diff --git a/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/category-management.e2e.ts b/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/category-management.e2e.ts
index d2086dca9..1a490371b 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/category-management.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/category-management.e2e.ts
@@ -545,8 +545,15 @@ async function expectCategoryCentered(row: Locator): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 async function refreshFromWorkspaceHeader(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+    // Refresh for the active source lives in its switcher row menu.
+    await page.getByTestId('playlist-switcher-trigger').click();
     await page
-        .getByRole('button', { name: 'Refresh playlist', exact: true })
+        .locator(
+            'app-playlist-switcher-panel [role="option"][aria-current="true"] .source-row__more'
+        )
+        .click();
+    await page
+        .getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Refresh playlist', exact: true })
         .click();
 
     const dialog = page.locator('mat-dialog-container');
diff --git a/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/recent-playlists/recent-playlists.component.spec.ts b/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/recent-playlists/recent-playlists.component.spec.ts
index c6afca2b1..509079786 100644
--- a/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/recent-playlists/recent-playlists.component.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/recent-playlists/recent-playlists.component.spec.ts
@@ -214,6 +214,15 @@ describe('RecentPlaylistsComponent', () => {
         expect(removal.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith(M3U, FILE);
     });
 
+    it('keeps a running delete on screen whatever the filters', () => {
+        (
+            removal.progress as { isDeleting: (id: string) => boolean }
+        ).isDeleting = (id) => id === 'xtream';
+        viewState.setType('m3u');
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        expect(ids()).toEqual(['m3u', 'xtream', 'file']);
+    });
+
     it('applies the type and status filters together', () => {
         viewState.setType('m3u');
         expect(ids()).toEqual(['m3u', 'file']);
diff --git a/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/recent-playlists/recent-playlists.component.ts b/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/recent-playlists/recent-playlists.component.ts
index d83cb582b..aba62e66e 100644
--- a/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/recent-playlists/recent-playlists.component.ts
+++ b/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/recent-playlists/recent-playlists.component.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export class RecentPlaylistsComponent {
         };
         const options = this.sortOptions();
         const filter = this.viewState.filter();
-        const filtered = filterSources(
+        const matching = filterSources(
             this.playlists(),
             this.statusService.supportsStatusFilter
                 ? filter
@@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ export class RecentPlaylistsComponent {
             this.searchQueryInput(),
             bucketOf
         );
+        // A running delete keeps its row, whatever the filters: its
+        // progress and Cancel live there (one started from the switcher
+        // has nowhere else to show).
+        const filtered = this.playlists().filter(
+            (playlist) =>
+                matching.includes(playlist) ||
+                this.removal.progress.isDeleting(playlist._id)
+        );
         const sorted = this.sortService.sortPlaylists(
             filtered,
             options,
diff --git a/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/source-removal/source-delete-progress.service.ts b/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/source-removal/source-delete-progress.service.ts
index 802a2a249..b18e7c180 100644
--- a/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/source-removal/source-delete-progress.service.ts
+++ b/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/source-removal/source-delete-progress.service.ts
@@ -77,18 +77,28 @@ export class SourceDeleteProgressService {
         return this.cancelled.delete(id);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Follows a running delete. A terminal event ends what Cancel can stop,
+     * but the row stays busy: the delete still cleans up (parental lock,
+     * stored state) before its source leaves the store, so the caller clears
+     * it once the whole delete has settled.
+     */
     track(id: string, event: DbOperationEvent): void {
-        if (['completed', 'cancelled', 'error'].includes(event.status)) {
-            this.clear(id);
-            return;
-        }
+        const terminal = ['completed', 'cancelled', 'error'].includes(
+            event.status
+        );
         this.operations.update((current) =>
-            new Map(current).set(id, {
-                operationId: event.operationId,
-                phase: event.phase,
-                current: event.current,
-                total: event.total,
-            })
+            new Map(current).set(
+                id,
+                terminal
+                    ? { ...current.get(id), operationId: undefined }
+                    : {
+                          operationId: event.operationId,
+                          phase: event.phase,
+                          current: event.current,
+                          total: event.total,
+                      }
+            )
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/source-removal/source-removal.service.spec.ts b/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/source-removal/source-removal.service.spec.ts
index 0b59a40fd..f066a757f 100644
--- a/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/source-removal/source-removal.service.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/source-removal/source-removal.service.spec.ts
@@ -336,6 +336,38 @@ describe('SourceRemovalService', () => {
         expect(toasts).toHaveLength(1);
     });
 
+    it('keeps a deleted row busy until the whole delete has settled', async () => {
+        let finish!: (deleted: boolean) => void;
+        deletePlaylist.mockImplementation(
+            (
+                _playlist: PlaylistMeta,
+                options: { onEvent: (event: object) => void }
+            ) => {
+                options.onEvent({
+                    operation: 'delete-playlist',
+                    operationId: 'op-2',
+                    status: 'completed',
+                });
+                return new Promise<boolean>((resolve) => (finish = resolve));
+            }
+        );
+        service.remove({ ...playlist('x'), serverUrl: 'http://x.test' });
+        expireUndo();
+        await flush();
+
+        // The database is done, its cleanup is not: no Cancel, still busy.
+        expect(service.progress.isDeleting('x')).toBe(true);
+        expect(service.progress.canCancel('x')).toBe(false);
+        expect(dispatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        finish(true);
+        await flush();
+        expect(dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            PlaylistActions.playlistRemovalCommitted({ playlistId: 'x' })
+        );
+        expect(service.progress.isDeleting('x')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
     it('brings the source back and says so when the delete fails', async () => {
         deletePlaylist.mockResolvedValue(false);
         service.remove(playlist('a'));