diff --git a/app/actions/api.ts b/app/actions/api.ts
index 260ee2f2..6a09bd6a 100644
--- a/app/actions/api.ts
+++ b/app/actions/api.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { selectWorkingDatasetBodyPageInfo,
   selectMutationsDataset
 } from '../selections'
 import { CALL_API, ApiAction, ApiActionThunk, chainSuccess } from '../store/api'
-import { openToast } from './ui'
+import { openToast, setBulkActionExecuting } from './ui'
 import { actionWithPagination } from '../utils/pagination'
 import { getActionType } from '../utils/actionType'
 import { datasetConvertStringToScriptBytes } from '../utils/datasetConvertStringToScriptBytes'
@@ -641,52 +641,32 @@ export function removeDataset (
       }
     }
 
-    let response: Action
-    try {
-      response = await dispatch(action)
-      dispatch(openToast('success', 'remove', `Removed ${username}/${name}`))
-    } catch (action) {
-      dispatch(openToast('error', 'remove', action.payload.err.message))
-      throw action
-    }
-
-    return response
-  }
-}
-
-// remove the specified dataset, then refresh the dataset list
-export function removeDatasetAndFetch (username: string, name: string, isLinked: boolean, keepFiles: boolean): ApiActionThunk {
-  return async (dispatch, getState) => {
-    let response: Action
-
-    try {
-      response = await removeDataset(username, name, isLinked, keepFiles)(dispatch, getState)
-    } catch (action) {
-      if (!action.payload.err.message.contains('directory not empty')) {
-        throw action
-      }
-    }
-    // reset pagination
-    dispatch(push(pathToCollection()))
-    response = await fetchMyDatasets(-1)(dispatch, getState)
-    return response
+    return dispatch(action)
   }
 }
 
 // remove the specified datasets, then refresh the dataset list
 export function removeDatasetsAndFetch (refs: VersionInfo[], keepFiles: boolean): ApiActionThunk {
   return async (dispatch, getState) => {
+    const datasetsString = refs.length === 1 ? `${refs[0].username}/${refs[0].name}` : `${refs.length} datasets`
     try {
+      dispatch(setBulkActionExecuting(true))
+      dispatch(openToast('info', 'remove', `removing ${datasetsString}`))
       await Promise.all(
         refs.map(async (ref) => removeDataset(ref.username, ref.name, !!ref.fsiPath, keepFiles)(dispatch, getState))
       )
+      dispatch(openToast('success', `remove-success`, `removed ${datasetsString}`))
       // reset pagination
-      return fetchMyDatasets(-1)(dispatch, getState)
+      const res = await fetchMyDatasets(-1)(dispatch, getState)
+      dispatch(push(pathToCollection()))
+      dispatch(setBulkActionExecuting(false))
+      return res
     } catch (action) {
       if (!action.payload.err.message.contains('directory not empty')) {
         throw action
       }
-      dispatch(openToast('error', 'removeDatasetsAndFetch', action.payload.err.message))
+      dispatch(openToast('error', 'remove-error', `error removing ${datasetsString}: ${action.payload.err.message}`))
+      dispatch(setBulkActionExecuting(false))
       return Promise.reject(action.payload.err.message)
     }
   }
diff --git a/app/actions/ui.ts b/app/actions/ui.ts
index 47c2ac6e..94b7c86a 100644
--- a/app/actions/ui.ts
+++ b/app/actions/ui.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import {
   UI_SET_DATASET_DIR_PATH,
   UI_SET_EXPORT_PATH,
   UI_SET_DETAILS_BAR,
-  UI_SET_BOOTUP_COMPONENT
+  UI_SET_BOOTUP_COMPONENT,
+  UI_BULK_ACTION_EXECUTING
 } from '../reducers/ui'
 
