diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/GutterCell.svelte b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/GutterCell.svelte
index d9fd09fb6c..00b99c0711 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/GutterCell.svelte
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/GutterCell.svelte
@@ -70,7 +70,15 @@
         </div>
       {/if}
     {/if}
-    {#if $config.allowExpandRows}
+    {#if rowSelected && $config.allowDeleteRows}
+      <div class="delete" on:click={() => dispatch("request-bulk-delete")}>
+        <Icon
+          name="Delete"
+          size="S"
+          color="var(--spectrum-global-color-red-400)"
+        />
+      </div>
+    {:else if $config.allowExpandRows}
       <div
         class="expand"
         class:visible={!disableExpand && (rowFocused || rowHovered)}
@@ -111,9 +119,12 @@
   .number.visible {
     display: flex;
   }
+  .delete,
+  .expand {
+    margin-right: 4px;
+  }
   .expand {
     opacity: 0;
-    margin-right: 4px;
   }
   .expand :global(.spectrum-Icon) {
     pointer-events: none;
@@ -124,4 +135,11 @@
   .expand.visible :global(.spectrum-Icon) {
     pointer-events: all;
   }
+
+  .delete:hover {
+    cursor: pointer;
+  }
+  .delete:hover :global(.spectrum-Icon) {
+    color: var(--spectrum-global-color-red-600) !important;
+  }
 </style>
diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/controls/DeleteButton.svelte b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/controls/BulkDeleteHandler.svelte
similarity index 53%
rename from packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/controls/DeleteButton.svelte
rename to packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/controls/BulkDeleteHandler.svelte
index 8ca5f0920d..f87b529390 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/controls/DeleteButton.svelte
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/controls/BulkDeleteHandler.svelte
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <script>
-  import { Modal, ModalContent, Button, notifications } from "@budibase/bbui"
+  import { Modal, ModalContent, notifications } from "@budibase/bbui"
   import { getContext, onMount } from "svelte"
 
-  const { selectedRows, rows, config, subscribe } = getContext("grid")
+  const { selectedRows, rows, subscribe } = getContext("grid")
 
   let modal
 
@@ -27,20 +27,6 @@
   onMount(() => subscribe("request-bulk-delete", () => modal?.show()))
 </script>
 
-{#if selectedRowCount}
-  <div class="delete-button" data-ignore-click-outside="true">
-    <Button
-      icon="Delete"
-      size="M"
-      on:click={modal.show}
-      disabled={!$config.allowEditRows}
-      cta
-    >
-      Delete {selectedRowCount} row{selectedRowCount === 1 ? "" : "s"}
-    </Button>
-  </div>
-{/if}
-
 <Modal bind:this={modal}>
   <ModalContent
     title="Delete rows"
@@ -53,14 +39,3 @@
     row{selectedRowCount === 1 ? "" : "s"}?
   </ModalContent>
 </Modal>
-
-<style>
-  .delete-button :global(.spectrum-Button:not(:disabled)) {
-    background-color: var(--spectrum-global-color-red-400);
-    border-color: var(--spectrum-global-color-red-400);
-  }
-  .delete-button :global(.spectrum-Button:not(:disabled):hover) {
-    background-color: var(--spectrum-global-color-red-500);
-    border-color: var(--spectrum-global-color-red-500);
-  }
-</style>
diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/layout/Grid.svelte b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/layout/Grid.svelte
index 0db7ec9108..8fd4e05196 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/layout/Grid.svelte
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/layout/Grid.svelte
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   import { createEventManagers } from "../lib/events"
   import { createAPIClient } from "../../../api"
   import { attachStores } from "../stores"
-  import DeleteButton from "../controls/DeleteButton.svelte"
+  import BulkDeleteHandler from "../controls/BulkDeleteHandler.svelte"
   import BetaButton from "../controls/BetaButton.svelte"
   import GridBody from "./GridBody.svelte"
   import ResizeOverlay from "../overlays/ResizeOverlay.svelte"
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@
       <RowHeightButton />
     </div>
     <div class="controls-right">
-      <DeleteButton />
       <UserAvatars />
     </div>
   </div>
@@ -146,6 +145,7 @@
       <ProgressCircle />
     </div>
   {/if}
+  <BulkDeleteHandler />
   <KeyboardManager />
 </div>