diff --git a/client/components/modals/podcast/RemoveEpisode.vue b/client/components/modals/podcast/RemoveEpisode.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7839dae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/components/modals/podcast/RemoveEpisode.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<template>
+  <modals-modal v-model="show" name="podcast-episode-remove-modal" :width="500" :height="'unset'" :processing="processing">
+    <template #outer>
+      <div class="absolute top-0 left-0 p-5 w-2/3 overflow-hidden">
+        <p class="font-book text-3xl text-white truncate">{{ title }}</p>
+      </div>
+    </template>
+    <div ref="wrapper" class="px-8 py-6 w-full text-sm rounded-lg bg-bg shadow-lg border border-black-300 relative overflow-hidden">
+      <div class="mb-4">
+        <p class="text-lg text-gray-200 mb-4">
+          Are you sure you want to remove episode<br /><span class="text-base">{{ episodeTitle }}</span
+          >?
+        </p>
+        <p class="text-xs font-semibold text-warning text-opacity-90">Note: This does not delete the audio file unless toggling "Hard delete file"</p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="flex justify-between items-center pt-4">
+        <ui-checkbox v-model="hardDeleteFile" label="Hard delete file" check-color="error" checkbox-bg="bg" small label-class="text-base text-gray-200 pl-3" />
+
+        <ui-btn @click="submit">{{ hardDeleteFile ? 'Delete episode' : 'Remove episode' }}</ui-btn>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </modals-modal>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+  props: {
+    value: Boolean,
+    libraryItem: {
+      type: Object,
+      default: () => {}
+    },
+    episode: {
+      type: Object,
+      default: () => {}
+    }
+  },
+  data() {
+    return {
+      hardDeleteFile: false,
+      processing: false
+    }
+  },
+  watch: {
+    value(newVal) {
+      if (newVal) this.hardDeleteFile = false
+    }
+  },
+  computed: {
+    show: {
+      get() {
+        return this.value
+      },
+      set(val) {
+        this.$emit('input', val)
+      }
+    },
+    title() {
+      return 'Remove Episode'
+    },
+    episodeId() {
+      return this.episode ? this.episode.id : null
+    },
+    episodeTitle() {
+      return this.episode ? this.episode.title : null
+    }
+  },
+  methods: {
+    submit() {
+      this.processing = true
+
+      var queryString = this.hardDeleteFile ? '?hard=1' : ''
+      this.$axios
+        .$delete(`/api/podcasts/${this.libraryItem.id}/episode/${this.episodeId}${queryString}`)
+        .then(() => {
+          this.processing = false
+          this.$toast.success('Podcast episode removed')
+          this.show = false
+        })
+        .catch((error) => {
+          var errorMsg = error.response && error.response.data ? error.response.data : 'Failed remove episode'
+          console.error('Failed update episode', error)
+          this.processing = false
+          this.$toast.error(errorMsg)
+        })
+    }
+  },
+  mounted() {}
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/client/components/tables/podcast/EpisodeTableRow.vue b/client/components/tables/podcast/EpisodeTableRow.vue
index b4adeb49..0e318858 100644
--- a/client/components/tables/podcast/EpisodeTableRow.vue
+++ b/client/components/tables/podcast/EpisodeTableRow.vue
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ export default {
       type: Object,
       default: () => {}
     }
-    // isDragging: Boolean
   },
   data() {
     return {
@@ -54,15 +53,6 @@ export default {
       isHovering: false
     }
   },
-  // watch: {
-  //   isDragging: {
-  //     handler(newVal) {
-  //       if (newVal) {
-  //         this.isHovering = false
-  //       }
-  //     }
-  //   }
-  // },
   computed: {
     userCanUpdate() {
       return this.$store.getters['user/getUserCanUpdate']
@@ -149,22 +139,7 @@ export default {
         })
     },
     removeClick() {
-      if (confirm(`Are you sure you want to remove episode ${this.title}?\nNote: Does not delete from file system`)) {
-        this.processingRemove = true
-
-        this.$axios
-          .$delete(`/api/items/${this.libraryItemId}/episode/${this.episode.id}`)
-          .then((updatedPodcast) => {
-            console.log(`Episode removed from podcast`, updatedPodcast)
-            this.$toast.success('Episode removed from podcast')
-            this.processingRemove = false
-          })
-          .catch((error) => {
-            console.error('Failed to remove episode from podcast', error)
-            this.$toast.error('Failed to remove episode from podcast')
-            this.processingRemove = false
-          })
-      }
+      this.$emit('remove', this.episode)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/components/tables/podcast/EpisodesTable.vue b/client/components/tables/podcast/EpisodesTable.vue
index 56546f69..6401c893 100644
--- a/client/components/tables/podcast/EpisodesTable.vue
+++ b/client/components/tables/podcast/EpisodesTable.vue
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@
     <div class="flex items-center mb-4">
       <p class="text-lg mb-0 font-semibold">Episodes</p>
       <div class="flex-grow" />
-      <controls-episode-sort-select v-model="sortKey" :descending.sync="sortDesc" class="w-36 sm:w-44 md:w-48 h-9 ml-1 sm:ml-4" @change="changeSort" />
-      <div v-if="userCanUpdate" class="w-12">
-        <ui-icon-btn v-if="orderChanged" :loading="savingOrder" icon="save" bg-color="primary" class="ml-auto" @click="saveOrder" />
-      </div>
+      <controls-episode-sort-select v-model="sortKey" :descending.sync="sortDesc" class="w-36 sm:w-44 md:w-48 h-9 ml-1 sm:ml-4" />
     </div>
     <p v-if="!episodes.length" class="py-4 text-center text-lg">No Episodes</p>
-    <template v-for="episode in episodes">
-      <tables-podcast-episode-table-row :key="episode.id" :episode="episode" :library-item-id="libraryItem.id" class="item" @edit="editEpisode" />
+    <template v-for="episode in episodesSorted">
+      <tables-podcast-episode-table-row :key="episode.id" :episode="episode" :library-item-id="libraryItem.id" class="item" @remove="removeEpisode" @edit="editEpisode" />
     </template>
+
+    <modals-podcast-remove-episode v-model="showPodcastRemoveModal" :library-item="libraryItem" :episode="selectedEpisode" />
   </div>
 </template>
 
