diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index e0b85a99..029ef3ef 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -1100,6 +1100,8 @@
     general: {
       closeButton: "Close",
       deleteItemButtonAudioLabel: "delete item",
+      abortButton: "Abort",
+      confirmButton: "Confirm",
       setButton: "Set"
     },
     regional: {
@@ -1143,12 +1145,13 @@
       ///
       connectButtonAudioLabel: "connect"
     },
-    fileBrowser: {
+    storage: {
       noItemSelected: "No item selected",
       notAFile: "(not a file)",
       contentEmpty: "(empty)",
       path: "Path",
-      content: "Content"
+      content: "Content",
+      deleteItem: "Delete item"
     },
     chatPage: {
       closeChatAudioLabe: "close chat",
@@ -1306,6 +1309,40 @@
     ))))));
   }
 
+  // src/View/Components/dangerousActionButton.tsx
+  function DangerousActionButton(label, icon, action) {
+    const isActionRequested = new State(false);
+    const cannotConfirm = createProxyState(
+      [isActionRequested],
+      () => isActionRequested.value == false
+    );
+    function requestAction() {
+      isActionRequested.value = true;
+    }
+    function abort() {
+      isActionRequested.value = false;
+    }
+    return /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "flex-row" }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("button", { class: "flex", "on:click": abort, "toggle:hidden": cannotConfirm }, translations.general.abortButton, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("span", { class: "icon" }, "undo")), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement(
+      "button",
+      {
+        class: "danger flex",
+        "on:click": requestAction,
+        "toggle:hidden": isActionRequested
+      },
+      label,
+      /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("span", { class: "icon" }, icon)
+    ), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement(
+      "button",
+      {
+        class: "danger flex",
+        "on:click": action,
+        "toggle:hidden": cannotConfirm
+      },
+      translations.general.confirmButton,
+      /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("span", { class: "icon" }, "warning")
+    ));
+  }
+
   // src/View/Components/deletableListItem.tsx
   function DeletableListItem(text, primaryButton, ondelete) {
     return /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "tile flex-row justify-apart align-center padding-0" }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("span", { class: "padding-h ellipsis" }, text), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "flex-row justify-end" }, primaryButton, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement(
@@ -1409,15 +1446,11 @@
           "on:click": setColor
         }
       );
-    })), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("hr", null), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement(
-      "button",
-      {
-        class: "danger width-input flex-no",
-        "on:click": chatViewModel.remove
-      },
+    })), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("hr", null), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "width-input" }, DangerousActionButton(
       translations.chatPage.settings.deleteChatButton,
-      /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("span", { class: "icon" }, "delete_forever")
-    )));
+      "chat_error",
+      chatViewModel.remove
+    ))));
   }
 
   // src/View/chatPage.tsx
@@ -2092,15 +2125,15 @@
   };
 
   // src/View/Components/directoryItemList.tsx
-  function DirectoryItemList(storageModel2, pathString, selectedPath) {
-    const StringToDirectoryItemList = (pathString2) => DirectoryItemList(storageModel2, pathString2, selectedPath);
+  function DirectoryItemList(storageViewModel2, pathString = PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR) {
+    const StringToDirectoryItemList = (pathString2) => DirectoryItemList(storageViewModel2, pathString2);
     const path = StorageModel.stringToPathComponents(pathString);
     const fileName = StorageModel.getFileName(path);
     const items = new ListState();
     const style = `text-indent: ${path.length * 2}rem`;
     function loadItems() {
       items.clear();
-      const directoryItems = storageModel2.list(path);
+      const directoryItems = storageViewModel2.storageModel.list(path);
       for (const directoryItem of directoryItems) {
         const itemPath = [...path, directoryItem];
         const pathString2 = StorageModel.pathComponentsToString(...itemPath);
@@ -2108,11 +2141,16 @@
       }
     }
     function select() {
-      selectedPath.value = pathString;
+      storageViewModel2.selectedPath.value = pathString;
     }
+    storageViewModel2.lastDeletedItemPath.subscribe((lastDeletedItemPath) => {
+      if (!items.value.has(lastDeletedItemPath)) return;
+      select();
+      setTimeout(() => loadItems(), 50);
+    });
     const isSelected = createProxyState(
-      [selectedPath],
-      () => selectedPath.value == pathString
+      [storageViewModel2.selectedPath],
+      () => storageViewModel2.selectedPath.value == pathString
     );
     isSelected.subscribe(() => {
       if (isSelected.value == false) return;
@@ -2136,30 +2174,35 @@
   }
 
