diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
index 3ed48516d..5ef151d91 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -208,6 +208,13 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), DirectoryAdapter.DirOperationsListener {
         } else {
             file.delete()
         }
+
+        if (file.exists()) {
+            try {
+                file.delete()
+            } catch (ignored: Exception) {
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     private val undoDeletion = View.OnClickListener {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
index 412c05aec..2c6437264 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
@@ -228,6 +228,13 @@ class MediaActivity : SimpleActivity(), MediaAdapter.MediaOperationsListener {
                     if (file.delete())
                         wereFilesDeleted = true
                 }
+
+                if (file.exists()) {
+                    try {
+                        file.delete()
+                    } catch (ignored: Exception) {
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
index 0ebe28067..e29352681 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
@@ -295,6 +295,14 @@ class ViewPagerActivity : SimpleActivity(), ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener, View
             mWasFileDeleted = file.delete()
         }
 
+        if (!mWasFileDeleted) {
+            try {
+                mWasFileDeleted = file.delete()
+            } catch (ignored: Exception) {
+
+            }
+        }
+
         if (mWasFileDeleted) {
             mBeingDeleted = mToBeDeleted
             scanPath(mToBeDeleted) { scanCompleted() }