diff --git a/integration/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/CarbonDDLSqlParser.scala b/integration/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/CarbonDDLSqlParser.scala
index 29ce9fb6b38..7d74c689486 100644
--- a/integration/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/CarbonDDLSqlParser.scala
+++ b/integration/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/CarbonDDLSqlParser.scala
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ abstract class CarbonDDLSqlParser extends AbstractCarbonSparkSQLParser {
   protected val REGISTER = carbonKeyWord("REGISTER")
   protected val PROPERTIES = carbonKeyWord("PROPERTIES")
   protected val REFRESH = carbonKeyWord("REFRESH")
+  protected val EXPECT = carbonKeyWord("EXPECT")
+  protected val REMAIN_NUMBER = carbonKeyWord("REMAIN_NUMBER")
 
   // For materialized view
   // Keywords used in this parser
@@ -353,4 +355,6 @@ abstract class CarbonDDLSqlParser extends AbstractCarbonSparkSQLParser {
       p.getClass.getSimpleName.equals("FloatLit") ||
       p.getClass.getSimpleName.equals("DecimalLit")
     }) ^^ (_.chars)
+
+  protected lazy val number: Parser[Int] = numericLit ^^ (_.toInt)
 }
diff --git a/integration/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/management/CarbonDeleteLoadByRemainNumberCommand.scala b/integration/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/management/CarbonDeleteLoadByRemainNumberCommand.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bea94d58208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/management/CarbonDeleteLoadByRemainNumberCommand.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.management
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.{CarbonEnv, Row, SparkSession}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.{Checker, DataCommand}
+
+import org.apache.carbondata.api.CarbonStore
+import org.apache.carbondata.common.exceptions.sql.MalformedCarbonCommandException
+import org.apache.carbondata.core.exception.ConcurrentOperationException
+import org.apache.carbondata.core.statusmanager.{SegmentStatus, SegmentStatusManager}
+import org.apache.carbondata.events.{withEvents, DeleteSegmentByIdPostEvent, DeleteSegmentByIdPreEvent}
+
+/**
+ * A command for delete by remaining number.
+ * In general, keep the latest segment.
+ *
+ * @param remaining expected remaining quantity after deletion
+ */
+case class CarbonDeleteLoadByRemainNumberCommand(
+    remaining: Int,
+    databaseNameOp: Option[String],
+    tableName: String)
+  extends DataCommand {
+
+  override def processData(sparkSession: SparkSession): Seq[Row] = {
+    Checker.validateTableExists(databaseNameOp, tableName, sparkSession)
+    val carbonTable = CarbonEnv.getCarbonTable(databaseNameOp, tableName)(sparkSession)
+    setAuditTable(carbonTable)
+    setAuditInfo(Map("remaining number" -> remaining.toString))
+    if (!carbonTable.getTableInfo.isTransactionalTable) {
+      throw new MalformedCarbonCommandException("Unsupported operation on non transactional table")
+    }
+
+    // if insert overwrite in progress, do not allow delete segment
+    if (SegmentStatusManager.isOverwriteInProgressInTable(carbonTable)) {
+      throw new ConcurrentOperationException(carbonTable, "insert overwrite", "delete segment")
+    }
+
+    val segments = CarbonStore.readSegments(carbonTable.getTablePath, showHistory = false, None)
+
+    // Through the remaining number, get the delete id
+    val deleteSegmentIds = segments.filter(segment => segment.getSegmentStatus == SegmentStatus.SUCCESS
+      || segment.getSegmentStatus == SegmentStatus.COMPACTED)
+      .sortBy(_.getLoadStartTime)
+      .map(_.getLoadName)
+      .reverse
+      .drop(remaining)
+
+    if (deleteSegmentIds.length == 0) {
+      return Seq.empty
+    }
+
+    withEvents(DeleteSegmentByIdPreEvent(carbonTable, deleteSegmentIds, sparkSession),
+      DeleteSegmentByIdPostEvent(carbonTable, deleteSegmentIds, sparkSession)) {
+      CarbonStore.deleteLoadById(
+        deleteSegmentIds,
+        CarbonEnv.getDatabaseName(databaseNameOp)(sparkSession),
+        tableName,
+        carbonTable
+      )
+    }
+    Seq.empty
+  }
+
+  override protected def opName: String = "DELETE SEGMENT BY REMAIN_NUMBER"
+}
diff --git a/integration/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parser/CarbonSpark2SqlParser.scala b/integration/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parser/CarbonSpark2SqlParser.scala
index 56edba0a181..52757254cb1 100644
--- a/integration/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parser/CarbonSpark2SqlParser.scala
+++ b/integration/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parser/CarbonSpark2SqlParser.scala
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class CarbonSpark2SqlParser extends CarbonDDLSqlParser {
 
   protected lazy val segmentManagement: Parser[LogicalPlan] =
     deleteSegmentByID | deleteSegmentByLoadDate | deleteStage | cleanFiles | addSegment |
-    showSegments
+    showSegments | deleteSegmentByRemainNumber
 
   protected lazy val restructure: Parser[LogicalPlan] = alterTableDropColumn
 
@@ -508,6 +508,14 @@ class CarbonSpark2SqlParser extends CarbonDDLSqlParser {
         CarbonDeleteLoadByIdCommand(loadIds, dbName, tableName.toLowerCase())
     }
 