   // src/View/Components/fileBrowser.tsx
-  function FileBrowser(storageModel2, selectedPath, didMakeChanges) {
-    const fileContentToShow = createProxyState([selectedPath], () => {
-      const path = StorageModel.stringToPathComponents(selectedPath.value);
-      const content = storageModel2.restore(path);
-      return (content ?? translations.fileBrowser.notAFile) || translations.fileBrowser.contentEmpty;
-    });
-    const selectedFileName = createProxyState(
-      [selectedPath],
-      () => StorageModel.getFileNameFromString(selectedPath.value) ?? PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR
+  function FileBrowser(storageViewModel2) {
+    const detailView = createProxyState(
+      [storageViewModel2.selectedPath],
+      () => {
+        if (storageViewModel2.selectedPath.value == PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR)
+          return /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("span", { class: "secondary" }, translations.storage.noItemSelected);
+        return /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "flex-column gap" }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "tile flex-no" }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", null, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("b", null, translations.storage.path), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement(
+          "span",
+          {
+            class: "break-all",
+            "subscribe:innerText": storageViewModel2.selectedPath
+          }
+        ))), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "tile flex-no" }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", null, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("b", null, translations.storage.content), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement(
+          "code",
+          {
+            "subscribe:innerText": storageViewModel2.selectedFileContent
+          }
+        ))), DangerousActionButton(
+          translations.storage.deleteItem,
+          "delete_forever",
+          storageViewModel2.deleteSelectedItem
+        ));
+      }
     );
-    const detailView = createProxyState([selectedPath], () => {
-      if (selectedPath.value == PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR)
-        return /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("span", { class: "secondary" }, translations.fileBrowser.noItemSelected);
-      return /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "flex-column gap" }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "tile flex-no" }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", null, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("b", null, translations.fileBrowser.path), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("span", { class: "break-all", "subscribe:innerText": selectedPath }))), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "tile flex-no" }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", null, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("b", null, translations.fileBrowser.content), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("code", { "subscribe:innerText": fileContentToShow }))));
-    });
-    const view = /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "file-browser" }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", null, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "scroll-area" }, DirectoryItemList(
-      storageModel2,
-      PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR,
-      selectedPath
-    )), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "detail-button-wrapper" }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("button", { class: "ghost", "on:click": scrollToDetails }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement(
+    const view = /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "file-browser" }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", null, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "scroll-area" }, DirectoryItemList(storageViewModel2)), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "detail-button-wrapper" }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("button", { class: "ghost", "on:click": scrollToDetails }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement(
       "span",
       {
         class: "ellipsis",
-        "subscribe:innerText": selectedFileName
+        "subscribe:innerText": storageViewModel2.selectedFileName
       }
     ), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("span", { class: "icon" }, "arrow_forward")))), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "scroll-area", "children:set": detailView }));
     function scrollToDetails() {
@@ -2170,11 +2213,7 @@
 
   // src/View/Modals/storageModal.tsx
   function StorageModal(storageViewModel2) {
-    return /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "modal", "toggle:open": storageViewModel2.isShowingStorageModal }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { style: "max-width: 64rem" }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("main", { class: "padding-0" }, FileBrowser(
-      storageViewModel2.storageModel,
-      storageViewModel2.selectedPath,
-      storageViewModel2.didMakeChanges
-    )), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("button", { "on:click": storageViewModel2.hideStorageModal }, translations.general.closeButton, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("span", { class: "icon" }, "close"))));
+    return /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "modal", "toggle:open": storageViewModel2.isShowingStorageModal }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { style: "max-width: 64rem" }, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("main", { class: "padding-0" }, FileBrowser(storageViewModel2)), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("button", { "on:click": storageViewModel2.hideStorageModal }, translations.general.closeButton, /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("span", { class: "icon" }, "close"))));
   }
 
