diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index f2edd75..65715bc 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "sorting.h"
 #include "defines.h"
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ linked_dir *current_dir;
 unsigned long get_dir_size(char *path);
 void get_dir_content(char *path, unsigned long *dir_file_count, file *dir_content);
 void print_dir(WINDOW *win, char print_info, unsigned long *dir_file_count, file *dir_content);
+char recursive_delete(file current_file);
 
 
 
@@ -370,3 +372,29 @@ void dir_init(){
 	current_dir = visited_dirs;
 
 }
+
+char recursive_delete(file current_file){
+	if (current_file.file_type & (FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK | FILE_TYPE_DIR)) {
+		unsigned int file_modifiers_tmp = file_modifiers;
+		file_modifiers |= FILE_MODIFIERS_HIDDEN_FILES;
+		unsigned long current_file_count = get_dir_size(current_file.file_name);
+		if (current_file_count != 0) {
+			file *current_dir = malloc(current_file_count * sizeof(file));
+			memset(current_dir, '\0', current_file_count * sizeof(file));
+			get_dir_content(current_file.file_name, &current_file_count, current_dir);
+			chdir(current_file.file_name);
+			unsigned long i;
+			for (i = 0; i < current_file_count; i++) {
+				recursive_delete(current_dir[i]);
+				free(current_dir[i].file_name);
+			}
+			free(current_dir);
+			chdir("..");
+		}
+		remove(current_file.file_name);
+		file_modifiers = file_modifiers_tmp;
+		
+	} else {
+		remove(current_file.file_name);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/dir.h b/dir.h
index 17e35ce..c9de1cf 100644
--- a/dir.h
+++ b/dir.h
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ char update_selected_file();
 void dir_set_selected_file_current(unsigned long selected_file_current);
 unsigned long dir_get_selected_file_current();
 void dir_init();
+char recursive_delete(file current_file);
diff --git a/interactions.c b/interactions.c
index 6842233..364447a 100644
--- a/interactions.c
+++ b/interactions.c
@@ -433,32 +433,22 @@ void delete(){
 	
 	if (ch == 'y' || ch == 'Y') {
 		/* TODO(2025-06-30T02:27:06) IMPORTANT: this really fucks up when the file has a quotation mark in its name */
-		int error;
 		if (hits) {
-			int j = 2;
 			for (i = 0; i < mid_file_count; i++) {
 				if (mid_content[i].status & FILE_STATUS_SELECTED) {
-					error = remove(mid_content[i].file_name);
-					if (error != 0) {
-						mvaddstr(terminal_height-j, 0, "could not delete: " );
-						mvaddstr(terminal_height-j, strlen("could not delete: "), mid_content[i].file_name);
-						j++;
-					}
+					recursive_delete(mid_content[i]);
 				}
 			}
 			free(btm_buffer);
 			btm_buffer = concat("deleted: ", file_str);
 		} else {
 			free(btm_buffer);
-			error = remove(mid_content[selected_file_current].file_name);
-			if (error != 0) {
-				mvaddstr(terminal_height-2, 0, "could not delete: " );
-				mvaddstr(terminal_height-2, strlen("could not delete: "), mid_content[i].file_name);
-				btm_buffer = " ";
-			} else {
-				btm_buffer = concat("deleted: \"", mid_content[selected_file_current].file_name);
-				btm_buffer = concat(btm_buffer, "\"");
-			} 
+			if (mid_content[selected_file_current].file_type & (FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK | FILE_TYPE_DIR)) {
+				recursive_delete(mid_content[selected_file_current]);
+			}
+			remove(mid_content[selected_file_current].file_name);
+			btm_buffer = concat("deleted: \"", mid_content[selected_file_current].file_name);
+			btm_buffer = concat(btm_buffer, "\"");
 
 		}
 		/*system(cmd);*/