 import { ToastType, BootupComponentType } from '../models/store'
@@ -98,3 +99,10 @@ export const setBootupComponent = (component: BootupComponentType) => {
     component
   }
 }
+
+export const setBulkActionExecuting = (executing: boolean) => {
+  return {
+    type: UI_BULK_ACTION_EXECUTING,
+    executing
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/components/collection/collectionHome/DatasetList.tsx b/app/components/collection/collectionHome/DatasetList.tsx
index 4d011ace..bfaa8d9e 100644
--- a/app/components/collection/collectionHome/DatasetList.tsx
+++ b/app/components/collection/collectionHome/DatasetList.tsx
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import { connectComponentToPropsWithRouter } from '../../../utils/connectCompone
 import { setFilter } from '../../../actions/myDatasets'
 import { pullDatasets, fetchMyDatasets, removeDatasetsAndFetch } from '../../../actions/api'
 import { setWorkingDataset } from '../../../actions/selections'
-import { setModal, openToast } from '../../../actions/ui'
+import { setModal, openToast, setBulkActionExecuting } from '../../../actions/ui'
 
-import { selectSessionUsername, selectWorkingDataset } from '../../../selections'
+import { selectSessionUsername, selectWorkingDataset, selectBulkActionExecuting } from '../../../selections'
 import DatasetsTable from './DatasetsTable'
 
 interface DatasetListProps extends RouteProps {
@@ -24,25 +24,37 @@ interface DatasetListProps extends RouteProps {
   workingDataset: WorkingDataset
   sessionUsername: string
   showFSI: boolean
+  bulkActionExecuting: boolean
   setFilter: (filter: string) => Action
   setWorkingDataset: (username: string, name: string) => Action
   fetchMyDatasets: (page: number, pageSize: number) => Promise<AnyAction>
   pullDatasets: (refs: VersionInfo[]) => Promise<AnyAction>
-  removeDatasetsAndFetch: (refs: VersionInfo[], keepFiles: boolean) => Promise<AnyAction>
   setModal: (modal: Modal) => void
   openToast: (type: ToastType, name: string, message: string) => Action
+  setBulkActionExecuting: (executing: boolean) => Action
 }
 
 type DatasetActionType = 'pull' | 'remove'
 
 export const DatasetListComponent: React.FC<DatasetListProps> = (props) => {
-  const { showFSI, setFilter, myDatasets, history, sessionUsername, pullDatasets, removeDatasetsAndFetch, openToast, setModal } = props
+  const {
+    showFSI,
+    setFilter,
+    myDatasets,
+    history,
+    sessionUsername,
+    bulkActionExecuting,
+    pullDatasets,
+    openToast,
+    setModal,
+    setBulkActionExecuting
+  } = props
+
   const { filter, value: datasets } = myDatasets
   const lowercasedFilterString = filter.toLowerCase()
 
   const [selected, setSelected] = useState([] as VersionInfo[])
   const [onlySessionUserDatasets, setOnlySessionUserDatasets] = useState(false)
-  const [bulkActionExecuting, setBulkActionExecuting] = useState(false)
 
   const handleSetFilter = (value: string) => {
     setFilter(value)
@@ -109,11 +121,6 @@ export const DatasetListComponent: React.FC<DatasetListProps> = (props) => {
     return handleBulkActionForDatasets('pull', 'pulling', 'pulled', actionCallback, selected)
   }
 