   // src/ViewModel/storageViewModel.ts
@@ -2184,6 +2223,21 @@
     isShowingStorageModal = new State(false);
     selectedPath = new State(PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR);
     didMakeChanges = new State(false);
+    selectedFileName;
+    selectedFileContent;
+    lastDeletedItemPath = new State("");
+    // methods
+    getSelectedItemContent = () => {
+      const path = StorageModel.stringToPathComponents(this.selectedPath.value);
+      const content = this.storageModel.restore(path);
+      return (content ?? translations.storage.notAFile) || translations.storage.contentEmpty;
+    };
+    deleteSelectedItem = () => {
+      const path = StorageModel.stringToPathComponents(this.selectedPath.value);
+      this.lastDeletedItemPath.value = this.selectedPath.value;
+      this.storageModel.removeRecursive(path);
+      this.didMakeChanges.value = true;
+    };
     // view methods
     showStorageModal = () => {
       this.isShowingStorageModal.value = true;
@@ -2197,6 +2251,14 @@
     // init
     constructor(storageModel2) {
       this.storageModel = storageModel2;
+      this.selectedFileName = createProxyState(
+        [this.selectedPath],
+        () => StorageModel.getFileNameFromString(this.selectedPath.value)
+      );
+      this.selectedFileContent = createProxyState(
+        [this.selectedPath],
+        () => this.getSelectedItemContent()
+      );
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/dist/styles.css b/dist/styles.css
index 1b249856..b19a8517 100644
--- a/dist/styles.css
+++ b/dist/styles.css
@@ -457,11 +457,14 @@ textarea {
   display: inline-flex;
 }
 
-.modal,
-[hidden] {
+.modal{
   display: none;
 }
 
+[hidden] {
+  display: none !important;
+}
+
 main,
 .tile,
 .tile > div {
diff --git a/src/View/ChatPages/settingsPage.tsx b/src/View/ChatPages/settingsPage.tsx
index 3eda6da6..ee97c114 100644
--- a/src/View/ChatPages/settingsPage.tsx
+++ b/src/View/ChatPages/settingsPage.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as React from "bloatless-react";
 
 import ChatViewModel from "../../ViewModel/chatViewModel";
 import { Color } from "../../ViewModel/colors";
+import { DangerousActionButton } from "../Components/dangerousActionButton";
 import { DeletableListItem } from "../Components/deletableListItem";
 import { translations } from "../translations";
 
@@ -139,13 +140,13 @@ export function SettingsPage(chatViewModel: ChatViewModel) {
 
         <hr></hr>
 
-        <button
-          class="danger width-input flex-no"
-          on:click={chatViewModel.remove}
-        >
-          {translations.chatPage.settings.deleteChatButton}
-          <span class="icon">delete_forever</span>
-        </button>
+        <div class="width-input">
+          {DangerousActionButton(
+            translations.chatPage.settings.deleteChatButton,
+            "chat_error",
+            chatViewModel.remove
+          )}
+        </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/View/Components/dangerousActionButton.tsx b/src/View/Components/dangerousActionButton.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a9a06c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/View/Components/dangerousActionButton.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import * as React from "bloatless-react";
+
+import { translations } from "../translations";
+
+export function DangerousActionButton(
+  label: string,
+  icon: string,
+  action: () => void
+) {
+  const isActionRequested = new React.State(false);
+  const cannotConfirm = React.createProxyState(
+    [isActionRequested],
+    () => isActionRequested.value == false
+  );
+
+  function requestAction() {
+    isActionRequested.value = true;
+  }
+  function abort() {
+    isActionRequested.value = false;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div class="flex-row">
+      <button class="flex" on:click={abort} toggle:hidden={cannotConfirm}>
+        {translations.general.abortButton}
+        <span class="icon">undo</span>
+      </button>
+      <button
+        class="danger flex"
+        on:click={requestAction}
+        toggle:hidden={isActionRequested}
+      >
+        {label}
+        <span class="icon">{icon}</span>
+      </button>
+      <button
+        class="danger flex"
+        on:click={action}
+        toggle:hidden={cannotConfirm}
+      >
+        {translations.general.confirmButton}
+        <span class="icon">warning</span>
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/View/Components/directoryItemList.tsx b/src/View/Components/directoryItemList.tsx
index 4fe32f55..46c90e57 100644
--- a/src/View/Components/directoryItemList.tsx
+++ b/src/View/Components/directoryItemList.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 import * as React from "bloatless-react";
 
