diff --git a/mobile/lib/presentation/actions/delete.action.dart b/mobile/lib/presentation/actions/delete.action.dart
index ea7423354a..23a2ef2a2f 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/presentation/actions/delete.action.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/presentation/actions/delete.action.dart
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ final _stateProvider = Provider.family.autoDispose<_State?, ActionSource>((ref,
 
   final trashEnabled = ref.watch(serverInfoProvider.select((state) => state.serverFeatures.trash));
   // Assets already in the trash or in the locked folder are deleted outright, irrespective of the server setting.
-  final trash = trashEnabled && !ownedRemote.every((asset) => asset.isTrashed || asset.isLocked);
+  final trash =
+      ownedRemote.isEmpty || (trashEnabled && !ownedRemote.every((asset) => asset.isTrashed || asset.isLocked));
 
   return (localIds: localIds, remoteIds: ownedRemote.map((asset) => asset.id).toList(growable: false), trash: trash);
 }, dependencies: [assetsActionProvider]);
diff --git a/mobile/test/unit/presentation/actions/delete_action_test.dart b/mobile/test/unit/presentation/actions/delete_action_test.dart
index 29d81a5c2c..4c1bf9306c 100644
--- a/mobile/test/unit/presentation/actions/delete_action_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/unit/presentation/actions/delete_action_test.dart
@@ -170,6 +170,17 @@ void main() {
         verifyNever(() => assetService.trash(any()));
         verifyNever(() => assetService.delete(any()));
       });
+
+      testWidgets('is labelled trash', (tester) async {
+        await tester.pumpTestWidget(
+          context,
+          const ActionButton(action: DeleteAction(source: .timeline)),
+          overrides: context.selected({LocalAssetFactory.create()}),
+        );
+
+        expect(find.text(StaticTranslations.instance.trash), findsOneWidget);
+        expect(find.text(StaticTranslations.instance.delete), findsNothing);
+      });
     });
 
     group('prompt handling', () {