diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/mediarepo-ui/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index a74a66b..4cfd9fe 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -1499,8 +1499,8 @@ checksum = "a3e378b66a060d48947b590737b30a1be76706c8dd7b8ba0f2fe3989c68a853f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mediarepo-api"
-version = "0.26.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/Trivernis/mediarepo-api.git?rev=bd21f48f41aa2943f76b21addf137b2e58d492ca#bd21f48f41aa2943f76b21addf137b2e58d492ca"
+version = "0.27.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Trivernis/mediarepo-api.git?rev=57d85eb3a668a8d4d344b7fbe2403731a16625a7#57d85eb3a668a8d4d344b7fbe2403731a16625a7"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bromine",
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/mediarepo-ui/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index aab1966..24db0fb 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ features = ["env-filter"]
 
 [dependencies.mediarepo-api]
 git = "https://github.com/Trivernis/mediarepo-api.git"
-rev = "bd21f48f41aa2943f76b21addf137b2e58d492ca"
+rev = "57d85eb3a668a8d4d344b7fbe2403731a16625a7"
 features = ["tauri-plugin"]
 
 [features]
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/api/Api.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/api/Api.ts
index 817a193..6faeec7 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/api/Api.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/api/Api.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
     CheckDaemonRunningRequest,
     CheckLocalRepositoryExistsRequest,
     CreateTagsRequest,
+    DeleteFileRequest,
     DeleteRepositoryRequest,
     DeleteThumbnailsRequest,
     FindFilesRequest,
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ import {
     SelectRepositoryRequest,
     SetFrontendStateRequest,
     StartDaemonRequest,
-    UpdateFileNameRequest
+    UpdateFileNameRequest,
+    UpdateFileStatusRequest
 } from "./api-types/requests";
 import {RepositoryData, RepositoryMetadata, SizeMetadata} from "./api-types/repo";
 import {NamespaceData, TagData} from "./api-types/tags";
@@ -107,6 +109,10 @@ export class MediarepoApi {
         return this.invokePlugin(ApiFunction.UpdateFileName, request);
     }
 
+    public static async updateFileStatus(request: UpdateFileStatusRequest): Promise<FileBasicData> {
+        return this.invokePlugin(ApiFunction.UpdateFileStatus, request);
+    }
+
     public static async saveFileLocally(request: SaveFileRequest): Promise<void> {
         return this.invokePlugin(ApiFunction.SaveFileLocally, request);
     }
@@ -119,6 +125,10 @@ export class MediarepoApi {
         return this.invokePlugin(ApiFunction.ReadFile, request);
     }
 
+    public static async deleteFile(request: DeleteFileRequest): Promise<void> {
+        return this.invokePlugin(ApiFunction.DeleteFile, request);
+    }
+
     public static async getAllTags(): Promise<TagData[]> {
         return ShortCache.cached("all-tags", () => this.invokePlugin(ApiFunction.GetAllTags), 2000);
     }
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/api/api-types/functions.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/api/api-types/functions.ts
index 3884d6c..33a5140 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/api/api-types/functions.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/api/api-types/functions.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ export enum ApiFunction {
     FindFiles = "find_files",
     GetFileMetadata = "get_file_metadata",
     UpdateFileName = "update_file_name",
+    UpdateFileStatus = "update_file_status",
     SaveFileLocally = "save_file_locally",
     DeleteThumbnails = "delete_thumbnails",
     ReadFile = "read_file",
+    DeleteFile = "delete_file",
     // tags
     GetAllTags = "get_all_tags",
     GetAllNamespace = "get_all_namespaces",
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/api/api-types/requests.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/api/api-types/requests.ts
index 8c64a91..5a261b5 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/api/api-types/requests.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/api/api-types/requests.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {FileOsMetadata, FilterExpression, SortKey} from "./files";
+import {FileOsMetadata, FileStatus, FilterExpression, SortKey} from "./files";
 import {RepositoryData, SizeType} from "./repo";
 import {JobType} from "./job";
 
@@ -60,8 +60,15 @@ export type ReadFileRequest = {
     mimeType: string,
 };
 
+export type DeleteFileRequest = IdIdentifierRequest;
+
 export type GetFileMetadataRequest = IdIdentifierRequest;
 
