diff --git a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericproject.cpp b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericproject.cpp
index faeb2cf7028..9b8fbc9e121 100644
--- a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericproject.cpp
@@ -143,9 +143,11 @@ public:
         return m_project->addFiles(filePaths);
     }
 
-    bool removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList * = nullptr) override
+    RemovedFilesFromProject removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                        QStringList * = nullptr) override
     {
-        return m_project->removeFiles(filePaths);
+        return m_project->removeFiles(filePaths) ? RemovedFilesFromProject::Ok
+                                                 : RemovedFilesFromProject::Error;
     }
 
     bool renameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &newFilePath) override
diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimprojectnode.cpp b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimprojectnode.cpp
index 6a6385b67ec..85a0d1c4605 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimprojectnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimprojectnode.cpp
@@ -56,9 +56,11 @@ bool NimProjectNode::addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *)
     return m_project.addFiles(filePaths);
 }
 
-bool NimProjectNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *)
+RemovedFilesFromProject NimProjectNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                                    QStringList *)
 {
-    return m_project.removeFiles(filePaths);
+    return m_project.removeFiles(filePaths) ? RemovedFilesFromProject::Ok
+                                            : RemovedFilesFromProject::Error;
 }
 
 bool NimProjectNode::deleteFiles(const QStringList &)
diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimprojectnode.h b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimprojectnode.h
index 6a950bdf4f4..f26285c517a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimprojectnode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimprojectnode.h
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ public:
 
     bool supportsAction(ProjectExplorer::ProjectAction action, const Node *node) const override;
     bool addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *) override;
-    bool removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *) override;
+    ProjectExplorer::RemovedFilesFromProject removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                                         QStringList *) override;
     bool deleteFiles(const QStringList &) override;
     bool renameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &newFilePath) override;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/foldernavigationwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/foldernavigationwidget.cpp
index 6ff9c9719ac..817167523ed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/foldernavigationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/foldernavigationwidget.cpp
@@ -554,10 +554,9 @@ void FolderNavigationWidget::removeCurrentItem()
         const QVector<FolderNode *> folderNodes = removableFolderNodes(
             Utils::FilePath::fromString(filePath));
         const QVector<FolderNode *> failedNodes = Utils::filtered(folderNodes,
-                                                                  [filePath](FolderNode *folder) {
-                                                                      return !folder->removeFiles(
-                                                                          {filePath});
-                                                                  });
+                [filePath](FolderNode *folder) {
+                    return folder->removeFiles({filePath}) != RemovedFilesFromProject::Ok;
+        });
         Core::FileChangeBlocker changeGuard(filePath);
         Core::FileUtils::removeFile(filePath, true /*delete from disk*/);
         if (!failedNodes.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
index 867e53af13e..a4aa2f0ddb9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
@@ -3642,7 +3642,12 @@ void ProjectExplorerPluginPrivate::removeFile()
         FolderNode *folderNode = currentNode->asFileNode()->parentFolderNode();
         QTC_ASSERT(folderNode, return);
 
-        if (!folderNode->removeFiles(QStringList(filePath.toString()))) {
+        const RemovedFilesFromProject status
+                = folderNode->removeFiles(QStringList(filePath.toString()));
+        const bool success = status == RemovedFilesFromProject::Ok
+                || (status == RemovedFilesFromProject::Wildcard
+                    && removeFileDialog.isDeleteFileChecked());
+        if (!success) {
             QMessageBox::warning(ICore::mainWindow(), tr("Removing File Failed"),
                                  tr("Could not remove file %1 from project %2.")
                                  .arg(filePath.toUserOutput())
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectmodels.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectmodels.cpp
index c2c02b1d024..839f021f2bf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectmodels.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectmodels.cpp
@@ -685,7 +685,10 @@ bool FlatModel::dropMimeData(const QMimeData *data, Qt::DropAction action, int r
             if (vcsAddPossible && !targetVcs.vcs->vcsAdd(targetFile))
                 failedVcsOp << targetFile;
         }
-        sourceProjectNode->removeFiles(filesToRemove, &failedRemoveFromProject);
+        const RemovedFilesFromProject result
+                = sourceProjectNode->removeFiles(filesToRemove, &failedRemoveFromProject);
+        if (result == RemovedFilesFromProject::Wildcard)
+            failedRemoveFromProject.clear();
         targetProjectNode->addFiles(filesToAdd, &failedAddToProject);
         break;
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
index cad8be108b3..9407af7be6a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
@@ -705,12 +705,12 @@ bool FolderNode::addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notAdded)
     return false;
 }
 
