diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/climbd/newsfeed/data/NewsEntry.java b/src/main/java/ch/climbd/newsfeed/data/NewsEntry.java
index 1920027..559b468 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/climbd/newsfeed/data/NewsEntry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/climbd/newsfeed/data/NewsEntry.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public class NewsEntry {
 
     private Integer views = 0;
     private String language = "undefined";
+    private boolean deleted = false;
 
     public NewsEntry() {
     }
@@ -109,6 +110,14 @@ public void setLanguage(String language) {
         this.language = language;
     }
 
+    public boolean isDeleted() {
+        return deleted;
+    }
+
+    public void delete() {
+        this.deleted = true;
+    }
+
     public String getDomainWithProtocol() {
         if (!link.isEmpty()) {
             var start = link.indexOf("://") + 3;
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/climbd/newsfeed/views/components/NewsItemComponent.java b/src/main/java/ch/climbd/newsfeed/views/components/NewsItemComponent.java
index 8c269be..85cbb13 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/climbd/newsfeed/views/components/NewsItemComponent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/climbd/newsfeed/views/components/NewsItemComponent.java
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ public VerticalLayout createNewsItem(List<NewsEntry> items) {
         var verticalLayout = new VerticalLayout();
         var index = 0;
         for (var item : items) {
+            if (item.isDeleted()) {
+                continue;
+            }
             index++;
             HorizontalLayout row = buildNewsItem(index, item, verticalLayout);
             if (row == null) continue;
@@ -121,7 +124,9 @@ public HorizontalLayout buildNewsItem(int index, NewsEntry item, VerticalLayout
         delete.setSize("15px");
         delete.setTooltipText("Delete");
         delete.addClickListener((ComponentEventListener<ClickEvent<Icon>>) iconClickEvent -> {
-            mongo.delete(item);
+            LOG.info("Delete: " + item.getTitle());
+            item.delete();
+            mongo.update(item);
             UI.getCurrent().getPage().reload();
         });