diff --git a/IPython/html/static/base/js/contentmanager.js b/IPython/html/static/base/js/contentmanager.js
index a764e570a..3c508f217 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/base/js/contentmanager.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/base/js/contentmanager.js
@@ -75,12 +75,19 @@ define([
     };
 
     ContentManager.prototype.delete_notebook = function(name, path) {
+        var that = this;
         var settings = {
             processData : false,
             cache : false,
             type : "DELETE",
             dataType : "json",
-            error : utils.log_ajax_error,
+            success : function (data, status, xhr) {
+                that.events.trigger('notebook_deleted.ContentManager', {
+                    name: name,
+                    path: path
+                });
+            },
+            error : utils.log_ajax_error
         };
         var url = utils.url_join_encode(
             this.base_url,
diff --git a/IPython/html/static/tree/js/notebooklist.js b/IPython/html/static/tree/js/notebooklist.js
index 83275fc3e..96b740bdd 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/tree/js/notebooklist.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/tree/js/notebooklist.js
@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ define([
             this.session_list.events.on('sessions_loaded.Dashboard', 
                 function(e, d) { that.sessions_loaded(d); });
         }
+
+
+        if (this.content_manager && this.content_manager.events) {
+            this.content_manager.events.on('notebook_deleted.ContentManager',
+                function(e, d) {
+                    // Remove the deleted notebook.
+                    $( ":data(nbname)" ).each(function() {
+                        var element = $( this );
+                        if (element.data( "nbname" ) == d.name &&
+                            element.data( "path" ) == d.path) {
+                            element.remove();
+                        }
+                    });
+                });
+        }
     };
 
     NotebookList.prototype.style = function () {