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File Delete Confirmation Dialog #32011
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When we right-click on the files we have the last two options from the "Download" and "Delete" list. It is very common for our users to click "Delete" instead of "Download" and the files are deleted directly.
Describe the solution you'd like
When we click on "Delete" a popup window will open asking us to confirm if we really want to delete.
Describe alternatives you've considered
The "Download" and "Delete" buttons are no longer below each other.
Additional context
It's not necessary.
Reacted by Emilian Mitocariu, Baptiste Thémine, Dave Conroy, Christian, kiara, Z S, forlornidealist and erzwo
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szaimen commentedon Apr 19, 2022
Cc @nimishavijay @jancborchardt
killerbees19 commentedon Jul 6, 2022
A confirmation dialog is as much more important if
files_versionsapp is disabled!Please implement such a feature at minimum as optional (configurable) setting.
giang13297 commentedon Sep 15, 2022
Hi Guys,
Any update for this feature.
Please!!!!
delacosta456 commentedon May 8, 2023
hi
i also want to request for this feature and mention that people have also requested for it on forums.
Is it also possible to rename the title of this feature request to something like "Confirmation Dialog for files & folder deletion"
Thanks
nimishavijay commentedon May 8, 2023
Interesting problem! One Drive and Dropbox have a confirmation dialogue for deleting files too. However, it seems intrusive to show a confirmation dialogue every time a file is deleted, since deletion is a common action. There is also a trash bin from which files can be recovered.
We could definitely move the "Download" action up. Another solution is to have a notification with an undo button, similar to sending a message in Mail. This is also the behaviour for Google Drive. So a notification
Design review.md has been deleted. [Undo]. This would be my preferred solution as it is not as intrusive, and still offers a way to quickly cancel deletion if it was by mistake. What do you think? cc @jancborchardt and @szaimen as wellszaimen commentedon May 8, 2023
@nimishavijay I agrees that an undo popup would be the preferred solution in that case since showing a popup might be too intrusive and slow and as you said we have the trashbin for this case.
However maybe there could be a differentiation between folders and files? So that to show the popup for folders and/or if multi-selecting and then clicking on the delete option?
killerbees19 commentedon May 8, 2023
In some cases this feature is disabled, because it's nearly incompatible with external files storage and big files. (See #14436 or #18396)
delacosta456 commentedon May 9, 2023
hi @nimishavijay intrusive... truly and if your are talking about deleting multiple files, selecting concerned files/folder with check box method(already present) could present a single confirmation box about select items.
Also, i think Gmail has a setting to configure (enable) "Confirm before deleting.." may be implementing this (if possible) could let the user decide what is comfortable .
skjnldsv commentedon Jan 2, 2024
@nimishavijay @szaimen @jancborchardt
What about showing a confirm if you are deleting more than one file ?
That would be a sane compromise to move that issue forward I think? :)
szaimen commentedon Jan 3, 2024
Yes, sounds like a good solution to me :)
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skjnldsv commentedon Jul 10, 2025
#53900