@@ -25,8 +24,16 @@ export default {
   },
   data() {
     return {
+      episodesCopy: [],
       sortKey: 'publishedAt',
-      sortDesc: true
+      sortDesc: true,
+      selectedEpisode: null,
+      showPodcastRemoveModal: false
+    }
+  },
+  watch: {
+    libraryItem() {
+      this.init()
     }
   },
   computed: {
@@ -41,16 +48,33 @@ export default {
     },
     episodes() {
       return this.media.episodes || []
+    },
+    episodesSorted() {
+      return this.episodesCopy.sort((a, b) => {
+        if (this.sortDesc) {
+          return String(b[this.sortKey]).localeCompare(String(a[this.sortKey]), undefined, { numeric: true, sensitivity: 'base' })
+        }
+        return String(a[this.sortKey]).localeCompare(String(b[this.sortKey]), undefined, { numeric: true, sensitivity: 'base' })
+      })
     }
   },
   methods: {
+    removeEpisode(episode) {
+      this.selectedEpisode = episode
+      this.showPodcastRemoveModal = true
+    },
     editEpisode(episode) {
       this.$store.commit('setSelectedLibraryItem', this.libraryItem)
       this.$store.commit('globals/setSelectedEpisode', episode)
       this.$store.commit('globals/setShowEditPodcastEpisodeModal', true)
+    },
+    init() {
+      this.episodesCopy = this.episodes.map((ep) => ({ ...ep }))
     }
   },
-  mounted() {}
+  mounted() {
+    this.init()
+  }
 }
 </script>
 
diff --git a/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js b/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
index b920de46..070ce416 100644
--- a/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
@@ -224,24 +224,6 @@ class LibraryItemController {
     res.json(libraryItem.toJSON())
   }
 