+  protected lazy val deleteSegmentByRemainNumber: Parser[LogicalPlan] =
+    DELETE ~> FROM ~ TABLE ~> (ident <~ ".").? ~ ident ~
+      (EXPECT ~> (SEGMENT ~ "." ~ REMAIN_NUMBER) ~> "="  ~> number) <~
+      opt(";") ^^ {
+      case dbName ~ tableName ~ remaining =>
+        CarbonDeleteLoadByRemainNumberCommand(remaining, dbName, tableName.toLowerCase())
+    }
+
   protected lazy val deleteSegmentByLoadDate: Parser[LogicalPlan] =
     DELETE ~> FROM ~> TABLE ~> (ident <~ ".").? ~ ident ~
     (WHERE ~> (SEGMENT ~ "." ~ STARTTIME ~> BEFORE) ~ stringLit) <~
diff --git a/integration/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/carbondata/spark/testsuite/deletesegment/DeleteSegmentByRemainNumberTestCase.scala b/integration/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/carbondata/spark/testsuite/deletesegment/DeleteSegmentByRemainNumberTestCase.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6137c057771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/carbondata/spark/testsuite/deletesegment/DeleteSegmentByRemainNumberTestCase.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.carbondata.spark.testsuite.deletesegment
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.test.util.QueryTest
+import org.scalatest.{BeforeAndAfterAll, BeforeAndAfterEach}
+
+import org.apache.carbondata.core.constants.CarbonCommonConstants
+import org.apache.carbondata.core.util.CarbonProperties
+
+/**
+ * test class for testing the delete segment expect remaining number.
+ */
+class DeleteSegmentByRemainNumberTestCase extends QueryTest with BeforeAndAfterAll with BeforeAndAfterEach {
+  val DELETED_STATUS = "Marked for Delete"
+
+  val SUCCESSFUL_STATUS = "Success"
+
+  override def beforeAll {
+    CarbonProperties.getInstance()
+      .addProperty(CarbonCommonConstants.CARBON_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT, "dd-MM-yyyy")
+      .addProperty(CarbonCommonConstants.CARBON_DATE_FORMAT, "dd-MM-yyyy")
+  }
+
+  override def beforeEach(): Unit = {
+    sql("drop table if exists deleteSegmentPartitionTable")
+    sql("drop table if exists deleteSegmentTable")
+    sql("drop table if exists indexTable")
+    sql(
+      "CREATE table deleteSegmentPartitionTable (ID int, date String, country String, name " +
+        "String, phonetype String, serialname String, salary String) STORED AS carbondata " +
+        "PARTITIONED by(age int)"
+    )
+    sql(
+      s"""LOAD DATA local inpath '$resourcesPath/dataretention1.csv'
+         | INTO TABLE deleteSegmentPartitionTable PARTITION (age='20')
+         | OPTIONS('DELIMITER'= ',', 'QUOTECHAR'= '"')""".stripMargin)
+    sql(
+      s"""LOAD DATA local inpath '$resourcesPath/dataretention2.csv'
+         | INTO TABLE deleteSegmentPartitionTable PARTITION (age='30')
+         | OPTIONS('DELIMITER'= ',', 'QUOTECHAR'= '"')""".stripMargin)
+    sql(
+      s"""LOAD DATA local inpath '$resourcesPath/dataretention3.csv'
+         | INTO TABLE deleteSegmentPartitionTable PARTITION (age='40')
+         | OPTIONS('DELIMITER'= ',', 'QUOTECHAR'= '"')""".stripMargin)
+
+    sql(
+      "CREATE table deleteSegmentTable (ID int, date String, country String, name " +
+        "String, phonetype String, serialname String, salary String) STORED AS carbondata"
+    )
+    sql(
+      s"""LOAD DATA local inpath '$resourcesPath/dataretention1.csv'
+         | INTO TABLE deleteSegmentTable OPTIONS('DELIMITER'= ',', 'QUOTECHAR'= '"')""".stripMargin)
+    sql(
+      s"""LOAD DATA local inpath '$resourcesPath/dataretention2.csv'
+         | INTO TABLE deleteSegmentTable OPTIONS('DELIMITER'= ',', 'QUOTECHAR'= '"')""".stripMargin)
+    sql(
+      s"""LOAD DATA local inpath '$resourcesPath/dataretention3.csv'
+         | INTO TABLE deleteSegmentTable OPTIONS('DELIMITER'= ',', 'QUOTECHAR'= '"')""".stripMargin)
+
+    sql("create index indexTable on table deleteSegmentTable(country) as 'carbondata'" +
+      "properties('sort_scope'='global_sort', 'Global_sort_partitions'='3')")
+  }
+
+  override def afterAll(): Unit = {
+    sql("drop table if exists deleteSegmentTable")
+    sql("drop table if exists deleteSegmentPartitionTable")
+    sql("drop table if exists indexTable")