+export type UpdateFileStatusRequest = {
+    id: number,
+    status: FileStatus
+};
+
 export type GetTagsForFilesRequest = {
     cds: string[]
 };
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repositories-tab.component.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repositories-tab.component.ts
index bbaf6cc..06a6afb 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repositories-tab.component.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/core/repositories-tab/repositories-tab.component.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export class RepositoriesTabComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
     }
 
     private openStartupDialog(repository: Repository): BusyDialogContext {
-        let dialogMessage = new BehaviorSubject<string>(
+        const dialogMessage = new BehaviorSubject<string>(
             "Opening repository...");
         let dialog = this.dialog.open(BusyDialogComponent, {
             data: {
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/app-common/app-common.module.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/app-common/app-common.module.ts
index 0f8a603..822cbe0 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/app-common/app-common.module.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/app-common/app-common.module.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {InputReceiverDirective} from "./input-receiver/input-receiver.directive"
 import {MetadataEntryComponent} from "./metadata-entry/metadata-entry.component";
 import {BusyDialogComponent} from "./busy-dialog/busy-dialog.component";
 import {SelectableComponent} from "./selectable/selectable.component";
+import {MatProgressBarModule} from "@angular/material/progress-bar";
 
 
 @NgModule({
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ import {SelectableComponent} from "./selectable/selectable.component";
         MatProgressSpinnerModule,
         MatButtonModule,
         MatDialogModule,
-        MatMenuModule
+        MatMenuModule,
+        MatProgressBarModule
     ]
 })
 export class AppCommonModule {
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/app-common/busy-dialog/busy-dialog.component.html b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/app-common/busy-dialog/busy-dialog.component.html
index af11caf..e0a5027 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/app-common/busy-dialog/busy-dialog.component.html
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/app-common/busy-dialog/busy-dialog.component.html
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-<h1 mat-dialog-title class="title">
+<h1 class="title" mat-dialog-title>
     {{title}}
 </h1>
 <div class="content" mat-dialog-content>
-    <mat-progress-spinner mode="indeterminate" color="primary"></mat-progress-spinner>
+    <mat-progress-bar [mode]="this.mode" [value]="this.progress" color="primary"></mat-progress-bar>
     {{message}}
 </div>
-<div mat-dialog-actions *ngIf="this.allowCancel" class="busy-dialog-actions">
-    <button mat-flat-button (click)="this.dialogRef.close(false)">
+<div *ngIf="this.allowCancel" class="busy-dialog-actions" mat-dialog-actions>
+    <button (click)="this.dialogRef.close(false)" mat-flat-button>
         Cancel
     </button>
 </div>
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/app-common/busy-dialog/busy-dialog.component.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/app-common/busy-dialog/busy-dialog.component.ts
index 03fffc4..2e330b4 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/app-common/busy-dialog/busy-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/app-common/busy-dialog/busy-dialog.component.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import {Component, Inject} from "@angular/core";
 import {MAT_DIALOG_DATA, MatDialogRef} from "@angular/material/dialog";
 import {BehaviorSubject} from "rxjs";
+import {ProgressBarMode} from "@angular/material/progress-bar";
 
 export type BusyDialogData = {
     title: string,
-    message: BehaviorSubject<string>,
+    message?: BehaviorSubject<string>,
+    progress?: BehaviorSubject<number>,
     allowCancel?: boolean,
 }
 
@@ -18,10 +20,18 @@ export class BusyDialogComponent {
     public title: string;
     public message?: string;
     public allowCancel: boolean;
+    public progress = 0;
+    public mode: ProgressBarMode = "indeterminate";
 
