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 1430d9166..63b84ebdf 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), GetDirectoriesAsynctask.GetDirectoriesLis
         for (delPath in mToBeDeleted) {
             val dir = File(delPath)
             if (dir.exists()) {
-                val files = dir.listFiles()
+                val files = dir.listFiles().filter(File::isPhotoVideo)
                 files.forEach {
                     if (it.isFile && it.isPhotoVideo()) {
                         updatedFiles.add(it)
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 ab2798df5..dd7d1953c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class MediaActivity : SimpleActivity(), View.OnTouchListener, MediaAdapter.Media
 
         for (delPath in mToBeDeleted) {
             val file = File(delPath)
-            if (file.exists()) {
+            if (file.exists() && file.isPhotoVideo()) {
                 if (needsStupidWritePermissions(delPath)) {
                     if (isShowingPermDialog(file))
                         return