diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/delete.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/delete.html
index 721139c6e9..9a88428173 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/delete.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/delete.html
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@
                 <localize key="defaultdialogs_confirmdelete">Are you sure you want to delete</localize> <strong>{{currentNode.name}}</strong>?
             </p>
 
-            <div class="umb-alert umb-alert--warning" ng-show="hasMoreThanOneLanguage">
+            <div class="umb-alert umb-alert--warning" ng-show="hasMoreThanOneLanguage && !currentNode.trashed">
                 <localize key="defaultdialogs_variantdeletewarning">This will delete the node and all its languages. If you only want to delete one language go and unpublish it instead.</localize>
             </div>
 
+            <div class="umb-alert umb-alert--warning" ng-show="currentNode.trashed">
+                <localize key="defaultdialogs_recycleBinWarning">When items are deleted from the recycle bin, they will be gone forever</localize>.
+            </div>
+
             <umb-confirm on-confirm="performDelete" confirm-button-style="danger" on-cancel="cancel"></umb-confirm>
         </div>
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/media/delete.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/media/delete.html
index d4f16ce71c..7231ccf2c4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/media/delete.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/media/delete.html
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
                 <localize key="defaultdialogs_confirmdelete">Are you sure you want to delete</localize> <strong>{{currentNode.name}}</strong>?
             </p>
 
-            <umb-confirm on-confirm="performDelete" on-cancel="close"></umb-confirm>
+            <div class="umb-alert umb-alert--warning" ng-show="currentNode.trashed">
+                <localize key="defaultdialogs_recycleBinWarning">When items are deleted from the recycle bin, they will be gone forever</localize>.
+            </div>
+
+            <umb-confirm on-confirm="performDelete" on-cancel="close" confirm-button-style="danger"></umb-confirm>
         </div>
 
     </div>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/TreeControllerBase.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/TreeControllerBase.cs
index 0f9b61469e..77e5ebef62 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/TreeControllerBase.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/TreeControllerBase.cs
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Trees
             treeNode.Path = entity.Path;
             treeNode.Udi = Udi.Create(ObjectTypes.GetUdiType(entityObjectType), entity.Key);
             treeNode.HasChildren = hasChildren;
+            treeNode.Trashed = entity.Trashed;
             return treeNode;
         }