diff --git a/client/components/app/Appbar.vue b/client/components/app/Appbar.vue
index 92599c7a..c281f821 100644
--- a/client/components/app/Appbar.vue
+++ b/client/components/app/Appbar.vue
@@ -320,9 +320,11 @@ export default {
         checkboxLabel: this.$strings.LabelDeleteFromFileSystemCheckbox,
         yesButtonText: this.$strings.ButtonDelete,
         yesButtonColor: 'error',
-        checkboxDefaultValue: true,
+        checkboxDefaultValue: !Number(localStorage.getItem('softDeleteDefault') || 0),
         callback: (confirmed, hardDelete) => {
           if (confirmed) {
+            localStorage.setItem('softDeleteDefault', hardDelete ? 0 : 1)
+
             this.$store.commit('setProcessingBatch', true)
 
             this.$axios
diff --git a/client/components/cards/LazyBookCard.vue b/client/components/cards/LazyBookCard.vue
index 1b87df0f..c4d1345d 100644
--- a/client/components/cards/LazyBookCard.vue
+++ b/client/components/cards/LazyBookCard.vue
@@ -848,9 +848,11 @@ export default {
         checkboxLabel: this.$strings.LabelDeleteFromFileSystemCheckbox,
         yesButtonText: this.$strings.ButtonDelete,
         yesButtonColor: 'error',
-        checkboxDefaultValue: true,
+        checkboxDefaultValue: !Number(localStorage.getItem('softDeleteDefault') || 0),
         callback: (confirmed, hardDelete) => {
           if (confirmed) {
+            localStorage.setItem('softDeleteDefault', hardDelete ? 0 : 1)
+
             this.processing = true
             const axios = this.$axios || this.$nuxt.$axios
             axios
diff --git a/client/pages/item/_id/index.vue b/client/pages/item/_id/index.vue
index 657d564d..8658a6e4 100644
--- a/client/pages/item/_id/index.vue
+++ b/client/pages/item/_id/index.vue
@@ -686,9 +686,11 @@ export default {
         checkboxLabel: this.$strings.LabelDeleteFromFileSystemCheckbox,
         yesButtonText: this.$strings.ButtonDelete,
         yesButtonColor: 'error',
-        checkboxDefaultValue: true,
+        checkboxDefaultValue: !Number(localStorage.getItem('softDeleteDefault') || 0),
         callback: (confirmed, hardDelete) => {
           if (confirmed) {
+            localStorage.setItem('softDeleteDefault', hardDelete ? 0 : 1)
+
             this.$axios
               .$delete(`/api/items/${this.libraryItemId}?hard=${hardDelete ? 1 : 0}`)
               .then(() => {