-bool FolderNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved)
+RemovedFilesFromProject FolderNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                                QStringList *notRemoved)
 {
-    ProjectNode *pn = managingProject();
-    if (pn)
+    if (ProjectNode * const pn = managingProject())
         return pn->removeFiles(filePaths, notRemoved);
-    return false;
+    return RemovedFilesFromProject::Error;
 }
 
 bool FolderNode::deleteFiles(const QStringList &filePaths)
@@ -848,11 +848,12 @@ bool ProjectNode::addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notAdded)
     return false;
 }
 
-bool ProjectNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved)
+RemovedFilesFromProject ProjectNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                                 QStringList *notRemoved)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(filePaths)
     Q_UNUSED(notRemoved)
-    return false;
+    return RemovedFilesFromProject::Error;
 }
 
 bool ProjectNode::deleteFiles(const QStringList &filePaths)
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.h
index e6afdda0384..2d1968affec 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ enum ProjectAction {
     HideFolderActions,
 };
 
+enum class RemovedFilesFromProject { Ok, Wildcard, Error };
+
 class FileNode;
 class FolderNode;
 class ProjectNode;
@@ -262,7 +264,8 @@ public:
     bool supportsAction(ProjectAction action, const Node *node) const override;
 
     virtual bool addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notAdded = nullptr);
-    virtual bool removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved = nullptr);
+    virtual RemovedFilesFromProject removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                                QStringList *notRemoved = nullptr);
     virtual bool deleteFiles(const QStringList &filePaths);
     virtual bool canRenameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &newFilePath);
     virtual bool renameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &newFilePath);
@@ -338,7 +341,8 @@ public:
     bool showInSimpleTree() const override { return true; }
 
     bool addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notAdded = nullptr) override;
-    bool removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved = nullptr) override;
+    RemovedFilesFromProject removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                        QStringList *notRemoved = nullptr) override;
     bool deleteFiles(const QStringList &filePaths) override;
     bool canRenameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &newFilePath) override;
     bool renameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &newFilePath) override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/pythoneditor/pythoneditorplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/pythoneditor/pythoneditorplugin.cpp
index 8dd87ebbdab..bae2a90f7bb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/pythoneditor/pythoneditorplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/pythoneditor/pythoneditorplugin.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ public:
 
     bool supportsAction(ProjectAction action, const Node *node) const override;
     bool addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *) override;
-    bool removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *) override;
+    ProjectExplorer::RemovedFilesFromProject removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                                         QStringList *) override;
     bool deleteFiles(const QStringList &) override;
     bool renameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &newFilePath) override;
 
@@ -692,9 +693,10 @@ bool PythonProjectNode::addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *)
     return m_project->addFiles(filePaths);
 }
 
-bool PythonProjectNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *)
+RemovedFilesFromProject PythonProjectNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *)
 {
-    return m_project->removeFiles(filePaths);
+    return m_project->removeFiles(filePaths) ? RemovedFilesFromProject::Ok
+                                             : RemovedFilesFromProject::Error;
 }
 
 bool PythonProjectNode::deleteFiles(const QStringList &)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsnodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsnodes.cpp
index aff90d75bcf..285ad6710b9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsnodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsnodes.cpp
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ bool QbsGroupNode::addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notAdded)
                                                  m_qbsGroupData, notAdded);
 }
 
-bool QbsGroupNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved)
+RemovedFilesFromProject QbsGroupNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                                  QStringList *notRemoved)
 {
     QStringList notRemovedDummy;
     if (!notRemoved)
@@ -285,13 +286,13 @@ bool QbsGroupNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRem
     const QbsProjectNode *prjNode = parentQbsProjectNode(this);
     if (!prjNode || !prjNode->qbsProject().isValid()) {
         *notRemoved += filePaths;
-        return false;
+        return RemovedFilesFromProject::Error;
     }
 
     const QbsProductNode *prdNode = parentQbsProductNode(this);
     if (!prdNode || !prdNode->qbsProductData().isValid()) {
         *notRemoved += filePaths;
-        return false;
+        return RemovedFilesFromProject::Error;
     }
 
     return prjNode->project()->removeFilesFromProduct(filePaths, prdNode->qbsProductData(),
@@ -361,7 +362,8 @@ bool QbsProductNode::addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notAdde
     QTC_ASSERT(false, return false);
 }
 
