function bp_activity_delete( $args = '' ) {

	// Pass one or more the of following variables to delete by those variables.
	$args = bp_parse_args( $args, array(
		'id'                => false,
		'action'            => false,
		'content'           => false,
		'component'         => false,
		'type'              => false,
		'primary_link'      => false,
		'user_id'           => false,
		'item_id'           => false,
		'secondary_item_id' => false,
		'date_recorded'     => false,
		'hide_sitewide'     => false
	) );

	/**
	 * Fires before an activity item proceeds to be deleted.
	 *
	 * @since 1.5.0
	 *
	 * @param array $args Array of arguments to be used with the activity deletion.
	 */
	do_action( 'bp_before_activity_delete', $args );

	// Adjust the new mention count of any mentioned member.
	bp_activity_adjust_mention_count( $args['id'], 'delete' );

	$activity_ids_deleted = BP_Activity_Activity::delete( $args );
	if ( empty( $activity_ids_deleted ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	// Check if the user's latest update has been deleted.
	$user_id = empty( $args['user_id'] )
		? bp_loggedin_user_id()
		: $args['user_id'];

	$latest_update = bp_get_user_meta( $user_id, 'bp_latest_update', true );
	if ( !empty( $latest_update ) ) {
		if ( in_array( (int) $latest_update['id'], (array) $activity_ids_deleted ) ) {
			bp_delete_user_meta( $user_id, 'bp_latest_update' );
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Fires after the activity item has been deleted.
	 *
	 * @since 1.0.0
	 *
	 * @param array $args Array of arguments used with the activity deletion.
	 */
	do_action( 'bp_activity_delete', $args );

	/**
	 * Fires after the activity item has been deleted.
	 *
	 * @since 1.2.0
	 *
	 * @param array $activity_ids_deleted Array of affected activity item IDs.
	 */
	do_action( 'bp_activity_deleted_activities', $activity_ids_deleted );

	wp_cache_delete( 'bp_activity_sitewide_front', 'bp' );

	return true;
}