-  const handleBulkRemove = async (keepFiles: boolean) => {
-    const actionCallback = async () => removeDatasetsAndFetch(selected, keepFiles)
-    return handleBulkActionForDatasets('remove', 'removing', 'removed', actionCallback, selected)
-  }
-
   const handleBulkActionForDatasets = async (actionType: DatasetActionType, actionGerund: string, actionPastTense: string, actionCallback: () => Promise<AnyAction>, refs: VersionInfo[]) => {
     setBulkActionExecuting(true)
     openToast('info', actionType, `${actionGerund} ${refs.length} ${refs.length === 1 ? 'dataset' : 'datasets'}`)
@@ -134,8 +141,7 @@ export const DatasetListComponent: React.FC<DatasetListProps> = (props) => {
     setModal(
       {
         type: ModalType.RemoveDataset,
-        datasets: selected,
-        onSubmit: handleBulkRemove
+        datasets: selected
       }
     )
   }
@@ -201,7 +207,8 @@ export default connectComponentToPropsWithRouter(
     ...ownProps,
     myDatasets: state.myDatasets,
     sessionUsername: selectSessionUsername(state),
-    setWorkingDataset: selectWorkingDataset(state)
+    setWorkingDataset: selectWorkingDataset(state),
+    bulkActionExecuting: selectBulkActionExecuting(state)
   }),
   {
     setFilter,
@@ -210,6 +217,7 @@ export default connectComponentToPropsWithRouter(
     setModal,
     pullDatasets,
     removeDatasetsAndFetch,
-    openToast
+    openToast,
+    setBulkActionExecuting
   }
 )
diff --git a/app/components/collection/headerButtons/RemoveButton.tsx b/app/components/collection/headerButtons/RemoveButton.tsx
index e01300af..12e9f80a 100644
--- a/app/components/collection/headerButtons/RemoveButton.tsx
+++ b/app/components/collection/headerButtons/RemoveButton.tsx
@@ -9,16 +9,13 @@ import { selectFsiPath } from '../../../selections'
 import { connectComponentToPropsWithRouter } from '../../../utils/connectComponentToProps'
 
 import HeaderColumnButton from '../../chrome/HeaderColumnButton'
-import { removeDatasetsAndFetch } from '../../../actions/api'
-import { ApiAction } from '../../../store/api'
-import { VersionInfo } from '../../../models/store'
 
 interface RemoveButtonProps extends RouteProps {
   qriRef: QriRef
   fsiPath: string
   showIcon: boolean
   setModal: (modal: Modal) => void
-  removeDatasetsAndFetch: (datasets: VersionInfo[], keepfiles: boolean) => Promise<ApiAction>
+  size: 'sm' | 'md'
 }
 
 /**
@@ -31,8 +28,8 @@ export const RemoveButtonComponent: React.FunctionComponent<RemoveButtonProps> =
   const {
     qriRef,
     fsiPath,
+    size = 'md',
     showIcon = true,
-    removeDatasetsAndFetch,
     setModal
   } = props
 
@@ -42,15 +39,15 @@ export const RemoveButtonComponent: React.FunctionComponent<RemoveButtonProps> =
     return null
   }
   return (<HeaderColumnButton
-    id='remove'
+    id='remove-button'
     label='Remove'
     tooltip='Copy the url of this dataset on the cloud to your clipboard'
     icon={showIcon && faTrash }
+    size={size}
     onClick={() => {
       setModal({
         type: ModalType.RemoveDataset,
-        datasets: [{ ...qriRef, fsiPath }],
-        onSubmit: async (keepfiles: boolean) => removeDatasetsAndFetch([{ ...qriRef, fsiPath }], keepfiles)
+        datasets: [{ ...qriRef, fsiPath }]
       })
     }}
   />)
@@ -66,7 +63,6 @@ export default connectComponentToPropsWithRouter(
       fsiPath: selectFsiPath(state)
     }
   }, {
-    setModal,
-    removeDatasetsAndFetch
+    setModal
   }
 )
diff --git a/app/components/modals/RemoveDataset.tsx b/app/components/modals/RemoveDataset.tsx
index 86534192..4a1f1231 100644
--- a/app/components/modals/RemoveDataset.tsx
+++ b/app/components/modals/RemoveDataset.tsx
@@ -4,20 +4,24 @@ import { RemoveDatasetModal } from '../../../app/models/modals'
 import { connectComponentToProps } from '../../utils/connectComponentToProps'
 import { dismissModal } from '../../actions/ui'
 import { selectModal, selectSessionUsername } from '../../selections'
+import { ApiAction } from '../../store/api'
+import { removeDatasetsAndFetch } from '../../actions/api'
 
 import CheckboxInput from '../form/CheckboxInput'
 import Modal from './Modal'
 import Error from './Error'
 import Buttons from './Buttons'
+import { VersionInfo } from '../../models/store'
 
