diff --git a/applets/clipboard/contents/ui/ClipboardItemDelegate.qml b/applets/clipboard/contents/ui/ClipboardItemDelegate.qml
index 253b9d9ed..47a074f87 100644
--- a/applets/clipboard/contents/ui/ClipboardItemDelegate.qml
+++ b/applets/clipboard/contents/ui/ClipboardItemDelegate.qml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ PlasmaExtras.ListItem {
             menuListView.currentIndex = -1
         }
     }
+    Keys.onDeletePressed: {
+        remove(UuidRole);
+    }
 
     ListView.onIsCurrentItemChanged: {
         if (ListView.isCurrentItem) {
diff --git a/applets/clipboard/contents/ui/ClipboardPage.qml b/applets/clipboard/contents/ui/ClipboardPage.qml
index 260ef1168..004661a91 100644
--- a/applets/clipboard/contents/ui/ClipboardPage.qml
+++ b/applets/clipboard/contents/ui/ClipboardPage.qml
@@ -90,6 +90,19 @@ ColumnLayout {
                 clearButtonShown: true
                 Layout.fillWidth: true
 
+                // Only override delete key behavior to delete list items if
+                // it would do nothing
+                Keys.enabled: filter.text.length == 0 || filter.cursorPosition == filter.length
+                Keys.onDeletePressed: {
+                    let clipboardItemIndex = clipboardMenu.view.currentIndex
+                    if (clipboardItemIndex != -1) {
+                        let uuid = clipboardMenu.model.get(clipboardItemIndex).UuidRole
+                        if (uuid) {
+                            clipboardMenu.view.currentItem.remove(uuid);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
                 Connections {
                     target: main
                     function onClearSearchField() {