-import StorageModel from "../../Model/storageModel";
-import { translations } from "../translations";
+import StorageModel, {
+  PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR,
+} from "../../Model/storageModel";
+
+import StorageViewModel from "../../ViewModel/storageViewModel";
 
 export function DirectoryItemList(
-  storageModel: StorageModel,
-  pathString: string,
-  selectedPath: React.State<string>
+  storageViewModel: StorageViewModel,
+  pathString: string = PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR
 ) {
   // converter
   const StringToDirectoryItemList: React.StateItemConverter<string> = (
     pathString: string
-  ) => DirectoryItemList(storageModel, pathString, selectedPath);
+  ) => DirectoryItemList(storageViewModel, pathString);
 
   // data
   const path = StorageModel.stringToPathComponents(pathString);
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ export function DirectoryItemList(
   function loadItems() {
     items.clear();
 
-    const directoryItems = storageModel.list(path);
+    const directoryItems = storageViewModel.storageModel.list(path);
 
     for (const directoryItem of directoryItems) {
       const itemPath = [...path, directoryItem];
@@ -34,13 +36,21 @@ export function DirectoryItemList(
   }
 
   function select() {
-    selectedPath.value = pathString;
+    storageViewModel.selectedPath.value = pathString;
   }
 
+  // handlers
+  storageViewModel.lastDeletedItemPath.subscribe((lastDeletedItemPath) => {
+    if (!items.value.has(lastDeletedItemPath)) return;
+
+    select();
+    setTimeout(() => loadItems(), 50)
+  });
+
   // state
   const isSelected = React.createProxyState(
-    [selectedPath],
-    () => selectedPath.value == pathString
+    [storageViewModel.selectedPath],
+    () => storageViewModel.selectedPath.value == pathString
   );
 
   isSelected.subscribe(() => {
diff --git a/src/View/Components/fileBrowser.tsx b/src/View/Components/fileBrowser.tsx
index ea659c96..597d73e0 100644
--- a/src/View/Components/fileBrowser.tsx
+++ b/src/View/Components/fileBrowser.tsx
@@ -6,71 +6,59 @@ import StorageModel, {
   PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR,
 } from "../../Model/storageModel";
 
+import { DangerousActionButton } from "./dangerousActionButton";
 import { DirectoryItemList } from "./directoryItemList";
+import StorageViewModel from "../../ViewModel/storageViewModel";
 import { translations } from "../translations";
 
-export function FileBrowser(
-  storageModel: StorageModel,
-  selectedPath: React.State<string>,
-  didMakeChanges: React.State<boolean>
-) {
-  // state
-  const fileContentToShow = React.createProxyState([selectedPath], () => {
-    const path = StorageModel.stringToPathComponents(selectedPath.value);
-    const content = storageModel.restore(path);
-    return (
-      (content ?? translations.fileBrowser.notAFile) ||
-      translations.fileBrowser.contentEmpty
-    );
-  });
+export function FileBrowser(storageViewModel: StorageViewModel) {
+  const detailView = React.createProxyState(
+    [storageViewModel.selectedPath],
+    () => {
+      if (storageViewModel.selectedPath.value == PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR)
+        return (
+          <span class="secondary">{translations.storage.noItemSelected}</span>
+        );
 
-  const selectedFileName = React.createProxyState(
-    [selectedPath],
-    () =>
-      StorageModel.getFileNameFromString(selectedPath.value) ??
-      PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR
-  );
-
-  // view
-  const detailView = React.createProxyState([selectedPath], () => {
-    if (selectedPath.value == PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR)
       return (
-        <span class="secondary">{translations.fileBrowser.noItemSelected}</span>
-      );
+        <div class="flex-column gap">
+          <div class="tile flex-no">
+            <div>
+              <b>{translations.storage.path}</b>
+              <span
+                class="break-all"
+                subscribe:innerText={storageViewModel.selectedPath}
+              ></span>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="tile flex-no">
+            <div>
+              <b>{translations.storage.content}</b>
+              <code
+                subscribe:innerText={storageViewModel.selectedFileContent}
+              ></code>
+            </div>
+          </div>
 
