diff --git a/plugins/gui/include/gui/content_manager/content_manager.h b/plugins/gui/include/gui/content_manager/content_manager.h
index 73294023a38..9b74ab890b2 100644
--- a/plugins/gui/include/gui/content_manager/content_manager.h
+++ b/plugins/gui/include/gui/content_manager/content_manager.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ namespace hal
 
     public:
         static SettingsItemKeybind* sSettingSearch;
+        static SettingsItemKeybind* sSettingDeleteItem;
         void addExternalWidget(ContentFactory* factory);
 
     private:
diff --git a/plugins/gui/include/gui/context_manager_widget/context_manager_widget.h b/plugins/gui/include/gui/context_manager_widget/context_manager_widget.h
index fdb6c690533..ab6748c9387 100644
--- a/plugins/gui/include/gui/context_manager_widget/context_manager_widget.h
+++ b/plugins/gui/include/gui/context_manager_widget/context_manager_widget.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "gui/context_manager_widget/models/context_table_model.h"
 #include "gui/context_manager_widget/models/context_table_proxy_model.h"
 #include "gui/searchbar/searchbar.h"
+#include "gui/settings/settings_items/settings_item_keybind.h"
 
 #include <QListWidget>
 #include <QPoint>
@@ -166,6 +167,11 @@ namespace hal
          */
         void updateSearchIcon();
 
+    private Q_SLOTS:
+
+        void handleDeleteShortcutOnFocusChanged(QWidget* oldWidget, QWidget* newWidget);
+
+
     private:
         GraphTabWidget* mTabView;
 
@@ -201,6 +207,8 @@ namespace hal
         QString mSearchIconStyle;
         QString mSearchActiveIconStyle;
 
+        QShortcut* mShortCutDeleteItem;
+
         void handleCreateContextClicked();
         void handleRenameContextClicked();
         void handleDuplicateContextClicked();
diff --git a/plugins/gui/include/gui/grouping/grouping_manager_widget.h b/plugins/gui/include/gui/grouping/grouping_manager_widget.h
index 5f6690018e3..9c010e8c455 100644
--- a/plugins/gui/include/gui/grouping/grouping_manager_widget.h
+++ b/plugins/gui/include/gui/grouping/grouping_manager_widget.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "gui/content_widget/content_widget.h"
 #include "gui/grouping/grouping_table_model.h"
 #include "hal_core/defines.h"
+#include "gui/settings/settings_items/settings_item_keybind.h"
 
 #include <QColor>
 #include "gui/grouping/grouping_color_serializer.h"
@@ -315,6 +316,8 @@ namespace hal
          */
         void handleDoubleClicked(const QModelIndex& index);
 
+        void handleDeleteShortcutOnFocusChanged(QWidget *oldWidget, QWidget *newWidget);
+
     private:
         class ToolboxModuleHash
         {
@@ -375,6 +378,8 @@ namespace hal
         QString mDisabledIconStyle;
         GroupingColorSerializer mColorSerializer;
 
+        QShortcut* mShortCutDeleteItem;
+
         GroupingTableEntry getCurrentGrouping();
     };
 }    // namespace hal
diff --git a/plugins/gui/include/gui/module_widget/module_widget.h b/plugins/gui/include/gui/module_widget/module_widget.h
index 475fef1b1ef..0eb15955d34 100644
--- a/plugins/gui/include/gui/module_widget/module_widget.h
+++ b/plugins/gui/include/gui/module_widget/module_widget.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include "gui/selection_relay/selection_relay.h"
 #include "gui/module_widget/module_tree_view.h"
 #include "hal_core/netlist/module.h"
+#include "gui/settings/settings_items/settings_item_keybind.h"
+
 
 #include <QAction>
 #include <QItemSelection>
@@ -170,6 +172,11 @@ namespace hal
         void handleModuleRemoved(Module* module, u32 module_id);
 
 
+    private Q_SLOTS:
+        void handleDeleteShortcutOnFocusChanged(QWidget *oldWidget, QWidget *newWidget);
+
+        void deleteSelectedItem();
+
     private:
         ModuleTreeView* mTreeView;
         Searchbar* mSearchbar;
@@ -188,8 +195,11 @@ namespace hal
 
         ModuleProxyModel* mModuleProxyModel;
 
+        QShortcut* mShortCutDeleteItem;
+
         void openModuleInView(const QModelIndex& index);
 
         ModuleItem* getModuleItemFromIndex(const QModelIndex& index);
+
     };
 }    // namespace hal
diff --git a/plugins/gui/include/gui/selection_details_widget/selection_details_widget.h b/plugins/gui/include/gui/selection_details_widget/selection_details_widget.h
index 9f7df1984ce..9d5e80639fc 100644
--- a/plugins/gui/include/gui/selection_details_widget/selection_details_widget.h
+++ b/plugins/gui/include/gui/selection_details_widget/selection_details_widget.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "gui/selection_details_widget/tree_navigation/selection_tree_item.h"
 #include "hal_core/defines.h"
 
