diff --git a/dashboard/src/translation/en.json b/dashboard/src/translation/en.json
index 99c7ee166..2d622eb82 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/translation/en.json
+++ b/dashboard/src/translation/en.json
@@ -1201,7 +1201,8 @@
             "save": "Save"
         },
         "extractionInProgress": "Extraction in progress",
-        "pasteInProgress": "Pasting in progress"
+        "pasteInProgress": "Pasting in progress",
+        "deleteInProgress": "Deletion in progress"
     },
     "email": {
         "backAction": "Back to Email",
diff --git a/filemanager/src/views/Home.vue b/filemanager/src/views/Home.vue
index ba3c3ea04..e46afd0ff 100644
--- a/filemanager/src/views/Home.vue
+++ b/filemanager/src/views/Home.vue
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
         </div>
       </Dialog>
 
+      <Dialog v-model:visible="deleteInProgress" modal :header="$t('filemanager.deleteInProgress')" :closable="false" :closeOnEscape="false">
+        <div style="text-align: center;">
+          <ProgressSpinner style="width: 50px; height: 50px"/>
+        </div>
+      </Dialog>
+
       <!-- have to use v-model instead of : bind - https://github.com/primefaces/primevue/issues/815 -->
       <Dialog v-model:visible="newFileDialog.visible" modal :style="{ width: '50vw' }" @show="onDialogShow('newFileDialogNameInput')">
         <template #header>
@@ -157,6 +163,7 @@ export default {
       fatalError: false,
       extractInProgress: false,
       pasteInProgress: false,
+      deleteInProgress: false,
       activeItem: null,
       activeDirectoryItem: {},
       items: [],
@@ -323,6 +330,9 @@ export default {
     async deleteHandler(files) {
       if (!files) return;
 
+      window.addEventListener('beforeunload', beforeUnloadListener, { capture: true });
+      this.deleteInProgress = true;
+
       for (let i in files) {
         try {
           await this.directoryModel.remove(buildFilePath(this.cwd, files[i].name));
@@ -332,6 +342,9 @@ export default {
       }
 
       await this.loadCwd();
+
+      window.removeEventListener('beforeunload', beforeUnloadListener, { capture: true });
+      this.deleteInProgress = false;
     },
     async renameHandler(file, newName) {
       await this.directoryModel.rename(buildFilePath(this.cwd, file.name), sanitize(this.cwd + '/' + newName));