diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/operations/RemoveFileOperation.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/operations/RemoveFileOperation.kt
index d1fd55dc8143..f9426f060825 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/operations/RemoveFileOperation.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/operations/RemoveFileOperation.kt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import com.owncloud.android.utils.MimeTypeUtil
 @Suppress("LongParameterList")
 class RemoveFileOperation(
     val file: OCFile,
-    private val onlyLocalCopy: Boolean,
+    val onlyLocalCopy: Boolean,
     private val user: User,
     val isInBackground: Boolean,
     private val context: Context,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/FileDisplayActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/FileDisplayActivity.kt
index 6cf56f6c862f..f0a57956612d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/FileDisplayActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/FileDisplayActivity.kt
@@ -2201,7 +2201,7 @@ class FileDisplayActivity :
             resetScrollingAndUpdateActionBar()
         }
 
-        if (leftFragment is OCFileListFragment) {
+        if (leftFragment is OCFileListFragment && !operation.onlyLocalCopy) {
             leftFragment.adapter?.removeFile(removedFile)
 
             if (leftFragment.adapter?.isEmpty == true) {