+
 class QTableWidget;
 class QStackedWidget;
 class QSplitter;
diff --git a/plugins/gui/src/content_manager/content_manager.cpp b/plugins/gui/src/content_manager/content_manager.cpp
index 859802fe29c..8b2d13a7a0a 100644
--- a/plugins/gui/src/content_manager/content_manager.cpp
+++ b/plugins/gui/src/content_manager/content_manager.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 namespace hal
 {
+
     ExternalContent* ExternalContent::inst = nullptr;
 
     ExternalContent* ExternalContent::instance()
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ namespace hal
 
     SettingsItemDropdown* ContentManager::sSettingSortMechanism;
     SettingsItemKeybind* ContentManager::sSettingSearch;
+    SettingsItemKeybind* ContentManager::sSettingDeleteItem;
     bool ContentManager::sSettingsInitialized = initializeSettings();
     bool ContentManager::initializeSettings()
     {
@@ -74,12 +76,21 @@ namespace hal
                                     "Keybindings:Global",
                                     "Keybind for toggeling the searchbar in widgets where available (Selection Details Widget, Modules Widget, Python Editor, Views Widget, Grouping Widget).");
 
+
+        sSettingDeleteItem =
+            new SettingsItemKeybind("Delete Item",
+                                    "keybinds/item_delete",
+                                    QKeySequence("Del"),
+                                    "Keybindings:Global",
+                                    "Keybind for deleting the focused Item.");
         return true;
     }
 
     ContentManager::ContentManager(MainWindow* parent) : QObject(parent), mMainWindow(parent),
         mExternalIndex(0), mContextSerializer(nullptr)
     {
+
+
         // has to be created this early in order to receive deserialization by the core signals
         mPythonWidget = new PythonEditor();
 
diff --git a/plugins/gui/src/context_manager_widget/context_manager_widget.cpp b/plugins/gui/src/context_manager_widget/context_manager_widget.cpp
index e11c9dbeb31..1d54fd9992a 100644
--- a/plugins/gui/src/context_manager_widget/context_manager_widget.cpp
+++ b/plugins/gui/src/context_manager_widget/context_manager_widget.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "gui/user_action/action_rename_object.h"
 #include "gui/user_action/user_action_compound.h"
 #include <QShortcut>
+#include <QApplication>
 
 namespace hal
 {
@@ -110,6 +111,14 @@ namespace hal
 
         connect(mSearchbar, &Searchbar::textEdited, mContextTableProxyModel, &ContextTableProxyModel::handleFilterTextChanged);
         connect(mSearchbar, &Searchbar::textEdited, this, &ContextManagerWidget::updateSearchIcon);
+
+        mShortCutDeleteItem = new QShortcut(ContentManager::sSettingDeleteItem->value().toString(), this);
+        mShortCutDeleteItem->setEnabled(false);
+
+        connect(ContentManager::sSettingDeleteItem, &SettingsItemKeybind::keySequenceChanged, mShortCutDeleteItem, &QShortcut::setKey);
+        connect(mShortCutDeleteItem, &QShortcut::activated, this, &ContextManagerWidget::handleDeleteContextClicked);
+
+        connect(qApp, &QApplication::focusChanged, this, &ContextManagerWidget::handleDeleteShortcutOnFocusChanged);
     }
 
     void ContextManagerWidget::handleCreateContextClicked()
@@ -167,6 +176,8 @@ namespace hal
 
     void ContextManagerWidget::handleDeleteContextClicked()
     {
+        QModelIndex current     = mContextTableView->currentIndex();
+        if (!current.isValid()) return;
         GraphContext* clicked_context = getCurrentContext();
         ActionDeleteObject* act = new ActionDeleteObject;
         act->setObject(UserActionObject(clicked_context->id(),UserActionObjectType::Context));
@@ -446,4 +457,20 @@ namespace hal
     {
         mSearchActiveIconStyle = style;
     }
+
+    void ContextManagerWidget::handleDeleteShortcutOnFocusChanged(QWidget* oldWidget, QWidget* newWidget)
+    {
+        if(!newWidget) return;
+        if(newWidget->parent() == this)
+        {
+            mShortCutDeleteItem->setEnabled(true);
+            return;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            mShortCutDeleteItem->setEnabled(false);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/plugins/gui/src/grouping/grouping_manager_widget.cpp b/plugins/gui/src/grouping/grouping_manager_widget.cpp
index bb03553ecef..7a19e6e76b0 100644
--- a/plugins/gui/src/grouping/grouping_manager_widget.cpp
+++ b/plugins/gui/src/grouping/grouping_manager_widget.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "gui/selection_details_widget/tree_navigation/selection_tree_view.h"
 
 #include <QAction>
+#include <QApplication>
 #include <QColorDialog>
 #include <QHeaderView>
 #include <QImage>
@@ -114,6 +115,14 @@ namespace hal
         connect(mGroupingTableModel, &GroupingTableModel::newEntryAdded, this, &GroupingManagerWidget::handleNewEntryAdded);
         connect(mGroupingTableView, &QTableView::doubleClicked, this, &GroupingManagerWidget::handleDoubleClicked);
         handleCurrentChanged();
+
+        mShortCutDeleteItem = new QShortcut(ContentManager::sSettingDeleteItem->value().toString(), this);
+        mShortCutDeleteItem->setEnabled(false);
+
+        connect(ContentManager::sSettingDeleteItem, &SettingsItemKeybind::keySequenceChanged, mShortCutDeleteItem, &QShortcut::setKey);
+        connect(mShortCutDeleteItem, &QShortcut::activated, this, &GroupingManagerWidget::handleDeleteGroupingClicked);
+
+        connect(qApp, &QApplication::focusChanged, this, &GroupingManagerWidget::handleDeleteShortcutOnFocusChanged);
     }
 