-bool QbsProductNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved)
+RemovedFilesFromProject QbsProductNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                                    QStringList *notRemoved)
 {
     QStringList notRemovedDummy;
     if (!notRemoved)
@@ -370,7 +372,7 @@ bool QbsProductNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notR
     const QbsProjectNode *prjNode = parentQbsProjectNode(this);
     if (!prjNode || !prjNode->qbsProject().isValid()) {
         *notRemoved += filePaths;
-        return false;
+        return RemovedFilesFromProject::Error;
     }
 
     qbs::GroupData grp = findMainQbsGroup(m_qbsProductData);
@@ -379,7 +381,7 @@ bool QbsProductNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notR
                                                           notRemoved);
     }
 
-    QTC_ASSERT(false, return false);
+    QTC_ASSERT(false, return RemovedFilesFromProject::Error);
 }
 
 bool QbsProductNode::renameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &newFilePath)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsnodes.h b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsnodes.h
index 6927c00db24..f01f65a0309 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsnodes.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsnodes.h
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ public:
     bool showInSimpleTree() const final { return false; }
     bool supportsAction(ProjectExplorer::ProjectAction action, const Node *node) const final;
     bool addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notAdded = nullptr) override;
-    bool removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved = nullptr) override;
+    ProjectExplorer::RemovedFilesFromProject removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+            QStringList *notRemoved = nullptr) override;
     bool renameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &newFilePath) override;
 
 private:
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ public:
 
     bool supportsAction(ProjectExplorer::ProjectAction action, const Node *node) const final;
     bool addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notAdded = nullptr) override;
-    bool removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved = nullptr) override;
+    ProjectExplorer::RemovedFilesFromProject removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+            QStringList *notRemoved = nullptr) override;
     bool renameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &newFilePath) override;
     void build() override;
     QStringList targetApplications() const override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.cpp
index 788d8bc9f95..9bbbff89126 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.cpp
@@ -296,31 +296,50 @@ bool QbsProject::addFilesToProduct(const QStringList &filePaths,
     return notAdded->isEmpty();
 }
 
-bool QbsProject::removeFilesFromProduct(const QStringList &filePaths,
-                                        const qbs::ProductData productData,
-                                        const qbs::GroupData groupData,
-                                        QStringList *notRemoved)
+RemovedFilesFromProject QbsProject::removeFilesFromProduct(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                                           const qbs::ProductData &productData,
+                                                           const qbs::GroupData &groupData,
+                                                           QStringList *notRemoved)
 {
-    QTC_ASSERT(m_qbsProject.isValid(), return false);
-    QStringList allPaths = groupData.allFilePaths();
+    QTC_ASSERT(m_qbsProject.isValid(), return RemovedFilesFromProject::Error);
+
+    const QList<qbs::ArtifactData> allWildcardsInGroup = groupData.sourceArtifactsFromWildcards();
+    QStringList wildcardFiles;
+    QStringList nonWildcardFiles;
+    for (const QString &filePath : filePaths) {
+        if (contains(allWildcardsInGroup, [filePath](const qbs::ArtifactData &artifact) {
+                     return artifact.filePath() == filePath; })) {
+            wildcardFiles << filePath;
+        } else {
+            nonWildcardFiles << filePath;
+        }
+    }
     const QString productFilePath = productData.location().filePath();
     ChangeExpector expector(productFilePath, m_qbsDocuments);
     ensureWriteableQbsFile(productFilePath);
-    foreach (const QString &path, filePaths) {
-        qbs::ErrorInfo err
-                = m_qbsProject.removeFiles(productData, groupData, QStringList() << path);
+    for (const QString &path : qAsConst(nonWildcardFiles)) {
+        const qbs::ErrorInfo err = m_qbsProject.removeFiles(productData, groupData, {path});
         if (err.hasError()) {
             MessageManager::write(err.toString());
             *notRemoved += path;
-        } else {
-            allPaths.removeOne(path);
         }
     }
+
     if (notRemoved->count() != filePaths.count()) {
         m_projectData = m_qbsProject.projectData();
         delayedUpdateAfterParse();
     }
-    return notRemoved->isEmpty();
+
+    const bool success = notRemoved->isEmpty();
+    if (!wildcardFiles.isEmpty()) {
+        *notRemoved += wildcardFiles;
+        delayParsing();
+    }
+    if (!success)
+        return RemovedFilesFromProject::Error;
+    if (!wildcardFiles.isEmpty())
+        return RemovedFilesFromProject::Wildcard;
+    return RemovedFilesFromProject::Ok;
 }
 
