diff --git a/intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html b/intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html
index 9351f8b0..25d99bd0 100644
--- a/intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html
+++ b/intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 {% extends 'base.html' %}
 {% load i18n static fontawesome_5 %}
 
+{% block head %}
+
+{% endblock %}
+
 {% block body %}
+
     <div id="detail-header" class="row">
         <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-6">
             <h3>{% trans 'Intervention' %} {{intervention.identifier}}</h3>
@@ -293,11 +298,9 @@
                                 </td>
                                 <td class="align-middle">{{ doc.comment }}</td>
                                 <td>
-                                    <a href="{% url 'doc-remove' doc.id %}" class="mr-2">
-                                        <button class="btn btn-default" title="{% trans 'Remove document' %}">
-                                            {% fa5_icon 'trash' %}
-                                        </button>
-                                    </a>
+                                    <button data-form-url="{% url 'doc-remove' doc.id %}" class="btn btn-default del-btn" title="{% trans 'Remove document' %}">
+                                        {% fa5_icon 'trash' %}
+                                    </button>
                                 </td>
                             </tr>
                             {% endfor %}
@@ -308,4 +311,8 @@
         </div>
     </div>
 
+{% with 'del-btn' as btn_class %}
+    {% include 'modal/modal_form_script.html' %}
+{% endwith %}
+
 {% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/konova/contexts.py b/konova/contexts.py
index 0b250864..e514dd1f 100644
--- a/konova/contexts.py
+++ b/konova/contexts.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class BaseContext:
         "user": None,
         "current_role": None,
         "help_link": HELP_LINK,
+        "modal_reload_page": "true",  # must be string and lower case true, since it's used in JS code
     }
 
     def __init__(self, request: HttpRequest, additional_context: dict = {}):
diff --git a/konova/forms.py b/konova/forms.py
index 31bafa09..15966cd7 100644
--- a/konova/forms.py
+++ b/konova/forms.py
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ Created on: 16.11.20
 
 from abc import abstractmethod
 
+from bootstrap_modal_forms.forms import BSModalModelForm, BSModalForm
 from django import forms
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.gis.forms import GeometryField, OSMWidget
 from django.contrib.gis.geos import Polygon
+from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -127,3 +129,18 @@ class SimpleGeomForm(BaseForm):
             self.fields["geom"].widget.attrs["default_zoom"] = 1
         self.initialize_form_field("geom", geom)
         self.area = geom.area
+
+
+class RemoveDocumentForm(BaseForm, BSModalForm):
+    confirm = forms.BooleanField(
+        label=_("Confirm"),
+        label_suffix=_(""),
+        widget=forms.CheckboxInput(),
+        required=True,
+    )
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.instance = kwargs.get("instance", None)
+        self.form_title = _("Remove document")
+        self.form_caption = _("This will remove '{}'. Are you sure?").format(self.instance.title)
diff --git a/konova/models.py b/konova/models.py
index 25a63a65..0d4d79a7 100644
--- a/konova/models.py
+++ b/konova/models.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Contact: michel.peltriaux@sgdnord.rlp.de
 Created on: 17.11.20
 
 """
+import os
 import uuid
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
@@ -65,6 +66,19 @@ class Document(BaseResource):
     document = models.FileField()
     comment = models.TextField()
 
+    def delete(self, using=None, keep_parents=False):
+        """ Custom delete function to remove the real file from the hard drive
+
+        Args:
+            using ():
+            keep_parents ():
+
+        Returns:
+
+        """
+        os.remove(self.document.file.name)
+        super().delete(using=using, keep_parents=keep_parents)
+
 
 class Geometry(BaseResource):
     """
diff --git a/konova/sub_settings/django_settings.py b/konova/sub_settings/django_settings.py
index e06c1382..0f54ef8c 100644
--- a/konova/sub_settings/django_settings.py
+++ b/konova/sub_settings/django_settings.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.gis',
     'simple_sso.sso_server',
     'django_tables2',
+    'bootstrap_modal_forms',
     'fontawesome_5',
     'bootstrap4',
     'konova',
diff --git a/konova/urls.py b/konova/urls.py
index 74ad3f1d..dcb49427 100644
--- a/konova/urls.py
+++ b/konova/urls.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     # Documents
     path('document/<id>', get_document_view, name="doc-open"),
     path('document/new', new_document_view, name="doc-new"),
-    path('document/<id>/remove>', remove_document_view, name="doc-remove"),
+    path('document/<id>/remove', remove_document_view, name="doc-remove"),
 
