repo
+                repository.commit()
+                logger.info('Done. Run "borg check --repair" to clean up the mess.')
+            else:
+                logger.warning('Aborted.')
+            return self.exit_code
+
         stats_logger = logging.getLogger('borg.output.stats')
         if args.stats:
             log_multi(DASHES, STATS_HEADER, logger=stats_logger)
@@ -861,7 +881,7 @@ class Archiver:
                 if args.stats:
                     log_multi(stats.summary.format(label='Deleted data:', stats=stats),
                               DASHES, logger=stats_logger)
-                if not args.forced and self.exit_code:
+                if args.forced == 0 and self.exit_code:
                     break
             if args.stats:
                 stats_logger.info(str(cache))
@@ -2450,8 +2470,9 @@ class Archiver:
                                action='store_true', default=False,
                                help='delete only the local cache for the given repository')
         subparser.add_argument('--force', dest='forced',
-                               action='store_true', default=False,
-                               help='force deletion of corrupted archives')
+                               action='count', default=0,
+                               help='force deletion of corrupted archives, '
+                                    'use --force --force in case --force does not work.')
         subparser.add_argument('--save-space', dest='save_space', action='store_true',
                                default=False,
                                help='work slower, but using less space')
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
index ca0f41028..03f4a6c93 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
@@ -1193,6 +1193,20 @@ class ArchiverTestCase(ArchiverTestCaseBase):
         # Make sure the repo is gone
         self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(self.repository_path))
 
+    def test_delete_double_force(self):
+        self.cmd('init', '--encryption=none', self.repository_location)
+        self.create_src_archive('test')
+        with Repository(self.repository_path, exclusive=True) as repository:
+            manifest, key = Manifest.load(repository)
+            archive = Archive(repository, key, manifest, 'test')
+            id = archive.metadata.items[0]
+            repository.put(id, b'corrupted items metadata stream chunk')
+            repository.commit()
+        self.cmd('delete', '--force', '--force', self.repository_location + '::test')
+        self.cmd('check', '--repair', self.repository_location)
+        output = self.cmd('list', self.repository_location)
+        self.assert_not_in('test', output)
+
     def test_corrupted_repository(self):
         self.cmd('init', '--encryption=repokey', self.repository_location)
         self.create_src_archive('test')