 bool QbsProject::renameFileInProduct(const QString &oldPath, const QString &newPath,
@@ -330,8 +349,10 @@ bool QbsProject::renameFileInProduct(const QString &oldPath, const QString &newP
     if (newPath.isEmpty())
         return false;
     QStringList dummy;
-    if (!removeFilesFromProduct(QStringList(oldPath), productData, groupData, &dummy))
+    if (removeFilesFromProduct(QStringList(oldPath), productData, groupData, &dummy)
+            != RemovedFilesFromProject::Ok) {
         return false;
+    }
     qbs::ProductData newProductData;
     foreach (const qbs::ProductData &p, m_projectData.allProducts()) {
         if (uniqueProductName(p) == uniqueProductName(productData)) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.h b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.h
index f186bb2c13f..8489cd708a5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.h
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ public:
     // for shared data.
     bool addFilesToProduct(const QStringList &filePaths, const qbs::ProductData productData,
                            const qbs::GroupData groupData, QStringList *notAdded);
-    bool removeFilesFromProduct(const QStringList &filePaths,
-            const qbs::ProductData productData, const qbs::GroupData groupData,
+    ProjectExplorer::RemovedFilesFromProject removeFilesFromProduct(const QStringList &filePaths,
+            const qbs::ProductData &productData, const qbs::GroupData &groupData,
             QStringList *notRemoved);
     bool renameFileInProduct(const QString &oldPath,
             const QString &newPath, const qbs::ProductData productData,
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
index 984be6e96c7..8c8d5d5d7a6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
@@ -195,10 +195,28 @@ bool QmakePriFileNode::addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notAd
     return pri->addFiles(actualFilePaths, notAdded);
 }
 
-bool QmakePriFileNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved)
+RemovedFilesFromProject QmakePriFileNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                                      QStringList *notRemoved)
 {
-    QmakePriFile *pri = priFile();
-    return pri ? pri->removeFiles(filePaths, notRemoved) : false;
+    QmakePriFile * const pri = priFile();
+    if (!pri)
+        return RemovedFilesFromProject::Error;
+    QStringList wildcardFiles;
+    QStringList nonWildcardFiles;
+    for (const QString &file : filePaths) {
+        if (pri->proFile()->isFileFromWildcard(file))
+            wildcardFiles << file;
+        else
+            nonWildcardFiles << file;
+    }
+    const bool success = pri->removeFiles(nonWildcardFiles, notRemoved);
+    if (notRemoved)
+        *notRemoved += wildcardFiles;
+    if (!success)
+        return RemovedFilesFromProject::Error;
+    if (!wildcardFiles.isEmpty())
+        return RemovedFilesFromProject::Wildcard;
+    return RemovedFilesFromProject::Ok;
 }
 
 bool QmakePriFileNode::deleteFiles(const QStringList &filePaths)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.h b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.h
index 55ae8aaad1e..7d9138615e9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.h
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ public:
     QStringList subProjectFileNamePatterns() const override;
 
     bool addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notAdded = nullptr) override;
-    bool removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved = nullptr) override;
+    ProjectExplorer::RemovedFilesFromProject removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+            QStringList *notRemoved = nullptr) override;
     bool deleteFiles(const QStringList &filePaths) override;
     bool canRenameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &newFilePath) override;
     bool renameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &newFilePath) override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.cpp
index c646513e688..b9dd48d49ef 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.cpp
@@ -1255,6 +1255,14 @@ void QmakeProFile::asyncUpdate()
     m_parseFutureWatcher.setFuture(future);
 }
 
+bool QmakeProFile::isFileFromWildcard(const QString &filePath) const
+{
+    const QFileInfo fileInfo(filePath);
+    const auto directoryIterator = m_wildcardDirectoryContents.constFind(fileInfo.path());
+    return (directoryIterator != m_wildcardDirectoryContents.end()
+            && directoryIterator.value().contains(fileInfo.fileName()));
+}
+
 QmakeEvalInput QmakeProFile::evalInput() const
 {
     QmakeEvalInput input;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.h b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.h
index 1387760145d..601400f47bf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.h
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ public:
 
     void asyncUpdate();
 