     # Autocomplete paths
     path("atcmplt/orgs", OrganisationAutocomplete.as_view(), name="orgs-autocomplete"),
diff --git a/konova/views.py b/konova/views.py
index 76ca956f..68c8fdd7 100644
--- a/konova/views.py
+++ b/konova/views.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from konova.contexts import BaseContext
+from konova.forms import RemoveDocumentForm
 from konova.models import Document
 from news.models import ServerMessage
 from konova.settings import SSO_SERVER_BASE
@@ -104,17 +105,43 @@ def new_document_view(request: HttpRequest):
 def remove_document_view(request: HttpRequest, id: str):
     """ Renders a form for uploading new documents
 
+    This function works using a modal. We are not using the regular way, the django bootstrap modal forms are
+    intended to be used. Instead of View classes we work using the classic way of dealing with forms (see below).
+    It is important to mention, that modal forms, which should reload the page afterwards, must provide a
+    'reload_page' bool in the context. This way, the modal may reload the page or not.
+
+    For further details see the comments in templates/modal or
+    https://github.com/trco/django-bootstrap-modal-forms
+
     Args:
         request (HttpRequest): The incoming request
 
     Returns:
 
     """
+    template = "modal/modal_form.html"
     doc = get_object_or_404(Document, id=id)
     title = doc.title
-    #doc.delete()
-    messages.success(
-        request,
-        _("Document '{}' deleted").format(title)
-    )
-    return redirect(request.META.get("HTTP_REFERER", "home"))
+    form = RemoveDocumentForm(request.POST or None, instance=doc)
+    if request.method == "POST":
+        if form.is_valid():
+            doc.delete()
+            messages.success(
+                request,
+                _("Document '{}' deleted").format(title)
+            )
+            return redirect(request.META.get("HTTP_REFERER", "home"))
+        else:
+            messages.info(
+                request,
+                _("There was an error on this form.")
+            )
+            return redirect(request.META.get("HTTP_REFERER", "home"))
+    elif request.method == "GET":
+        context = {
+            "form": form,
+        }
+        context = BaseContext(request, context).context
+        return render(request, template, context)
+    else:
+        raise NotImplementedError
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo b/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
index b460f644..70111a9e 100644
Binary files a/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo and b/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo differ
diff --git a/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
index 886893b7..e2b4ab4b 100644
--- a/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
+++ b/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 # FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
 #
 #: intervention/filters.py:25 intervention/filters.py:31
-#: intervention/filters.py:38 intervention/filters.py:39 konova/forms.py:71
-#: user/forms.py:38
+#: intervention/filters.py:38 intervention/filters.py:39 konova/forms.py:73
+#: konova/forms.py:137 user/forms.py:38
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-07-23 16:00+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-07-23 18:26+0200\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #: compensation/tables.py:18 compensation/tables.py:71 intervention/forms.py:26
 #: intervention/tables.py:23
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:174
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:179
 msgid "Identifier"
 msgstr "Kennung"
 
 #: compensation/tables.py:23 compensation/tables.py:76 intervention/forms.py:33
 #: intervention/tables.py:28
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:57
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:177
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:276
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:62
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:182
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:281
 msgid "Title"
 msgstr "Bezeichnung"
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ msgid "Actions"
 msgstr "Aktionen"
 
 #: compensation/tables.py:44
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:154
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:159
 msgid "Compensations"
 msgstr "Kompensationen"
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ msgid "Which intervention type is this"
 msgstr "Welcher Eingriffstyp"
 
 #: intervention/forms.py:44
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:65
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:70
 msgid "Law"
 msgstr "Gesetz"
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ msgid "Based on which law"
 msgstr "Basiert auf welchem Recht"
 
 #: intervention/forms.py:50
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:85
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:90
 msgid "Intervention handler"
 msgstr "Eingriffsverursacher"
 
