diff --git a/src/main/java/seedu/address/logic/Messages.java b/src/main/java/seedu/address/logic/Messages.java
index 3d37b346343..4d599c0f685 100644
--- a/src/main/java/seedu/address/logic/Messages.java
+++ b/src/main/java/seedu/address/logic/Messages.java
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@ public class Messages {
     public static final String MESSAGE_NO_SUCH_ATTRIBUTE = "No such attribute(s) found: ";
     public static final String MESSAGE_UNKNOWN_COMMAND = "Unknown command";
     public static final String MESSAGE_INVALID_COMMAND_FORMAT = "Invalid command format! \n%1$s";
-    public static final String MESSAGE_INVALID_PERSON_DISPLAYED_UUID = "The person UUID provided is invalid.";
     public static final String MESSAGE_PERSONS_LISTED_OVERVIEW = "%1$d persons listed!";
     public static final String MESSAGE_DUPLICATE_FIELDS =
                 "Multiple values specified for the following single-valued field(s): ";
+
     public static final String MESSAGE_INVALID_PERSON_UUID = "The UUID provided is invalid: ";
     public static final String MESSAGE_MISSING_ATTRIBUTES = "Missing attributes to delete.";
-    public static final String MESSAGE_SPACES_IN_UUID = "Spaces found in UUID: ";
 
     public static final String MESSAGE_INVALID_PREDEFINED_RELATIONSHIP_DESCRIPTOR = "You cannot delete this "
             + "relationship type. \nType 'listRelations to see your list of relationship types.'";
diff --git a/src/main/java/seedu/address/logic/commands/DeleteCommand.java b/src/main/java/seedu/address/logic/commands/DeleteCommand.java
index 0c9fd640149..5fdf3b2b4ef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/seedu/address/logic/commands/DeleteCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/seedu/address/logic/commands/DeleteCommand.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public CommandResult execute(Model model) throws CommandException {
         UUID targetUuid = model.getFullUuid(target);
 
         if (targetUuid == null) {
-            throw new CommandException(Messages.MESSAGE_INVALID_PERSON_DISPLAYED_UUID);
+            throw new CommandException(Messages.MESSAGE_INVALID_PERSON_UUID);
         }
 
         Person personToDelete = model.getPersonByUuid(targetUuid);
diff --git a/src/main/java/seedu/address/logic/parser/DeleteCommandParser.java b/src/main/java/seedu/address/logic/parser/DeleteCommandParser.java
index 0454cfcc0ea..c184848f89d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/seedu/address/logic/parser/DeleteCommandParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/seedu/address/logic/parser/DeleteCommandParser.java
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ public class DeleteCommandParser implements Parser<DeleteCommand> {
      * @throws ParseException if the user input does not conform the expected format
      */
     public DeleteCommand parse(String args) throws ParseException {
-        return new DeleteCommand(args.trim());
+        if (!args.trim().startsWith("/")) {
+            throw new ParseException("Input a UUID prefixed with '/'.");
+        }
+        return new DeleteCommand(args.trim().substring(1));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/seedu/address/model/person/NameContainsKeywordsPredicate.java b/src/main/java/seedu/address/model/person/NameContainsKeywordsPredicate.java
index 009c1988ce5..6443976ebcf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/seedu/address/model/person/NameContainsKeywordsPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/seedu/address/model/person/NameContainsKeywordsPredicate.java
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ public NameContainsKeywordsPredicate(List<String> keywords) {
     @Override
     public boolean test(Person person) {
         return keywords.stream().anyMatch(keyword ->
-                person.getAttributes().stream().anyMatch(attribute ->
+                StringUtil.containsWordIgnoreCase(person.getUuid().toString().substring(32, 36), keyword)
+                        || person.getAttributes().stream().anyMatch(attribute ->
                         StringUtil.containsWordIgnoreCase(attribute.getValueAsString(), keyword)
                 )
         );
diff --git a/src/test/java/seedu/address/logic/LogicManagerTest.java b/src/test/java/seedu/address/logic/LogicManagerTest.java
index 3296ff1cfa5..7c76edb5ad8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/seedu/address/logic/LogicManagerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/seedu/address/logic/LogicManagerTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package seedu.address.logic;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-import static seedu.address.logic.Messages.MESSAGE_INVALID_PERSON_DISPLAYED_UUID;
+import static seedu.address.logic.Messages.MESSAGE_INVALID_PERSON_UUID;
 import static seedu.address.logic.Messages.MESSAGE_UNKNOWN_COMMAND;
 import static seedu.address.logic.commands.CommandTestUtil.ADDRESS_DESC_AMY;
 import static seedu.address.logic.commands.CommandTestUtil.EMAIL_DESC_AMY;
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ public void execute_invalidCommandFormat_throwsParseException() {
 
