diff --git a/app/policies/personal_snippet_policy.rb b/app/policies/personal_snippet_policy.rb
index 40dd49b4afd829f28ef9280f0aad904d945dd295..d5f49b900f1d7562b8a9c8d93ae6d3887044e382 100644
--- a/app/policies/personal_snippet_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/personal_snippet_policy.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 class PersonalSnippetPolicy < BasePolicy
   condition(:public_snippet, scope: :subject) { @subject.public? }
-  condition(:is_author) { @user && @subject.author == @user }
+  condition(:is_author) { @user && (@subject.author == @user || @user.admin?) }
   condition(:internal_snippet, scope: :subject) { @subject.internal? }
 
   rule { public_snippet }.policy do
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/26380-personal-snippets.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/26380-personal-snippets.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..60426961e92f4d348d90d29afb0987f01364c448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/26380-personal-snippets.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Allow admins to administer personal snippets
+merge_request:
+author: Oren Kanner
+type: fixed
diff --git a/spec/features/snippets/user_deletes_snippet_spec.rb b/spec/features/snippets/user_deletes_snippet_spec.rb
index 217419a220a075ea6d99de29c54cacb2c32d5f8b..b153ffdc315beed86ea1892bc5f529774faae2a2 100644
--- a/spec/features/snippets/user_deletes_snippet_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/snippets/user_deletes_snippet_spec.rb
@@ -4,18 +4,35 @@
 
 describe 'User deletes snippet' do
   let(:user) { create(:user) }
+  let(:admin) { create(:admin) }
   let(:content) { 'puts "test"' }
   let(:snippet) { create(:personal_snippet, :public, content: content, author: user) }
 
-  before do
-    sign_in(user)
+  context 'as author' do
+    before do
+      sign_in(user)
 
-    visit snippet_path(snippet)
+      visit snippet_path(snippet)
+    end
+
+    it 'deletes the snippet' do
+      first(:link, 'Delete').click
+
+      expect(page).not_to have_content(snippet.title)
+    end
   end
 
-  it 'deletes the snippet' do
-    first(:link, 'Delete').click
+  context 'as admin' do
+    before do
+      sign_in(admin)
+
+      visit snippet_path(snippet)
+    end
+
+    it 'deletes the snippet' do
+      first(:link, 'Delete').click
 
-    expect(page).not_to have_content(snippet.title)
+      expect(page).not_to have_content(snippet.title)
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/policies/personal_snippet_policy_spec.rb b/spec/policies/personal_snippet_policy_spec.rb
index 097000ceb6a4d9cd9b0f3e3baf3de157a32c5e53..418848525c1ea6ac8327753a125496a14195aa45 100644
--- a/spec/policies/personal_snippet_policy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/policies/personal_snippet_policy_spec.rb
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ def permissions(user)
 
       it do
         is_expected.to be_allowed(:read_personal_snippet)
-        is_expected.to be_disallowed(:create_note)
-        is_expected.to be_disallowed(:award_emoji)
-        is_expected.to be_disallowed(*author_permissions)
+        is_expected.to be_allowed(:create_note)
+        is_expected.to be_allowed(:award_emoji)
+        is_expected.to be_allowed(*author_permissions)
       end
     end