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ msgid "Edit intervention"
 msgstr "Eingriff bearbeiten"
 
 #: intervention/tables.py:33
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:89
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:94
 msgid "Checked"
 msgstr "Geprüft"
 
 #: intervention/tables.py:39
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:103
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:108
 msgid "Recorded"
 msgstr "Verzeichnet"
 
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ msgid "Interventions"
 msgstr "Eingriffe"
 
 #: intervention/tables.py:92 intervention/tables.py:170
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:7
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:12
 #: konova/templates/konova/home.html:11 templates/navbar.html:22
 msgid "Intervention"
 msgstr "Eingriff"
@@ -210,112 +210,112 @@ msgstr "Für Sie freigegeben - Datensatz kann bearbeitet werden"
 msgid "Access not granted"
 msgstr "Nicht freigegeben - Datensatz nur lesbar"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:12
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:17
 msgid "Open in LANIS"
 msgstr "In LANIS öffnen"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:17
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:22
 msgid "Public report"
 msgstr "Öffentlicher Bericht"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:23
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:28
 msgid "Share"
 msgstr "Freigabe"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:28
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:33
 msgid "Run check"
 msgstr "Prüfung vornehmen"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:33
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:38
 msgid "Record"
 msgstr "Verzeichnen"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:38
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:43
 msgid "Edit"
 msgstr "Bearbeiten"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:43
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:48
 #: venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/forms/formsets.py:391
 msgid "Delete"
 msgstr "Löschen"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:61
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:66
 msgid "Process type"
 msgstr "Verfahrenstyp"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:69
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:74
 msgid "Registration office"
 msgstr "Zulassungsbehörde"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:73
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:78
 msgid "Registration office file number"
 msgstr "Aktenzeichen Zulassungsbehörde"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:77
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:82
 msgid "Conservation office"
 msgstr "Naturschutzbehörde"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:81
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:86
 msgid "Conversation office file number"
 msgstr "Aktenzeichen Naturschutzbehörde"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:117
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:122
 msgid "Registration date"
 msgstr "Datum Zulassung bzw. Satzungsbeschluss"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:121
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:126
 msgid "Binding on"
 msgstr "Datum Bestandskraft"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:125
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:130
 msgid "Last modified"
 msgstr "Zuletzt bearbeitet"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:129
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:134
 msgid "by"
 msgstr "von"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:138
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:143
 msgid "No geometry added, yet."
 msgstr "Keine Geometrie vorhanden"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:159
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:164
 msgid "Add new compensation"
 msgstr "Neue Kompensation hinzufügen"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:204
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:209
 msgid "Payments"
 msgstr "Ersatzzahlungen"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:209
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:214
 msgid "Add new payment"
 msgstr "Neue Zahlung hinzufügen"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:224
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:229
 msgid "Amount"
 msgstr "Betrag"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:227
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:232
 msgid "Transfer comment"
 msgstr "Verwendungszweck"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:256
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:261
 msgid "Documents"
 msgstr "Dokumente"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:261
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:266
 msgid "Add new document"
 msgstr "Neues Dokument hinzufügen"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:279
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:284
 msgid "Comment"
 msgstr "Kommentar"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:282
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:287
 msgid "Action"
 msgstr "Aktionen"
 
-#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:297
+#: intervention/templates/intervention/detail-view.html:301 konova/forms.py:145
 msgid "Remove document"
 msgstr "Dokument löschen"
 
@@ -353,22 +353,26 @@ msgstr "Hierfür müssen Sie Administrator sein!"
 msgid "You need to be part of another user group."
 msgstr "Hierfür müssen Sie einer anderen Nutzergruppe angehören!"
 
