diff --git a/src/web/entity/EntityComponent.jsx b/src/web/entity/EntityComponent.jsx
index 7293557e82..dab9a69300 100644
--- a/src/web/entity/EntityComponent.jsx
+++ b/src/web/entity/EntityComponent.jsx
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
  */
 
 import {isDefined} from 'gmp/utils/identity';
-import {useDispatch} from 'react-redux';
+import useEntityDelete from 'web/entity/hooks/useEntityDelete';
 import useEntityDownload from 'web/entity/hooks/useEntityDownload';
 import {actionFunction} from 'web/entity/hooks/utils';
 import useGmp from 'web/hooks/useGmp';
-import {createDeleteEntity} from 'web/store/entities/utils/actions';
 import PropTypes from 'web/utils/PropTypes';
 
 const EntityComponent = ({
@@ -27,10 +26,7 @@ const EntityComponent = ({
   onCloneError,
 }) => {
   const gmp = useGmp();
-  const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const cmd = gmp[name];
-  const deleteEntity = entity =>
-    dispatch(createDeleteEntity({entityType: name})(gmp)(entity.id));
 
   const handleInteraction = () => {
     if (isDefined(onInteraction)) {
@@ -48,11 +44,11 @@ const EntityComponent = ({
     return actionFunction(cmd.create(data), onCreated, onCreateError);
   };
 
-  const handleEntityDelete = async entity => {
-    handleInteraction();
-
-    return actionFunction(deleteEntity(entity), onDeleted, onDeleteError);
-  };
+  const handleEntityDelete = useEntityDelete(name, {
+    onDeleteError,
+    onDeleted,
+    onInteraction,
+  });
 
   const handleEntityClone = async entity => {
     handleInteraction();
diff --git a/src/web/entity/hooks/__tests__/useEntityDelete.tests.js b/src/web/entity/hooks/__tests__/useEntityDelete.tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38f1fa7eb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/web/entity/hooks/__tests__/useEntityDelete.tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import {describe, test, expect, testing} from '@gsa/testing';
+import useEntityDelete from 'web/entity/hooks/useEntityDelete';
+import {rendererWith, wait} from 'web/utils/Testing';
+
+describe('useEntityDelete', () => {
+  test('should allow to delete an entity', async () => {
+    const entity = {id: '123'};
+    const deleteEntity = testing.fn().mockResolvedValue(entity);
+    const gmp = {
+      foo: {delete: deleteEntity},
+    };
+    const onDeleted = testing.fn();
+    const onDeleteError = testing.fn();
+    const onInteraction = testing.fn();
+    const {renderHook} = rendererWith({gmp, store: true});
+    const {result} = renderHook(() =>
+      useEntityDelete('foo', {
+        onDeleted,
+        onDeleteError,
+        onInteraction,
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(result.current).toBeDefined;
+    result.current(entity);
+    await wait();
+    expect(deleteEntity).toHaveBeenCalledWith(entity);
+    expect(onDeleted).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(onDeleteError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(onInteraction).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  test('should call onDeleteError when deleting an entity fails', async () => {
+    const deleteEntity = testing.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('error'));
+    const entity = {id: '123'};
+    const gmp = {
+      foo: {delete: deleteEntity},
+    };
+    const onDeleted = testing.fn();
+    const onDeleteError = testing.fn();
+    const onInteraction = testing.fn();
+    const {renderHook} = rendererWith({gmp, store: true});
+    const {result} = renderHook(() =>
+      useEntityDelete('foo', {
+        onDeleted,
+        onDeleteError,
+        onInteraction,
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(result.current).toBeDefined;
+    result.current(entity);
+    await wait();
+    expect(deleteEntity).toHaveBeenCalledWith(entity);
+    expect(onDeleted).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(onDeleteError).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(onInteraction).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/web/entity/hooks/useEntityDelete.js b/src/web/entity/hooks/useEntityDelete.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26bbc66592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/web/entity/hooks/useEntityDelete.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import {isDefined} from 'gmp/utils/identity';
+import {useDispatch} from 'react-redux';
+import {actionFunction} from 'web/entity/hooks/utils';
+import useGmp from 'web/hooks/useGmp';
+import {createDeleteEntity} from 'web/store/entities/utils/actions';
+
+/**
+ * Custom hook to handle the deletion of an entity.
+ *
+ * @param {string} name - The name of the entity type to be deleted.
+ * @param {Object} [callbacks] - Optional callbacks for handling delete events.
+ * @param {Function} [callbacks.onDeleteError] - Callback function to be called if there is an error during deletion.
+ * @param {Function} [callbacks.onDeleted] - Callback function to be called after the entity is successfully deleted.
+ * @param {Function} [callbacks.onInteraction] - Callback function to be called during interaction.
+ * @returns {Function} - A function to handle the deletion of an entity.
+ */
+const useEntityDelete = (
+  name,
+  {onDeleteError, onDeleted, onInteraction} = {},
+) => {
+  const gmp = useGmp();
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const deleteEntity = entity =>
+    dispatch(createDeleteEntity({entityType: name})(gmp)(entity.id));
+
+  const handleInteraction = () => {
+    if (isDefined(onInteraction)) {
+      onInteraction();
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleEntityDelete = async entity => {
+    handleInteraction();
+
+    return actionFunction(deleteEntity(entity), onDeleted, onDeleteError);
+  };
+  return handleEntityDelete;
+};
+
+export default useEntityDelete;