     @Test
     public void execute_commandExecutionError_throwsCommandException() {
-        String deleteCommand = "delete 9";
-        assertCommandException(deleteCommand, MESSAGE_INVALID_PERSON_DISPLAYED_UUID);
+        String deleteCommand = "delete /9";
+        assertCommandException(deleteCommand, MESSAGE_INVALID_PERSON_UUID);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/seedu/address/logic/commands/DeleteCommandTest.java b/src/test/java/seedu/address/logic/commands/DeleteCommandTest.java
index b05cb77b4d7..17c928e474a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/seedu/address/logic/commands/DeleteCommandTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/seedu/address/logic/commands/DeleteCommandTest.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public void execute_validUuid_success() {
     public void execute_nonRealUuidFilteredList_throwsCommandException() {
         DeleteCommand deleteCommand = new DeleteCommand("12345");
 
-        assertCommandFailure(deleteCommand, model, Messages.MESSAGE_INVALID_PERSON_DISPLAYED_UUID);
+        assertCommandFailure(deleteCommand, model, Messages.MESSAGE_INVALID_PERSON_UUID);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/seedu/address/logic/parser/AddressBookParserTest.java b/src/test/java/seedu/address/logic/parser/AddressBookParserTest.java
index e7ec9f0fbf4..b2c0cf28f26 100644
--- a/src/test/java/seedu/address/logic/parser/AddressBookParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/seedu/address/logic/parser/AddressBookParserTest.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public void parseCommand_clear() throws Exception {
     @Test
     public void parseCommand_delete() throws Exception {
         DeleteCommand command = (DeleteCommand) parser.parseCommand(
-                DeleteCommand.COMMAND_WORD + " " + ALICE_UUID);
+                DeleteCommand.COMMAND_WORD + " /" + ALICE_UUID);
         assertEquals(new DeleteCommand(ALICE_UUID), command);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/seedu/address/logic/parser/DeleteCommandParserTest.java b/src/test/java/seedu/address/logic/parser/DeleteCommandParserTest.java
index 9694e60f15a..6dc5e51f896 100644
--- a/src/test/java/seedu/address/logic/parser/DeleteCommandParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/seedu/address/logic/parser/DeleteCommandParserTest.java
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package seedu.address.logic.parser;
 
 import static seedu.address.logic.parser.CommandParserTestUtil.assertParseSuccess;
+import static seedu.address.testutil.Assert.assertThrows;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import seedu.address.logic.commands.DeleteCommand;
+import seedu.address.logic.parser.exceptions.ParseException;
 
 /**
  * As we are only doing white-box testing, our test cases do not cover path variations
@@ -19,7 +21,12 @@ public class DeleteCommandParserTest {
 
     @Test
     public void parse_validArgs_returnsDeleteCommand() {
-        assertParseSuccess(parser, "0001", new DeleteCommand("0001"));
+        assertParseSuccess(parser, "/0001", new DeleteCommand("0001"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void parse_invalidArgs_throwsParseException() {
+        assertThrows(ParseException.class, () -> parser.parse("0001"));
     }
 
 }