diff --git a/client/components/cards/checklists.jade b/client/components/cards/checklists.jade
index 83fc54508..7dbadf5e6 100644
--- a/client/components/cards/checklists.jade
+++ b/client/components/cards/checklists.jade
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ template(name="checklistDeletePopup")
   p {{_ 'confirm-checklist-delete-popup'}}
   button.js-confirm.negate.full(type="submit") {{_ 'delete'}}
 
+template(name="checklistItemDeletePopup")
+  p {{_ 'confirm-checklist-delete-popup'}}
+  button.js-confirm.negate.full(type="submit") {{_ 'delete'}}
+
 template(name="addChecklistItemForm")
   a(title="{{_ 'copy-text-to-clipboard'}}")
   span.copied-tooltip {{_ 'copied'}}
@@ -95,10 +99,13 @@ template(name="editChecklistItemForm")
       | ❌
     span(title=createdAt) {{ moment createdAt }}
     if canModifyCard
-      a.js-delete-checklist-item {{_ "delete"}}...
-      a.js-convert-checklist-item-to-card
-        | 📋
-        | {{_ 'convertChecklistItemToCardPopup-title'}}
+      if $eq type 'item'
+        a.js-delete-checklist-item {{_ "delete"}}...
+        a.js-convert-checklist-item-to-card
+          | 📋
+          | {{_ 'convertChecklistItemToCardPopup-title'}}
+      else
+        a.js-delete-checklist {{_ "delete"}}...
 
 template(name="checklistItems")
   if checklist.items.length
diff --git a/client/components/cards/checklists.js b/client/components/cards/checklists.js
index 31c913940..1447a0886 100644
--- a/client/components/cards/checklists.js
+++ b/client/components/cards/checklists.js
@@ -157,14 +157,6 @@ BlazeComponent.extendComponent({
     textarea.focus();
   },
 
-  deleteItem() {
-    const checklist = this.currentData().checklist;
-    const item = this.currentData().item;
-    if (checklist && item && item._id) {
-      ChecklistItems.remove(item._id);
-    }
-  },
-
   editChecklist(event) {
     event.preventDefault();
     const textarea = this.find('textarea.js-edit-checklist-item');
@@ -216,7 +208,25 @@ BlazeComponent.extendComponent({
         'submit .js-add-checklist-item': this.addChecklistItem,
         'submit .js-edit-checklist-item': this.editChecklistItem,
         'click .js-convert-checklist-item-to-card': Popup.open('convertChecklistItemToCard'),
-        'click .js-delete-checklist-item': this.deleteItem,
+        'click .js-delete-checklist-item'(event) {
+          const item = this.currentData().item;
+          const confirmFunc = Popup.afterConfirm('checklistItemDelete', function () {
+            if (item && item._id) {
+              ChecklistItems.remove(item._id);
+            }
+          });
+          confirmFunc.call(this, event);
+        },
+        'click .js-delete-checklist'(event) {
+          const checklist = this.currentData().checklist;
+          const confirmFunc = Popup.afterConfirm('checklistDelete', function () {
+            Popup.back(2);
+            if (checklist && checklist._id) {
+              Checklists.remove(checklist._id);
+            }
+          });
+          confirmFunc.call(this, event);
+        },
         'focus .js-add-checklist-item': this.focusChecklistItem,
         // add and delete checklist / checklist-item
         'click .js-open-inlined-form': this.closeAllInlinedForms,
@@ -303,13 +313,16 @@ BlazeComponent.extendComponent({
   events() {
     return [
       {
-        'click .js-delete-checklist': Popup.afterConfirm('checklistDelete', function () {
-          Popup.back(2);
+        'click .js-delete-checklist'(event) {
           const checklist = this.data().checklist;
-          if (checklist && checklist._id) {
-            Checklists.remove(checklist._id);
-          }
-        }),
+          const confirmFunc = Popup.afterConfirm('checklistDelete', function () {
+            Popup.back(2);
+            if (checklist && checklist._id) {
+              Checklists.remove(checklist._id);
+            }
+          });
+          confirmFunc.call(this, event);
+        },
         'click .js-move-checklist': Popup.open('moveChecklist'),
         'click .js-copy-checklist': Popup.open('copyChecklist'),
         'click .js-hide-checked-checklist-items'(event) {
diff --git a/imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json b/imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json
index 1bd9d162c..550c2fcb4 100644
--- a/imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json
+++ b/imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@
   "confirm-checklist-delete-popup": "Are you sure you want to delete the checklist?",
   "subtaskDeletePopup-title": "Delete Subtask?",
   "checklistDeletePopup-title": "Delete Checklist?",
+  "checklistItemDeletePopup-title": "Delete Checklist Item?",
   "copy-card-link-to-clipboard": "Copy card link to clipboard",
   "copy-text-to-clipboard": "Copy text to clipboard",
   "linkCardPopup-title": "Link Card",