-    return (
-      <div class="flex-column gap">
-        <div class="tile flex-no">
-          <div>
-            <b>{translations.fileBrowser.path}</b>
-            <span class="break-all" subscribe:innerText={selectedPath}></span>
-          </div>
+          {DangerousActionButton(
+            translations.storage.deleteItem,
+            "delete_forever",
+            storageViewModel.deleteSelectedItem
+          )}
         </div>
-        <div class="tile flex-no">
-          <div>
-            <b>{translations.fileBrowser.content}</b>
-            <code subscribe:innerText={fileContentToShow}></code>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    );
-  });
+      );
+    }
+  );
 
   const view = (
     <div class="file-browser">
       <div>
-        <div class="scroll-area">
-          {DirectoryItemList(
-            storageModel,
-            PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR,
-            selectedPath
-          )}
-        </div>
+        <div class="scroll-area">{DirectoryItemList(storageViewModel)}</div>
         <div class="detail-button-wrapper">
           <button class="ghost" on:click={scrollToDetails}>
             <span
               class="ellipsis"
-              subscribe:innerText={selectedFileName}
+              subscribe:innerText={storageViewModel.selectedFileName}
             ></span>
             <span class="icon">arrow_forward</span>
           </button>
diff --git a/src/View/Modals/storageModal.tsx b/src/View/Modals/storageModal.tsx
index 99e08b66..263e2cad 100644
--- a/src/View/Modals/storageModal.tsx
+++ b/src/View/Modals/storageModal.tsx
@@ -8,13 +8,7 @@ export function StorageModal(storageViewModel: StorageViewModel) {
   return (
     <div class="modal" toggle:open={storageViewModel.isShowingStorageModal}>
       <div style="max-width: 64rem">
-        <main class="padding-0">
-          {FileBrowser(
-            storageViewModel.storageModel,
-            storageViewModel.selectedPath,
-            storageViewModel.didMakeChanges
-          )}
-        </main>
+        <main class="padding-0">{FileBrowser(storageViewModel)}</main>
         <button on:click={storageViewModel.hideStorageModal}>
           {translations.general.closeButton}
           <span class="icon">close</span>
diff --git a/src/View/translations.ts b/src/View/translations.ts
index f251e41b..34f761e5 100644
--- a/src/View/translations.ts
+++ b/src/View/translations.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ const englishTranslations = {
   general: {
     closeButton: "Close",
     deleteItemButtonAudioLabel: "delete item",
+    abortButton: "Abort",
+    confirmButton: "Confirm",
 
     setButton: "Set",
   },
@@ -62,13 +64,15 @@ const englishTranslations = {
     connectButtonAudioLabel: "connect",
   },
 
-  fileBrowser: {
+  storage: {
     noItemSelected: "No item selected",
     notAFile: "(not a file)",
     contentEmpty: "(empty)",
 
     path: "Path",
     content: "Content",
+
+    deleteItem: "Delete item"
   },
 
   chatPage: {
diff --git a/src/ViewModel/storageViewModel.ts b/src/ViewModel/storageViewModel.ts
index 0ca9adfb..9f3951b2 100644
--- a/src/ViewModel/storageViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/ViewModel/storageViewModel.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import * as React from "bloatless-react";
 
 import StorageModel, { PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR } from "../Model/storageModel";
 
+import { translations } from "../View/translations";
+
 export default class StorageViewModel {
   storageModel: StorageModel;
 
@@ -10,6 +12,29 @@ export default class StorageViewModel {
   selectedPath: React.State<string> = new React.State(PATH_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR);
   didMakeChanges: React.State<boolean> = new React.State(false);
 
+  selectedFileName: React.State<string>;
+  selectedFileContent: React.State<string>;
+
+  lastDeletedItemPath: React.State<string> = new React.State("");
+
+  // methods
+  getSelectedItemContent = (): string => {
+    const path = StorageModel.stringToPathComponents(this.selectedPath.value);
+    const content = this.storageModel.restore(path);
+    return (
+      (content ?? translations.storage.notAFile) ||
+      translations.storage.contentEmpty
+    );
+  };
+
+  deleteSelectedItem = (): void => {
+    const path = StorageModel.stringToPathComponents(this.selectedPath.value);
+    this.lastDeletedItemPath.value = this.selectedPath.value;
+    
+    this.storageModel.removeRecursive(path);
+    this.didMakeChanges.value = true;
+  };
+
   // view methods
   showStorageModal = (): void => {
     this.isShowingStorageModal.value = true;
@@ -25,5 +50,12 @@ export default class StorageViewModel {
   // init
   constructor(storageModel: StorageModel) {
     this.storageModel = storageModel;
+
+    this.selectedFileName = React.createProxyState([this.selectedPath], () =>
+      StorageModel.getFileNameFromString(this.selectedPath.value)
+    );
+    this.selectedFileContent = React.createProxyState([this.selectedPath], () =>
+      this.getSelectedItemContent()
+    );
   }
 }