+    bool isFileFromWildcard(const QString &filePath) const;
+
 private:
     void setParseInProgress(bool b);
     void setValidParseRecursive(bool b);
diff --git a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourceeditorplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourceeditorplugin.cpp
index 7a5aedc4344..1af724504bd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourceeditorplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourceeditorplugin.cpp
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ void ResourceEditorPlugin::removeFileContextMenu()
     QString path = rfn->filePath().toString();
     FolderNode *parent = rfn->parentFolderNode();
     QTC_ASSERT(parent, return);
-    if (!parent->removeFiles(QStringList() << path))
+    if (parent->removeFiles(QStringList() << path) != RemovedFilesFromProject::Ok)
         QMessageBox::warning(Core::ICore::mainWindow(),
                              tr("File Removal Failed"),
                              tr("Removing file %1 from the project failed.").arg(path));
diff --git a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
index 0395c607b43..8444b070681 100644
--- a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ public:
 
     bool supportsAction(ProjectAction, const Node *node) const final;
     bool addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notAdded) final;
-    bool removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved) final;
+    RemovedFilesFromProject removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                        QStringList *notRemoved) final;
     bool canRenameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &newFilePath) override;
     bool renameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &newFilePath) final;
 
@@ -206,7 +207,8 @@ bool SimpleResourceFolderNode::addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringLis
     return addFilesToResource(m_topLevelNode->filePath(), filePaths, notAdded, m_prefix, m_lang);
 }
 
-bool SimpleResourceFolderNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved)
+RemovedFilesFromProject SimpleResourceFolderNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                                              QStringList *notRemoved)
 {
     return prefixNode()->removeFiles(filePaths, notRemoved);
 }
@@ -373,7 +375,8 @@ bool ResourceTopLevelNode::addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *n
     return addFilesToResource(filePath(), filePaths, notAdded, QLatin1String("/"), QString());
 }
 
-bool ResourceTopLevelNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved)
+RemovedFilesFromProject ResourceTopLevelNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                                           QStringList *notRemoved)
 {
     return parentFolderNode()->removeFiles(filePaths, notRemoved);
 }
@@ -495,16 +498,17 @@ bool ResourceFolderNode::addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *not
     return addFilesToResource(m_topLevelNode->filePath(), filePaths, notAdded, m_prefix, m_lang);
 }
 
-bool ResourceFolderNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved)
+RemovedFilesFromProject ResourceFolderNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                                        QStringList *notRemoved)
 {
     if (notRemoved)
         *notRemoved = filePaths;
     ResourceFile file(m_topLevelNode->filePath().toString());
     if (file.load() != IDocument::OpenResult::Success)
-        return false;
+        return RemovedFilesFromProject::Error;
     int index = file.indexOfPrefix(m_prefix, m_lang);
     if (index == -1)
-        return false;
+        return RemovedFilesFromProject::Error;
     for (int j = 0; j < file.fileCount(index); ++j) {
         QString fileName = file.file(index, j);
         if (!filePaths.contains(fileName))
@@ -517,7 +521,7 @@ bool ResourceFolderNode::removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *
     FileChangeBlocker changeGuard(m_topLevelNode->filePath().toString());
     file.save();
 
-    return true;
+    return RemovedFilesFromProject::Ok;
 }
 
 // QTCREATORBUG-15280
diff --git a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h
index 181172a7fed..daa0442bd9c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ public:
 
     bool supportsAction(ProjectExplorer::ProjectAction action, const Node *node) const override;
     bool addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notAdded) override;
-    bool removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved) override;
+    ProjectExplorer::RemovedFilesFromProject removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                                        QStringList *notRemoved) override;
 
     bool addPrefix(const QString &prefix, const QString &lang);
     bool removePrefix(const QString &prefix, const QString &lang);
@@ -70,7 +71,8 @@ public:
     QString displayName() const override;
 
     bool addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notAdded) override;
-    bool removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths, QStringList *notRemoved) override;
+    ProjectExplorer::RemovedFilesFromProject removeFiles(const QStringList &filePaths,
+                                                         QStringList *notRemoved) override;
     bool canRenameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &newFilePath) override;
     bool renameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &newFilePath) override;