diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 09dbeb3..35e718e 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ func (app *app) loop() {
 				continue
 			}
 
+			if app.nav.deleting {
+				app.ui.echoerr("quit: delete operation in progress")
+				continue
+			}
+
 			log.Print("bye!")
 
 			if err := app.writeHistory(); err != nil {
diff --git a/eval.go b/eval.go
index 2d0ade2..814a00e 100644
--- a/eval.go
+++ b/eval.go
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ func insert(app *app, arg string) {
 		normal(app)
 
 		if arg == "y" {
-			if err := app.nav.del(); err != nil {
+			if err := app.nav.del(app.ui); err != nil {
 				app.ui.echoerrf("delete: %s", err)
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/nav.go b/nav.go
index 1921387..e55c6c6 100644
--- a/nav.go
+++ b/nav.go
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ type nav struct {
 	moveCount     int
 	moveTotal     int
 	moveUpdate    int
+	deleting      bool
 	copyBytesChan chan int64
 	copyTotalChan chan int64
 	moveCountChan chan int
@@ -775,16 +776,29 @@ func (nav *nav) paste(ui *ui) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (nav *nav) del() error {
+func (nav *nav) del(ui *ui) error {
 	list, err := nav.currFileOrSelections()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	for _, path := range list {
-		if err := os.RemoveAll(path); err != nil {
-			return err
+	go func() {
+		echo := &callExpr{"echoerr", []string{""}, 1}
+		errCount := 0
+		nav.deleting = true
+
+		for _, path := range list {
+			if err := os.RemoveAll(path); err != nil {
+				errCount++
+				echo.args[0] = fmt.Sprintf("[%d] %s", errCount, err)
+				ui.exprChan <- echo
+			}
 		}
+		nav.deleting = false
+	}()
+
+	if err := remote("send sync"); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("delete: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil