diff --git a/pkg/controllers/provisioningv2/cluster/controller.go b/pkg/controllers/provisioningv2/cluster/controller.go
index 988cee3a882..d2560af4865 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/provisioningv2/cluster/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/provisioningv2/cluster/controller.go
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ func (h *handler) updateStatus(objs []runtime.Object, cluster *v1.Cluster, statu
 			ready = true
 		}
 		for _, messageCond := range existing.Status.Conditions {
-			if messageCond.Type == "Updated" || messageCond.Type == "Provisioned" || messageCond.Type == "Removed" {
+			if messageCond.Type == "Updated" || messageCond.Type == "Provisioned" || messageCond.Type == "Removed" || messageCond.Type == "Deleting" {
 				continue
 			}
 
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/provisioningv2/cluster/remove.go b/pkg/controllers/provisioningv2/cluster/remove.go
index 032cf2da01f..34ce76fdbc8 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/provisioningv2/cluster/remove.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/provisioningv2/cluster/remove.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cluster
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/rancher/wrangler/pkg/genericcondition"
 	"time"
 
 	v3 "github.com/rancher/rancher/pkg/apis/management.cattle.io/v3"
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (h *handler) OnMgmtClusterRemove(_ string, cluster *v3.Cluster) (*v3.Cluster, error) {
+	rke2.Deleting.SetStatus(cluster, "True")
+	rke2.Deleting.SetStatusBool(cluster, true)
+	rke2.Deleting.Reason(cluster, "")
+	rke2.Deleting.Message(cluster, "")
 	provisioningClusters, err := h.clusterCache.GetByIndex(ByCluster, cluster.Name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -42,7 +47,16 @@ func (h *handler) OnMgmtClusterRemove(_ string, cluster *v3.Cluster) (*v3.Cluste
 func (h *handler) OnClusterRemove(_ string, cluster *v1.Cluster) (*v1.Cluster, error) {
 	oldStatus := cluster.Status
 	cluster = cluster.DeepCopy()
-
+	// set status as "Deleting"
+	rke2.Deleting.SetStatus(cluster, "True")
+	rke2.Deleting.SetStatusBool(cluster, true)
+	rke2.Deleting.Reason(cluster, "")
+	rke2.Deleting.Message(cluster, "")
+	newCond := genericcondition.GenericCondition{
+		Type:   "Deleting",
+		Status: "True",
+	}
+	cluster.Status.Conditions = append(cluster.Status.Conditions, newCond)
 	err := rke2.DoRemoveAndUpdateStatus(cluster, h.doClusterRemove(cluster), h.clusters.EnqueueAfter)
 
 	if equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(oldStatus, cluster.Status) {
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/provisioningv2/rke2/common.go b/pkg/controllers/provisioningv2/rke2/common.go
index f1f2a8ede50..eef1211edde 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/provisioningv2/rke2/common.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/provisioningv2/rke2/common.go
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ const (
 	Waiting                      = condition.Cond("Waiting")
 	Pending                      = condition.Cond("Pending")
 	Removed                      = condition.Cond("Removed")
+	Deleting                     = condition.Cond("Deleting")
 	PlanApplied                  = condition.Cond("PlanApplied")
 	InfrastructureReady          = condition.Cond(capi.InfrastructureReadyCondition)
 	SystemUpgradeControllerReady = condition.Cond("SystemUpgradeControllerReady")
@@ -264,9 +265,9 @@ func PlanSecretFromBootstrapName(bootstrapName string) string {
 func DoRemoveAndUpdateStatus(obj metav1.Object, doRemove func() (string, error), enqueueAfter func(string, string, time.Duration)) error {
 	if !Provisioned.IsTrue(obj) || !Waiting.IsTrue(obj) || !Pending.IsTrue(obj) {
 		// Ensure the Removed obj appears in the UI.
-		Provisioned.SetStatus(obj, "True")
 		Waiting.SetStatus(obj, "True")
 		Pending.SetStatus(obj, "True")
+		Provisioned.SetStatus(obj, "True")
 	}
 	message, err := doRemove()
 	if errors.Is(err, generic.ErrSkip) {