diff --git a/Models/ThemeConfig/DeleteConfig.ts b/Models/ThemeConfig/DeleteConfig.ts
index 36f6516937..8eb92041a7 100644
--- a/Models/ThemeConfig/DeleteConfig.ts
+++ b/Models/ThemeConfig/DeleteConfig.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import Translations from "../../UI/i18n/Translations"
 import { TagUtils } from "../../Logic/Tags/TagUtils"
 
 export default class DeleteConfig {
-    public static readonly defaultDeleteReasons: {
+    private static readonly defaultDeleteReasons: {
         changesetMessage: string
         explanation: Translation
     }[] = [
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ export default class DeleteConfig {
         },
     ]
 
-    public readonly extraDeleteReasons?: {
-        explanation: TypedTranslation<object>
+    public readonly deleteReasons?: {
+        explanation: TypedTranslation<object> | Translation
         changesetMessage: string
     }[]
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export default class DeleteConfig {
     public readonly neededChangesets?: number
 
     constructor(json: DeleteConfigJson, context: string) {
-        this.extraDeleteReasons = (json.extraDeleteReasons ?? []).map((reason, i) => {
+        this.deleteReasons = (json.extraDeleteReasons ?? []).map((reason, i) => {
             const ctx = `${context}.extraDeleteReasons[${i}]`
             if ((reason.changesetMessage ?? "").length <= 5) {
                 throw `${ctx}.explanation is too short, needs at least 4 characters`
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ export default class DeleteConfig {
                 changesetMessage: reason.changesetMessage,
             }
         })
+
+        if(!json.omitDefaultDeleteReasons ){
+            for (const defaultDeleteReason of DeleteConfig.defaultDeleteReasons) {
+                this.deleteReasons.push({
+                    changesetMessage: defaultDeleteReason.changesetMessage,
+                    explanation: defaultDeleteReason.explanation.Clone(/*Must clone, hides translation otherwise*/)
+                })
+            }
+        }
+
         this.nonDeleteMappings = (json.nonDeleteMappings ?? []).map((nonDelete, i) => {
             const ctx = `${context}.extraDeleteReasons[${i}]`
             return {
@@ -56,6 +66,10 @@ export default class DeleteConfig {
             }
         })
 
+        if(this.nonDeleteMappings.length + this.deleteReasons.length == 0){
+            throw "At "+context+": a deleteconfig should have some reasons to delete: either the default delete reasons or a nonDeleteMapping or extraDeletereason should be given"
+        }
+
         this.softDeletionTags = undefined
         if (json.softDeletionTags !== undefined) {
             this.softDeletionTags = TagUtils.Tag(
diff --git a/Models/ThemeConfig/Json/DeleteConfigJson.ts b/Models/ThemeConfig/Json/DeleteConfigJson.ts
index 84e2ec8899..653a040d0c 100644
--- a/Models/ThemeConfig/Json/DeleteConfigJson.ts
+++ b/Models/ThemeConfig/Json/DeleteConfigJson.ts
@@ -72,4 +72,10 @@ export interface DeleteConfigJson {
      * For some small features (e.g. bicycle racks) this is too much and this requirement can be lowered or dropped, which can be done here.
      */
     neededChangesets?: number
+
+    /**
+     * Set this flag if the default delete reasons should be omitted from the dialog.
+     * This requires at least one extraDeleteReason or nonDeleteMapping
+     */
+    omitDefaultDeleteReasons?: false | boolean
 }
diff --git a/UI/Popup/DeleteWizard.ts b/UI/Popup/DeleteWizard.ts
index 862e660de0..b4803897cb 100644
--- a/UI/Popup/DeleteWizard.ts
+++ b/UI/Popup/DeleteWizard.ts
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ export default class DeleteWizard extends Toggle {
                                     return t.explanations.hardDelete
                                 }
                                 // This is a soft deletion: we explain _why_ the deletion is soft
-                                return t.explanations.softDelete.Subs({ reason: reason })
+                                return t.explanations.softDelete.Subs({ reason: reason})
                             })
                         )
                     }
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ export default class DeleteWizard extends Toggle {
             )
         }
 
-        for (const extraDeleteReason of config.extraDeleteReasons ?? []) {
+        for (const extraDeleteReason of config.deleteReasons ?? []) {
             elements.push(
                 new FixedInputElement(
                     new SubstitutedTranslation(extraDeleteReason.explanation, tagsSource, state),
@@ -274,17 +274,6 @@ export default class DeleteWizard extends Toggle {
             )
         }
 
-        for (const extraDeleteReason of DeleteConfig.defaultDeleteReasons) {
-            elements.push(
-                new FixedInputElement(
-                    extraDeleteReason.explanation.Clone(/*Must clone here, as this explanation might be used on many locations*/),
-                    {
-                        deleteReason: extraDeleteReason.changesetMessage,
-                    }
-                )
-            )
-        }
-
         return new RadioButton(elements, { selectFirstAsDefault: false })
     }
 }
@@ -453,7 +442,7 @@ class DeleteabilityChecker {
                 return
             }
             if (waysOrRelations) {
-                // not deleteble by mapcomplete
+                // not deleteable by mapcomplete
                 state.setData({
                     canBeDeleted: false,
                     reason: t.partOfOthers,