     QList<QShortcut*> GroupingManagerWidget::createShortcuts()
@@ -511,6 +520,10 @@ namespace hal
 
     void GroupingManagerWidget::handleDeleteGroupingClicked()
     {
+        if (!hasFocus() && !mGroupingTableView->hasFocus()) return;
+
+        QModelIndex current     = mGroupingTableView->currentIndex();
+        if (!current.isValid()) return;
         int irow                = mProxyModel->mapToSource(mGroupingTableView->currentIndex()).row();
         u32 grpId               = mGroupingTableModel->groupingAt(irow).id();
         ActionDeleteObject* act = new ActionDeleteObject;
@@ -835,4 +848,19 @@ namespace hal
     {
         mTableIconStyle = style;
     }
+
+    void GroupingManagerWidget::handleDeleteShortcutOnFocusChanged(QWidget* oldWidget, QWidget* newWidget)
+    {
+        if(!newWidget) return;
+        if(newWidget->parent() == this)
+        {
+            mShortCutDeleteItem->setEnabled(true);
+            return;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            mShortCutDeleteItem->setEnabled(false);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
 }    // namespace hal
diff --git a/plugins/gui/src/module_widget/module_widget.cpp b/plugins/gui/src/module_widget/module_widget.cpp
index f5948460a20..223ad8f7ed4 100644
--- a/plugins/gui/src/module_widget/module_widget.cpp
+++ b/plugins/gui/src/module_widget/module_widget.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "hal_core/netlist/module.h"
 #include "hal_core/netlist/net.h"
 #include "gui/module_model/module_model.h"
+#include <QApplication>
 #include <QHeaderView>
 #include <QItemSelectionModel>
 #include <QMenu>
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <QShortcut>
 #include <QTreeView>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
-#include "hal_core/utilities/log.h"
 
 namespace hal
 {
@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@ namespace hal
 
         connect(mSearchAction, &QAction::triggered, this, &ModuleWidget::toggleSearchbar);
         connect(mSearchbar, &Searchbar::textEdited, this, &ModuleWidget::updateSearchIcon);
+
+        mShortCutDeleteItem = new QShortcut(ContentManager::sSettingDeleteItem->value().toString(), this);
+        mShortCutDeleteItem->setEnabled(false);
+
+        connect(ContentManager::sSettingDeleteItem, &SettingsItemKeybind::keySequenceChanged, mShortCutDeleteItem, &QShortcut::setKey);
+        connect(mShortCutDeleteItem, &QShortcut::activated, this, &ModuleWidget::deleteSelectedItem);
+
+        connect(qApp, &QApplication::focusChanged, this, &ModuleWidget::handleDeleteShortcutOnFocusChanged);
+
     }
 
     void ModuleWidget::setupToolbar(Toolbar* toolbar)
@@ -324,4 +333,33 @@ namespace hal
     {
         mSearchActiveIconStyle = style;
     }
+
+    void ModuleWidget::deleteSelectedItem()
+    {
+        if(!mTreeView->currentIndex().isValid())
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        ModuleItem* selectedItem = getModuleItemFromIndex(mTreeView->currentIndex());
+        if(selectedItem->parent() != nullptr)
+        {
+            gNetlistRelay->deleteModule(getModuleItemFromIndex(mTreeView->currentIndex())->id());
+        }
+    }
+
+    void ModuleWidget::handleDeleteShortcutOnFocusChanged(QWidget* oldWidget, QWidget* newWidget)
+    {
+        if(!newWidget) return;
+        if(newWidget->parent() == this)
+        {
+            mShortCutDeleteItem->setEnabled(true);
+            return;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            mShortCutDeleteItem->setEnabled(false);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/gui/src/selection_details_widget/selection_details_widget.cpp b/plugins/gui/src/selection_details_widget/selection_details_widget.cpp
index 56dfae249cc..7f11d8f1309 100644
--- a/plugins/gui/src/selection_details_widget/selection_details_widget.cpp
+++ b/plugins/gui/src/selection_details_widget/selection_details_widget.cpp
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ namespace hal
         connect(mSearchbar, &Searchbar::textEdited, this, &SelectionDetailsWidget::updateSearchIcon);
         connect(mSelectionTreeView, &SelectionTreeView::itemDoubleClicked, this, &SelectionDetailsWidget::handleTreeViewItemFocusClicked);
         connect(mSelectionTreeView, &SelectionTreeView::focusItemClicked, this, &SelectionDetailsWidget::handleTreeViewItemFocusClicked);
+
     }
 
     void SelectionDetailsWidget::selectionToModuleMenu()