diff --git a/lib/gollum/app.rb b/lib/gollum/app.rb
index 42191d67..cb4b37ff 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/app.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/app.rb
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ module Precious
         forbid('Changing this resource is not allowed.')
       end
 
-      post %r{/(deleteFile|rename|edit|create)/custom\.(js|css)} do
+      post %r{/(delete|rename|edit|create)/custom\.(js|css)} do
         forbid('Changing this resource is not allowed.')
       end
 
@@ -229,18 +229,6 @@ module Precious
         end
       end
 
-      post '/deleteFile/*' do
-        forbid unless @allow_editing
-        wiki = wiki_new
-        filepath = params[:splat].first
-        unless filepath.nil?
-          commit           = commit_message
-          commit[:message] = "Deleted #{filepath}"
-          wiki.delete_file(filepath, commit)
-        end
-
-        redirect_to('/pages')
-      end
 
       post '/rename/*' do
         wikip = wiki_page(params[:splat].first)
@@ -296,20 +284,18 @@ module Precious
         redirect to("/#{page.escaped_url_path}") unless page.nil?
       end
 
-      get '/delete/*' do
-        forbid unless @allow_editing
-        wikip = wiki_page(params[:splat].first)
-        name  = join_page_name(wikip.name, wikip.ext)
-        wiki  = wikip.wiki
-        page  = wikip.page
-        unless page.nil?
-          commit           = commit_message
-          commit[:message] = "Destroyed #{name} (#{page.format})"
-          wiki.delete_page(page, commit)
-        end
 
-        redirect to('/')
+      post '/delete/*' do
+        forbid unless @allow_editing
+        wiki = wiki_new
+        filepath = params[:splat].first
+        unless filepath.nil?
+          commit           = commit_message
+          commit[:message] = "Deleted #{filepath}"
+          wiki.delete_file(filepath, commit)
+        end
       end
+      
 
       get '/create/*' do
         forbid unless @allow_editing
diff --git a/lib/gollum/public/gollum/javascript/gollum.js.erb b/lib/gollum/public/gollum/javascript/gollum.js.erb
index b3dd8161..173bf27d 100755
--- a/lib/gollum/public/gollum/javascript/gollum.js.erb
+++ b/lib/gollum/public/gollum/javascript/gollum.js.erb
@@ -44,15 +44,36 @@ function abspath(path, name){
 
 // ua
 $(document).ready(function() {
+  // for deleting the current page
   $('#delete-link').click( function(e) {
     var ok = confirm($(this).data('confirm'));
     if ( ok ) {
-      var loc = '<%= delete_path %>/' + pageFullPath;
-      window.location = loc;
+      $.post('<%=delete_path %>/' + pageFullPath,
+        {},
+        function (result) {
+          // page successfully deleted, return to landing page
+          window.location = '/';
+        });
     }
     // Don't navigate on cancel.
     e.preventDefault();
   } );
+  // for deleting files and pages from the overview
+  $('.delete-file').click( function(e) {
+    var ok = confirm($(this).data('confirm'));
+    if ( ok ) {
+      var element = $(this);
+      $.post('<%=delete_path %>' + $(this).data('file-path'),
+        {},
+        function (result) {
+          // file successfully deleted, stay on overview but remove element from DOM
+          element.closest("li").remove();
+        });
+    }
+    // Don't navigate on cancel.
+    e.preventDefault();
+  } );
+
 
   var nodeSelector = {
     node1: null,
diff --git a/lib/gollum/views/helpers.rb b/lib/gollum/views/helpers.rb
index 20bf1a18..fecd46a1 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/views/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/views/helpers.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ module Precious
           upload_file: 'uploadFile',
           create: 'create',
           delete: 'delete',
-          delete_file: 'deleteFile',
           edit: 'edit',
           pages: 'pages',
           history: 'history',
diff --git a/lib/gollum/views/pages.rb b/lib/gollum/views/pages.rb
index c7076957..49745a1c 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/views/pages.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/views/pages.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module Precious
 
 
       def delete_file(url)
-        %Q(<form method="POST" action="#{delete_file_path}#{url}" onsubmit="return confirm('Do you really want to delete the file #{URI.decode(url)}?');"><button type="submit" name="delete" value="true">Delete</button></form>)
+        %Q(<div class="delete-file" data-file-path="#{url}" data-confirm="Are you sure you want to delete #{URI.decode(url)}?"><span><button type="submit" name="delete">Delete</button></span></div>)
       end
       
       def files_folders
diff --git a/test/test_app.rb b/test/test_app.rb
index 16637976..207c1e7e 100644
--- a/test/test_app.rb
+++ b/test/test_app.rb
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ context "Frontend" do
     @wiki.clear_cache    
     get "/gollum/create/TT"
     assert last_response.ok?
-    get '/gollum/delete/_Template'
+    post '/gollum/delete/_Template'
     Precious::App.set(:wiki_options, { :template_page => false })
   end
 
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ context "Frontend" do
     page = @wiki.page(name)
     assert_equal 'abc', page.raw_data
 
-    get '/gollum/delete/' + name
+    post "/gollum/delete/#{page.filename}"
 
     @wiki.clear_cache
     page = @wiki.page(name)
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ context "Frontend" do
       end
     end
 
-    ['deleteFile', 'rename', 'edit', 'create'].each do |route|
+    ['delete', 'rename', 'edit', 'create'].each do |route|
       ['.css', '.js'].each do |ext|
         post "/gollum/#{route}/custom#{ext}"
         assert_equal 403, last_response.status, "post /gollum/#{route}/custom#{ext} -- #{last_response.inspect}"