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 5ef151d91..412dd9c6b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), DirectoryAdapter.DirOperationsListener {
                 val document = getFileDocument(file.absolutePath, mConfig.treeUri)
 
                 // double check we have the uri to the proper file path, not some parent folder
-                if (document.uri.toString().endsWith(file.absolutePath.getFilenameFromPath()))
+                if (document.uri.toString().endsWith(file.absolutePath.getFilenameFromPath()) && !document.isDirectory)
                     document.delete()
             }
         } else {
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 2c6437264..ed5b65e7f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class MediaActivity : SimpleActivity(), MediaAdapter.MediaOperationsListener {
                     val document = getFileDocument(file.absolutePath, mConfig.treeUri)
 
                     // double check we have the uri to the proper file path, not some parent folder
-                    if (document.uri.toString().endsWith(file.absolutePath.getFilenameFromPath())) {
+                    if (document.uri.toString().endsWith(file.absolutePath.getFilenameFromPath()) && !document.isDirectory) {
                         if (document.delete()) {
                             wereFilesDeleted = true
                         }
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 fda440ae3..dda08bee0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
@@ -287,9 +287,8 @@ class ViewPagerActivity : SimpleActivity(), ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener, View
         if (needsStupidWritePermissions(mToBeDeleted)) {
             if (!isShowingPermDialog(file)) {
                 val document = getFileDocument(mToBeDeleted, mConfig.treeUri)
-                if (document.canWrite()) {
+                if (document.uri.toString().endsWith(file.absolutePath.getFilenameFromPath()) && !document.isDirectory)
                     mWasFileDeleted = document.delete()
-                }
             }
         } else {
             mWasFileDeleted = file.delete()