 interface RemoveDatasetProps {
   modal: RemoveDatasetModal
   sessionUsername: string
   onDismissed: () => void
+  onSubmit: (refs: VersionInfo[], keepfiles: boolean) => Promise<ApiAction>
 }
 
 export const RemoveDatasetComponent: React.FC<RemoveDatasetProps> = (props: RemoveDatasetProps) => {
-  const { modal: { datasets, onSubmit }, sessionUsername, onDismissed } = props
+  const { modal: { datasets }, sessionUsername, onDismissed, onSubmit } = props
 
   const [keepFiles, setKeepFiles] = useState(true)
   const [dismissable, setDismissable] = useState(true)
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@ export const RemoveDatasetComponent: React.FC<RemoveDatasetProps> = (props: Remo
     if (!onSubmit) return
 
     try {
-      await onSubmit(keepFiles)
+      await onSubmit(datasets, keepFiles)
       setLoading(false)
       setDismissable(true)
       onDismissed()
@@ -104,6 +108,7 @@ export default connectComponentToProps(
     }
   },
   {
-    onDismissed: dismissModal
+    onDismissed: dismissModal,
+    onSubmit: removeDatasetsAndFetch
   }
 )
diff --git a/app/models/modals.ts b/app/models/modals.ts
index 99359a7c..16a0bfd5 100644
--- a/app/models/modals.ts
+++ b/app/models/modals.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { AnyAction } from 'redux'
-
 import { VersionInfo } from './store'
 
 export enum ModalType {
@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@ export interface PublishDatasetModal {
 export interface RemoveDatasetModal {
   type: ModalType.RemoveDataset
   datasets: VersionInfo[]
-  onSubmit: (keepFiles: boolean) => Promise<AnyAction>
 }
 
 export interface SearchModal {
diff --git a/app/models/store.ts b/app/models/store.ts
index 3d66df30..072d3281 100644
--- a/app/models/store.ts
+++ b/app/models/store.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ export interface UI {
   importFileName: string
   importFileSize: number
   bootupComponent: BootupComponentType
+  bulkActionExecuting: boolean
 }
 
 export type BootupComponentType =
diff --git a/app/reducers/ui.ts b/app/reducers/ui.ts
index d3d83c67..d14240dc 100644
--- a/app/reducers/ui.ts
+++ b/app/reducers/ui.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export const UI_SET_DATASET_DIR_PATH = 'UI_SET_DATASET_DIR_PATH'
 export const UI_SET_EXPORT_PATH = 'UI_SET_EXPORT_PATH'
 export const UI_SET_DETAILS_BAR = 'UI_SET_DETAILS_BAR'
 export const UI_SET_BOOTUP_COMPONENT = 'UI_SET_BOOTUP_COMPONENT'
+export const UI_BULK_ACTION_EXECUTING = 'UI_BULK_ACTION_EXECUTING'
 
 export const UNAUTHORIZED = 'UNAUTHORIZED'
 
@@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ const initialState = {
   detailsBar: { type: DetailsType.NoDetails },
   importFileName: '',
   importFileSize: 0,
-  bootupComponent: 'loading'
+  bootupComponent: 'loading',
+  bulkActionExecuting: false
 }
 
 // send an event to electron to block menus on first load
@@ -203,6 +205,13 @@ export default (state = initialState, action: AnyAction) => {
         ...state,
         bootupComponent: component
       }
+
+    case UI_BULK_ACTION_EXECUTING:
+      const { executing } = action
+      return {
+        ...state,
+        bulkActionExecuting: executing
+      }
     default:
       return state
   }
diff --git a/app/selections.ts b/app/selections.ts
index 4ae00a8b..e0755383 100644
--- a/app/selections.ts
+++ b/app/selections.ts
@@ -323,6 +323,10 @@ export function selectToast (state: Store): Toast {
 export function selectBootupComponent (state: Store): BootupComponentType {
   return state.ui.bootupComponent
 }
+
+export function selectBulkActionExecuting (state: Store): boolean {
+  return state.ui.bulkActionExecuting
+}
 /**
  *
  * WORKINGDATASET STATE TREE