diff --git a/ESP32_AP-Flasher/src/contentmanager.cpp b/ESP32_AP-Flasher/src/contentmanager.cpp
index 3fc16642..17ea8ecd 100644
--- a/ESP32_AP-Flasher/src/contentmanager.cpp
+++ b/ESP32_AP-Flasher/src/contentmanager.cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ void drawNew(uint8_t mac[8], bool buttonPressed, tagRecord *&taginfo) {
                 if (imageParams.hasRed) imageParams.dataType = DATATYPE_IMG_RAW_2BPP;
                 if (prepareDataAvail(&filename, imageParams.dataType, mac, cfgobj["timetolive"].as<int>())) {
                     cfgobj["#fetched"] = true;
+                    if (cfgobj["delete"].as<String>()) LittleFS.remove("/"+cfgobj["filename"].as<String>());
                 } else {
                     wsErr("Error accessing " + filename);
                 }
diff --git a/ESP32_AP-Flasher/src/newproto.cpp b/ESP32_AP-Flasher/src/newproto.cpp
index 11621352..d18aa0f4 100644
--- a/ESP32_AP-Flasher/src/newproto.cpp
+++ b/ESP32_AP-Flasher/src/newproto.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ bool prepareDataAvail(String* filename, uint8_t dataType, uint8_t* dst, uint16_t
     if (memcmp(md5bytes, taginfo->md5pending, 16) == 0) {
         wsLog("new image is the same as current or already pending image. not updating tag.");
         wsSendTaginfo(mac);
+        if (LittleFS.exists(*filename)) {
+            LittleFS.remove(*filename);
+        }
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/ESP32_AP-Flasher/src/web.cpp b/ESP32_AP-Flasher/src/web.cpp
index 19da034a..45320980 100644
--- a/ESP32_AP-Flasher/src/web.cpp
+++ b/ESP32_AP-Flasher/src/web.cpp
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ void doImageUpload(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, String filename, size_t index
                 tagRecord *taginfo = nullptr;
                 taginfo = tagRecord::findByMAC(mac);
                 if (taginfo != nullptr) {
-                    taginfo->modeConfigJson = "{\"filename\":\"" + dst + ".jpg\",\"timetolive\":\"0\",\"dither\":\"" + String(dither) + "\"}";
+                    taginfo->modeConfigJson = "{\"filename\":\"" + dst + ".jpg\",\"timetolive\":\"0\",\"dither\":\"" + String(dither) + "\",\"delete\":\"1\"}";
                     taginfo->contentMode = 0;
                     taginfo->nextupdate = 0;
                     wsSendTaginfo(mac);