diff --git a/src/common/misc/TranslationKey.ts b/src/common/misc/TranslationKey.ts
index 60da2ae4a31..05bcfa5fd94 100644
--- a/src/common/misc/TranslationKey.ts
+++ b/src/common/misc/TranslationKey.ts
@@ -1800,5 +1800,4 @@ export type TranslationKeyType =
 	| "yourMessage_label"
 	| "you_label"
 	| "emptyString_msg"
-	| "editLabel_action"
-	| "importantLabel_label"
+	| "confirmDeleteLabel_msg"
diff --git a/src/mail-app/mail/view/MailView.ts b/src/mail-app/mail/view/MailView.ts
index 941a31bbd86..d0c7e937d75 100644
--- a/src/mail-app/mail/view/MailView.ts
+++ b/src/mail-app/mail/view/MailView.ts
@@ -799,6 +799,16 @@ export class MailView extends BaseTopLevelView implements TopLevelView<MailViewA
 		await showEditLabelDialog(null, this.mailViewModel, label)
 	}
 
+	private async showLabelDeleteDialog(label: MailFolder) {
+		const confirmed = await Dialog.confirm(() =>
+			lang.get("confirmDeleteLabel_msg", {
+				"{1}": label.name,
+			}),
+		)
+		if (!confirmed) return
+		await this.mailViewModel.deleteLabel(label)
+	}
+
 	private renderMailboxLabelItems(mailboxDetail: MailboxDetail, inEditMode: boolean, onEditMailbox: () => void): Children {
 		return [
 			m(
@@ -842,7 +852,7 @@ export class MailView extends BaseTopLevelView implements TopLevelView<MailViewA
 											label: "delete_action",
 											icon: Icons.Trash,
 											click: () => {
-												this.mailViewModel.deleteLabel(label)
+												this.showLabelDeleteDialog(label)
 											},
 										},
 									],
diff --git a/src/mail-app/translations/de.ts b/src/mail-app/translations/de.ts
index b27c2c34a86..2798c935467 100644
--- a/src/mail-app/translations/de.ts
+++ b/src/mail-app/translations/de.ts
@@ -1819,6 +1819,7 @@ export default {
 		"yourCalendars_label": "Deine Kalender",
 		"yourFolders_action": "DEINE ORDNER",
 		"yourMessage_label": "Deine Nachricht",
-		"you_label": "Du"
+		"you_label": "Du",
+		"confirmDeleteLabel_msg": "Möchtest du wirklich das Label \"{1}\" löschen?"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/mail-app/translations/de_sie.ts b/src/mail-app/translations/de_sie.ts
index 86d98bb89b8..a797a3d0dd6 100644
--- a/src/mail-app/translations/de_sie.ts
+++ b/src/mail-app/translations/de_sie.ts
@@ -1819,6 +1819,7 @@ export default {
 		"yourCalendars_label": "Deine Kalender",
 		"yourFolders_action": "Ihre ORDNER",
 		"yourMessage_label": "Ihre Nachricht",
-		"you_label": "Sie"
+		"you_label": "Sie",
+		"confirmDeleteLabel_msg": "Möchten Sie wirklich das Label \"{1}\" löschen?"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/mail-app/translations/en.ts b/src/mail-app/translations/en.ts
index 184e98105dd..73c4feee944 100644
--- a/src/mail-app/translations/en.ts
+++ b/src/mail-app/translations/en.ts
@@ -1815,6 +1815,7 @@ export default {
 		"yourCalendars_label": "Your calendars",
 		"yourFolders_action": "YOUR FOLDERS",
 		"yourMessage_label": "Your message",
-		"you_label": "You"
+		"you_label": "You",
+		"confirmDeleteLabel_msg": "Are you sure that you want to delete the label \"{1}\"?"
 	}
 }