diff --git a/src/client/app.js b/src/client/app.js
index 161e049..e5ff503 100644
--- a/src/client/app.js
+++ b/src/client/app.js
@@ -3980,6 +3980,13 @@ import { mountSidebar } from "./sidebar.js";
       loadConversations();
     },
   });
+  // Deleting the conversation the shell is holding: it's gone from the list but
+  // its messages are still on screen. Swap in a fresh chat, and drop the /c/<id>
+  // URL if that's where we are (a satellite view keeps its own URL).
+  window.addEventListener("kloe:conversation-deleted", function (e) {
+    if (!e.detail || e.detail.id !== convId) return;
+    newConversation(currentSection === "chat" ? "replace" : "none");
+  });
   function hasConversation(id) {
     return conversations.some(function (c) {
       return c.id === id;
diff --git a/src/client/chatmenu.js b/src/client/chatmenu.js
index fb25212..71a28c0 100644
--- a/src/client/chatmenu.js
+++ b/src/client/chatmenu.js
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ async function deleteChat(ctx) {
   if (!ok) return;
   try {
     await fetch("/api/conversations/" + encodeURIComponent(ctx.id), { method: "DELETE" });
+    // The chat shell outlives every view, so a deleted conversation would keep
+    // showing until something else replaced it. Announce it and let the shell
+    // decide (it only cares when the deleted one is the one it's holding).
+    window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("kloe:conversation-deleted", { detail: { id: ctx.id } }));
   } catch (_) {
     /* ignore */
   }