diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
index 09e3bc22f..fd3a800ed 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
@@ -1405,9 +1405,14 @@ bool Session::deleteTorrent(const QString &hash, bool deleteLocalFiles)
 
     // Remove it from session
     if (deleteLocalFiles) {
-        QString rootPath = torrent->rootPath(true);
-        if (!rootPath.isEmpty())
-            m_savePathsToRemove[torrent->hash()] = rootPath;
+        if (torrent->savePath(true) == torrentTempPath(torrent->hash())) {
+            m_savePathsToRemove[torrent->hash()] = torrent->savePath(true);
+        }
+        else {
+            QString rootPath = torrent->rootPath(true);
+            if (!rootPath.isEmpty())
+                m_savePathsToRemove[torrent->hash()] = rootPath;
+        }
         m_nativeSession->remove_torrent(torrent->nativeHandle(), libt::session::delete_files);
     }
     else {
@@ -3441,17 +3446,16 @@ void Session::handleTorrentRemovedAlert(libt::torrent_removed_alert *p)
 
 void Session::handleTorrentDeletedAlert(libt::torrent_deleted_alert *p)
 {
-    m_savePathsToRemove.remove(p->info_hash);
+    const QString path = m_savePathsToRemove.take(p->info_hash);
+    if (path == torrentTempPath(p->info_hash))
+        Utils::Fs::smartRemoveEmptyFolderTree(path);
 }
 
 void Session::handleTorrentDeleteFailedAlert(libt::torrent_delete_failed_alert *p)
 {
     // libtorrent won't delete the directory if it contains files not listed in the torrent,
     // so we remove the directory ourselves
-    if (m_savePathsToRemove.contains(p->info_hash)) {
-        QString path = m_savePathsToRemove.take(p->info_hash);
-        Utils::Fs::smartRemoveEmptyFolderTree(path);
-    }
+    Utils::Fs::smartRemoveEmptyFolderTree(m_savePathsToRemove.take(p->info_hash));
 }
 
 void Session::handleMetadataReceivedAlert(libt::metadata_received_alert *p)
diff --git a/src/base/utils/fs.cpp b/src/base/utils/fs.cpp
index a47ba0fe1..51cfc508d 100644
--- a/src/base/utils/fs.cpp
+++ b/src/base/utils/fs.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ QString Utils::Fs::folderName(const QString& file_path)
  */
 bool Utils::Fs::smartRemoveEmptyFolderTree(const QString& path)
 {
-    if (!QDir(path).exists())
+    if (path.isEmpty() || !QDir(path).exists())
         return false;
 
     static const QStringList deleteFilesList = {
@@ -161,9 +161,10 @@ bool Utils::Fs::forceRemove(const QString& file_path)
  * Removes directory and its content recursively.
  *
  */
-void Utils::Fs::removeDirRecursive(const QString& dirName)
+void Utils::Fs::removeDirRecursive(const QString &path)
 {
-    QDir(dirName).removeRecursively();
+    if (!path.isEmpty())
+        QDir(path).removeRecursively();
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/base/utils/fs.h b/src/base/utils/fs.h
index d3305afb8..fa327cd60 100644
--- a/src/base/utils/fs.h
+++ b/src/base/utils/fs.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace Utils
 
         bool smartRemoveEmptyFolderTree(const QString& path);
         bool forceRemove(const QString& file_path);
-        void removeDirRecursive(const QString& dirName);
+        void removeDirRecursive(const QString& path);
 
         QString tempPath();
     }