+  }
+
+  test("delete segment, remain_number = 1") {
+    sql("delete from table deleteSegmentTable expect segment.remain_number = 1")
+    val segments1 = sql("show segments on deleteSegmentTable").collect()
+    assertResult(SUCCESSFUL_STATUS)(segments1(0).get(1))
+    assertResult(DELETED_STATUS)(segments1(1).get(1))
+    assertResult(DELETED_STATUS)(segments1(2).get(1))
+    assertResult(sql("select * from indexTable").count())(10)
+
+    sql("delete from table deleteSegmentPartitionTable expect segment.remain_number = 1")
+    val segments2 = sql("show segments on deleteSegmentPartitionTable").collect()
+    assertResult(SUCCESSFUL_STATUS)(segments2(0).get(1))
+    assertResult(DELETED_STATUS)(segments2(1).get(1))
+    assertResult(DELETED_STATUS)(segments2(2).get(1))
+  }
+
+  test("delete segment, remain nothing") {
+    sql("delete from table deleteSegmentTable expect segment.remain_number = 0")
+    val segments1 = sql("show segments on deleteSegmentTable").collect()
+    segments1.foreach(row => assertResult(DELETED_STATUS)(row.get(1)))
+    assertResult(sql("select * from indexTable").count())(0)
+
+    sql("delete from table deleteSegmentPartitionTable expect segment.remain_number = 0")
+    val segments2 = sql("show segments on deleteSegmentPartitionTable").collect()
+    segments2.foreach(row => assertResult(DELETED_STATUS)(row.get(1)))
+  }
+
+  test("delete segment, remain all") {
+    sql("delete from table deleteSegmentTable expect segment.remain_number = 3")
+    val segments1 = sql("show segments on deleteSegmentTable").collect()
+    segments1.foreach(row => assertResult(SUCCESSFUL_STATUS)(row.get(1)))
+    assertResult(sql("select * from indexTable").count())(30)
+
+    sql("delete from table deleteSegmentPartitionTable expect segment.remain_number = 3")
+    val segments2 = sql("show segments on deleteSegmentPartitionTable").collect()
+    segments2.foreach(row => assertResult(SUCCESSFUL_STATUS)(row.get(1)))
+  }
+
+  test("delete segment, remain_number is invalid") {
+    val ex1 = intercept[Exception] {
+      sql("delete from table deleteSegmentTable expect segment.remain_number = -1")
+    }
+    assert(ex1.getMessage.contains("not found"))
+    val ex2 = intercept[Exception] {
+      sql("delete from table deleteSegmentTable expect segment.remain_number = 2147483648")
+    }
+    assert(ex2.getMessage.contains("SqlParse"))
+    assertResult(sql("select * from indexTable").count())(30)
+
+    val ex3 = intercept[Exception] {
+      sql("delete from table deleteSegmentPartitionTable expect segment.remain_number = -1")
+    }
+    assert(ex3.getMessage.contains("not found"))
+    val ex4 = intercept[Exception] {
+      sql("delete from table deleteSegmentPartitionTable expect segment.remain_number = 2147483648")
+    }
+    assert(ex4.getMessage.contains("SqlParse"))
+  }
+
+  test("delete segment after update") {
+    sql("update deleteSegmentPartitionTable d set (d.country) = ('fr') where d.country = 'aus'")
+    sql("delete from table deleteSegmentPartitionTable expect segment.remain_number = 1")
+    val segments2 = sql("select * from deleteSegmentPartitionTable").collect()
+    segments2.foreach(row => assertResult("fr")(row(2)))
+  }
+
+  test("delete segment after delete newest segment by segmentId") {
+    sql("delete from table deleteSegmentTable where segment.id in (2)")
+    sql("delete from table deleteSegmentTable expect segment.remain_number = 1")
+    val segments1 = sql("show segments on deleteSegmentTable").collect()
+    assertResult(DELETED_STATUS)(segments1(0).get(1))
+    assertResult(SUCCESSFUL_STATUS)(segments1(1).get(1))
+    assertResult(DELETED_STATUS)(segments1(2).get(1))
+    assertResult(sql("select * from indexTable").count())(10)
+
+    sql("delete from table deleteSegmentPartitionTable where segment.id in (2)")
+    sql("delete from table deleteSegmentPartitionTable expect segment.remain_number = 1")
+    val segments2 = sql("show segments on deleteSegmentPartitionTable").collect()
+    assertResult(DELETED_STATUS)(segments2(0).get(1))
+    assertResult(SUCCESSFUL_STATUS)(segments2(1).get(1))
+    assertResult(DELETED_STATUS)(segments2(2).get(1))
+  }
+}