diff --git a/core/css/styles.css b/core/css/styles.css
index ca2d082eb32..94520a4e0cb 100644
--- a/core/css/styles.css
+++ b/core/css/styles.css
@@ -661,8 +661,12 @@ div.crumb:active {
 /* icons */
 .folder-icon { background-image: url('../img/places/folder.svg'); }
 .delete-icon { background-image: url('../img/actions/delete.svg'); }
+.delete-icon:hover, .delete-icon:focus {
+	background-image: url('../img/actions/delete-hover.svg');
+}
 .edit-icon { background-image: url('../img/actions/rename.svg'); }
 
+
 /* buttons */
 button.loading {
 	background-image: url('../img/loading.gif');
diff --git a/core/img/actions/delete-hover.png b/core/img/actions/delete-hover.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..99f549faf9b
Binary files /dev/null and b/core/img/actions/delete-hover.png differ
diff --git a/core/img/actions/delete-hover.svg b/core/img/actions/delete-hover.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..568185c5c70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/img/actions/delete-hover.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<svg xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="16" width="16" version="1.1" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
+ <metadata>
+  <rdf:RDF>
+   <cc:Work rdf:about="">
+    <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
+    <dc:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage"/>
+    <dc:title/>
+   </cc:Work>
+  </rdf:RDF>
+ </metadata>
+ <path fill="#d40000" d="M8,1c-3.866,0-7,3.134-7,7s3.134,7,7,7,7-3.134,7-7-3.134-7-7-7zm-2.8438,2.75l2.8438,2.8438,2.844-2.8438,1.406,1.4062-2.8438,2.8438,2.8438,2.844-1.406,1.406-2.844-2.8438-2.8438,2.8438-1.4062-1.406,2.8438-2.844-2.8438-2.8438,1.4062-1.4062z"/>
+</svg>
diff --git a/core/img/actions/delete.png b/core/img/actions/delete.png
index 99f549faf9b..0d8c89a56e2 100644
Binary files a/core/img/actions/delete.png and b/core/img/actions/delete.png differ
diff --git a/core/img/actions/delete.svg b/core/img/actions/delete.svg
index 568185c5c70..ef564bfd482 100644
--- a/core/img/actions/delete.svg
+++ b/core/img/actions/delete.svg
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
 <svg xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="16" width="16" version="1.1" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
- <metadata>
-  <rdf:RDF>
-   <cc:Work rdf:about="">
-    <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
-    <dc:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage"/>
-    <dc:title/>
-   </cc:Work>
-  </rdf:RDF>
- </metadata>
- <path fill="#d40000" d="M8,1c-3.866,0-7,3.134-7,7s3.134,7,7,7,7-3.134,7-7-3.134-7-7-7zm-2.8438,2.75l2.8438,2.8438,2.844-2.8438,1.406,1.4062-2.8438,2.8438,2.8438,2.844-1.406,1.406-2.844-2.8438-2.8438,2.8438-1.4062-1.406,2.8438-2.844-2.8438-2.8438,1.4062-1.4062z"/>
+ <g transform="translate(0 -1036.4)">
+  <path d="m3 1040.4 1-1 4 3 4-3 1 1-3 4 3 4-1 1-4-3-4 3-1-1 3-4z"/>
+ </g>
 </svg>