-  // DELETE: api/items/:id/episode/:episodeId
-  async removeEpisode(req, res) {
-    var episodeId = req.params.episodeId
-    var libraryItem = req.libraryItem
-    if (libraryItem.mediaType !== 'podcast') {
-      Logger.error(`[LibraryItemController] removeEpisode invalid media type ${libraryItem.id}`)
-      return res.sendStatus(500)
-    }
-    if (!libraryItem.media.episodes.find(ep => ep.id === episodeId)) {
-      Logger.error(`[LibraryItemController] removeEpisode episode ${episodeId} not found for item ${libraryItem.id}`)
-      return res.sendStatus(404)
-    }
-    libraryItem.media.removeEpisode(episodeId)
-    await this.db.updateLibraryItem(libraryItem)
-    this.emitter('item_updated', libraryItem.toJSONExpanded())
-    res.json(libraryItem.toJSON())
-  }
-
   // POST api/items/:id/match
   async match(req, res) {
     var libraryItem = req.libraryItem
diff --git a/server/controllers/PodcastController.js b/server/controllers/PodcastController.js
index e83e108f..a0f14eda 100644
--- a/server/controllers/PodcastController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/PodcastController.js
@@ -190,6 +190,35 @@ class PodcastController {
     res.json(libraryItem.toJSONExpanded())
   }
 
+  // DELETE: api/podcasts/:id/episode/:episodeId
+  async removeEpisode(req, res) {
+    var episodeId = req.params.episodeId
+    var libraryItem = req.libraryItem
+    var hardDelete = req.query.hard === '1'
+
+    var episode = libraryItem.media.episodes.find(ep => ep.id === episodeId)
+    if (!episode) {
+      Logger.error(`[PodcastController] removeEpisode episode ${episodeId} not found for item ${libraryItem.id}`)
+      return res.sendStatus(404)
+    }
+
+    if (hardDelete) {
+      var audioFile = episode.audioFile
+      // TODO: this will trigger the watcher. should maybe handle this gracefully
+      await fs.remove(audioFile.metadata.path).then(() => {
+        Logger.info(`[PodcastController] Hard deleted episode file at "${audioFile.metadata.path}"`)
+      }).catch((error) => {
+        Logger.error(`[PodcastController] Failed to hard delete episode file at "${audioFile.metadata.path}"`, error)
+      })
+    }
+
+    libraryItem.media.removeEpisode(episodeId)
+
+    await this.db.updateLibraryItem(libraryItem)
+    this.emitter('item_updated', libraryItem.toJSONExpanded())
+    res.json(libraryItem.toJSON())
+  }
+
   middleware(req, res, next) {
     var item = this.db.libraryItems.find(li => li.id === req.params.id)
     if (!item || !item.media) return res.sendStatus(404)
diff --git a/server/routers/ApiRouter.js b/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
index 8af4d9f6..3c3e5333 100644
--- a/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
+++ b/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ class ApiRouter {
     this.router.post('/items/:id/play', LibraryItemController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryItemController.startPlaybackSession.bind(this))
     this.router.post('/items/:id/play/:episodeId', LibraryItemController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryItemController.startEpisodePlaybackSession.bind(this))
     this.router.patch('/items/:id/tracks', LibraryItemController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryItemController.updateTracks.bind(this))
-    this.router.delete('/items/:id/episode/:episodeId', LibraryItemController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryItemController.removeEpisode.bind(this))
     this.router.get('/items/:id/scan', LibraryItemController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryItemController.scan.bind(this))
     this.router.get('/items/:id/audio-metadata', LibraryItemController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryItemController.updateAudioFileMetadata.bind(this))
     this.router.post('/items/:id/chapters', LibraryItemController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryItemController.updateMediaChapters.bind(this))
@@ -188,6 +187,7 @@ class ApiRouter {
     this.router.get('/podcasts/:id/clear-queue', PodcastController.middleware.bind(this), PodcastController.clearEpisodeDownloadQueue.bind(this))
     this.router.post('/podcasts/:id/download-episodes', PodcastController.middleware.bind(this), PodcastController.downloadEpisodes.bind(this))
     this.router.patch('/podcasts/:id/episode/:episodeId', PodcastController.middleware.bind(this), PodcastController.updateEpisode.bind(this))
+    this.router.delete('/podcasts/:id/episode/:episodeId', PodcastController.middleware.bind(this), PodcastController.removeEpisode.bind(this))
 
     //
     // Misc Routes