diff --git a/newfol b/newfol
index 5604b50..963781a 100755
--- a/newfol
+++ b/newfol
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class KeyboardShortcuts(dict):
         self["meta d"] = "right"
         self["meta k"] = "left"
         self["meta g"] = "delete"
-        #self["meta y"] = "remove"
+        self["meta y"] = "remove"
         self["tab"] = "next-field"
         self["meta f"] = "next-field"
         self["meta j"] = "previous-field"
@@ -774,22 +774,24 @@ class RecordListView(ListView):
         else:
             self._render_type = "urwid"
     def _delete_selected_record(self):
-        rec = self.items[self._get_selected_item_position()]
-        recs = list(filter(lambda x: x is not rec, DatabaseData().records))
-        DatabaseData().records = recs
-        self.items = list(filter(lambda x: x is not rec, self.items))
-        try:
-            self._delete_record(rec)
-        except:
-            pass
-        self.rerender(self.loop)
+        selected = self._get_selected_item_position()
+        rec = self.items[selected]
+        rec.deleted = True
+        self.render(self.loop)
+        self.listwalker.set_focus(selected)
     def _render_records(self, loop, title, recs, fields):
         self.loop = loop
         formatter = RecordFormatter(recs, fields)
-        content = urwid.SimpleListWalker([
-            urwid.AttrMap(urwid.Text(text), "item",
-                "focused-item")
-            for text in formatter.format()])
+        def attr_maps(formatter, recs):
+            pairs = zip(formatter.format(), recs)
+            result = []
+            for text, rec in pairs:
+                attrs = ["item", "focused-item"]
+                if rec.deleted:
+                    attrs = ["deleted", "focused-deleted"]
+                result.append(urwid.AttrMap(urwid.Text(text), *attrs))
+            return result
+        content = urwid.SimpleListWalker(attr_maps(formatter, recs))
         if self._render_type == "urwid":
             return self._render_listview(title, recs, content)
         elif self._render_type == "editor-ro":
@@ -1057,6 +1059,8 @@ def start_curses():
     palette = [
             ('bg', 'black', 'yellow', '', 'black', '#ffa'),
             ('text', 'black', 'yellow', '', '#860', '#ffa'),
+            ('focused-deleted', 'dark gray', 'light red', '', '#666', '#a00'),
+            ('deleted', 'light red', 'dark gray', '', '#a00', '#666'),
             ('focused-item', 'yellow', 'black', '', '#ffa', '#860'),
             ('item', 'text'),
             ('description', 'text'),