diff --git a/cmd/argocd/commands/app.go b/cmd/argocd/commands/app.go
index c4f146983de45..4d5ae35bda46b 100644
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/app.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/app.go
@@ -1450,7 +1450,9 @@ func NewApplicationDeleteCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.
 
 			numOfApps := len(appNames)
 
-			promptUtil := utils.NewPrompt(isTerminal && !noPrompt)
+			// This is for backward compatibility, 
+			// before we showed the prompts only when condition cascade && isTerminal && !noPrompt is true
+			promptUtil := utils.NewPrompt(cascade && isTerminal && !noPrompt)
 			var (
 				confirmAll      = false
 				confirm    bool = false