-#: konova/forms.py:44
+#: konova/forms.py:46
 msgid "Not editable"
 msgstr "Nicht editierbar"
 
-#: konova/forms.py:70
+#: konova/forms.py:72 konova/forms.py:136
 msgid "Confirm"
-msgstr "Bestätigen"
+msgstr "Bestätige"
 
-#: konova/forms.py:82
+#: konova/forms.py:84
 msgid "Remove"
 msgstr "Entferne"
 
-#: konova/forms.py:84
+#: konova/forms.py:86
 msgid "You are about to remove {} {}"
 msgstr "Sie sind dabei {} {} zu löschen"
 
+#: konova/forms.py:146
+msgid "This will remove '{}'. Are you sure?"
+msgstr "Hiermit wird '{}' gelöscht. Sind Sie sicher?"
+
 #: konova/management/commands/setup_data.py:42
 msgid "On new related data"
 msgstr "Wenn neue Daten für mich angelegt werden"
@@ -421,11 +425,13 @@ msgstr "Ökokonto"
 msgid "Withdraw"
 msgstr "Abbuchen"
 
-#: konova/views.py:118
-#, fuzzy
-#| msgid "Document identifier"
+#: konova/views.py:133
 msgid "Document '{}' deleted"
-msgstr "Aktenzeichen"
+msgstr "Dokument '{}' gelöscht"
+
+#: konova/views.py:139
+msgid "There was an error on this form."
+msgstr "Es gab einen Fehler im Formular."
 
 #: news/templates/news/dashboard-news.html:12 news/templates/news/index.html:19
 msgid "Published on"
@@ -467,6 +473,10 @@ msgstr "Abbrechen"
 msgid "Save"
 msgstr "Speichern"
 
+#: templates/modal/modal_form.html:30
+msgid "Continue"
+msgstr "Weiter"
+
 #: templates/navbar.html:4
 msgid "Kompensationsverzeichnis Service Portal"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e3f3ce4e..c0e6822e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ certifi==2020.11.8
 chardet==3.0.4
 Django==3.1.3
 django-autocomplete-light==3.8.1
+django-bootstrap-modal-forms==2.2.0
 django-bootstrap4==3.0.1
 django-debug-toolbar==3.1.1
 django-filter==2.4.0
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 16aff7ca..f1a713cb 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
     {% bootstrap_javascript jquery='full' %}
     {% fontawesome_5_static %}
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'css/konova.css' %}">
+    {% comment %}
+        Adds script for modal rendering
+    {% endcomment %}
+    <script src="{% static 'js/jquery.bootstrap.modal.forms.min.js' %}"></script>
     {% block head %}
 
     {% endblock %}
@@ -27,6 +31,15 @@
         {% endfor %}
         </div>
 
+        {% comment %}
+            The modal wrapper, which can be used on every view can stay on the base.html template
+        {% endcomment %}
+        <div class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" id="modal">
+          <div class="modal-dialog" role="document">
+            <div class="modal-content"></div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
         {% block body %}
 
         {% endblock %}
diff --git a/templates/modal/modal_form.html b/templates/modal/modal_form.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82e65c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/modal/modal_form.html
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+{% comment %}
+    A generic modal form template which is based on django-bootstrap-modal-forms package
+    https://pypi.org/project/django-bootstrap-modal-forms/
+{% endcomment %}
+
+
+<form method="post" action="{{form.action_url}}">
+  {% csrf_token %}
+    <div class="modal-header">
+        <h5 class="modal-title">{{form.form_title}}</h5>
+        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
+            <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
+        </button>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="modal-body">
+        <article class="mb-5">{{form.form_caption}}</article>
+        {% for field in form %}
+        <div class="form-group{% if field.errors %} invalid{% endif %}">
+            <label for="{{ field.id_for_label }}">{{ field.label }}</label>
+            {{ field }}
+            {% for error in field.errors %}
+            <p class="help-block">{{ error }}</p>
+            {% endfor %}
+        </div>
+        {% endfor %}
+    </div>
+    <div class="modal-footer">
+        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">{% trans 'Continue' %}</button>
+    </div>
+</form>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/modal/modal_form_script.html b/templates/modal/modal_form_script.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1dda2075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/modal/modal_form_script.html
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{% comment %}
+    Taken from https://github.com/trco/django-bootstrap-modal-forms
+
+    isDeleteForm refers to reloading the whole page after submitting the form in our case.
+
+{% endcomment %}
+
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+    $(document).ready(function() {
+        $(".{{btn_class}}").each(function () {
+            $(this).modalForm({
+                    formURL: $(this).data("form-url"),
+                    isDeleteForm: {{modal_reload_page}},
+                }
+            );
+        });
+    });
+    </script>
\ No newline at end of file