     constructor(public dialogRef: MatDialogRef<BusyDialogComponent>, @Inject(MAT_DIALOG_DATA) data: BusyDialogData) {
         this.title = data.title;
-        data.message.subscribe(m => this.message = m);
+        if (data.message) {
+            data.message.subscribe(m => this.message = m);
+        }
+        if (data.progress) {
+            data.progress.subscribe(p => this.progress = p);
+            this.mode = "determinate";
+        }
         this.allowCancel = data.allowCancel ?? false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-context-menu/file-context-menu.component.html b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-context-menu/file-context-menu.component.html
index 5726e98..0001e15 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-context-menu/file-context-menu.component.html
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-context-menu/file-context-menu.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 <app-context-menu #contextMenu>
     <ng-content select="[content-before]"></ng-content>
-    <button (click)="this.copyFileHash()" mat-menu-item>Copy Hash</button>
-    <button (click)="this.exportFile()" mat-menu-item>Save As...</button>
+    <ng-container *ngIf="this.files">
+        <button (click)="this.updateStatus('Archived')" *ngIf="actionArchive" mat-menu-item>Archive
+        </button>
+        <button (click)="this.updateStatus('Imported')" *ngIf="actionImported" mat-menu-item>Back to
+            imported
+        </button>
+        <button (click)="this.updateStatus('Deleted')"
+                *ngIf="actionDelete"
+                mat-menu-item>Delete
+        </button>
+        <button (click)="this.deletePermanently()" *ngIf="actionDeletePermantently" mat-menu-item>Delete permanently
+        </button>
+        <button (click)="this.updateStatus('Archived')" *ngIf="actionRestore" mat-menu-item>Restore</button>
+
+        <!-- everything that only applies to a single file -->
+        <ng-container>
+            <button (click)="this.copyFileHash()" mat-menu-item>Copy Hash</button>
+            <button (click)="this.exportFile()" mat-menu-item>Save As...</button>
+        </ng-container>
+    </ng-container>
     <ng-content></ng-content>
 </app-context-menu>
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-context-menu/file-context-menu.component.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-context-menu/file-context-menu.component.ts
index b35ac01..b65e4d3 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-context-menu/file-context-menu.component.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-context-menu/file-context-menu.component.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
-import {Component, ViewChild} from "@angular/core";
+import {Component, EventEmitter, Output, ViewChild} from "@angular/core";
 import {File} from "../../../../../api/models/File";
-import {
-    ContextMenuComponent
-} from "../../app-common/context-menu/context-menu.component";
+import {ContextMenuComponent} from "../../app-common/context-menu/context-menu.component";
 import {clipboard} from "@tauri-apps/api";
 import {FileService} from "../../../../services/file/file.service";
-import {
-    ErrorBrokerService
-} from "../../../../services/error-broker/error-broker.service";
+import {ErrorBrokerService} from "../../../../services/error-broker/error-broker.service";
 import {FileHelper} from "../../../../services/file/file.helper";
+import {FileStatus} from "../../../../../api/api-types/files";
+import {MatDialog, MatDialogRef} from "@angular/material/dialog";
+import {BusyDialogComponent} from "../../app-common/busy-dialog/busy-dialog.component";
+import {BehaviorSubject} from "rxjs";
+
+type ProgressDialogContext = {
+    dialog: MatDialogRef<BusyDialogComponent>,
+    progress: BehaviorSubject<number>,
+    message: BehaviorSubject<string>,
+};
 
 @Component({
     selector: "app-file-context-menu",
@@ -17,31 +23,115 @@ import {FileHelper} from "../../../../services/file/file.helper";
 })
 export class FileContextMenuComponent {
 
-    public file!: File;
+    public files: File[] = [];
+
+    public actionImported = false;
+    public actionArchive = false;
+    public actionRestore = false;
+    public actionDelete = false;
+    public actionDeletePermantently = false;
 
     @ViewChild("contextMenu") contextMenu!: ContextMenuComponent;
+    @Output() fileUpdate = new EventEmitter<void>();
 
-    constructor(private fileService: FileService, private errorBroker: ErrorBrokerService) {
+    constructor(private fileService: FileService, private errorBroker: ErrorBrokerService, private dialog: MatDialog) {
     }
 
-    public onContextMenu(event: MouseEvent, file: File) {
-        this.file = file;
+    public onContextMenu(event: MouseEvent, files: File[]) {
+        this.files = files;
+        this.applyStatus();
         this.contextMenu.onContextMenu(event);
     }
 
     public async copyFileHash(): Promise<void> {
-        await clipboard.writeText(this.file.cd);
+        await clipboard.writeText(this.files[0].cd);
     }
 
     public async exportFile(): Promise<void> {
-        const path = await FileHelper.getFileDownloadLocation(this.file);
+        const path = await FileHelper.getFileDownloadLocation(this.files[0]);
 
         if (path) {
             try {
-                await this.fileService.saveFile(this.file, path);
+                await this.fileService.saveFile(this.files[0], path);
             } catch (err) {
                 this.errorBroker.showError(err);
             }
         }
     }
+
+    public async updateStatus(status: FileStatus) {
+        if (this.files.length === 1) {
+            const newFile = await this.fileService.updateFileStatus(this.files[0].id, status);
+            this.files[0].status = newFile.status;
+        } else {
+            await this.iterateWithProgress(
+                `Updating file status to '${status}'`,
+                this.files,
+                async (file) => {
+                    const newFile = await this.fileService.updateFileStatus(file.id, status);
+                    file.status = newFile.status;
+                }
+            );
+        }
+        this.fileUpdate.emit();
+    }
+
+    public async deletePermanently() {
+        if (this.files.length === 1) {
+            await this.fileService.deleteFile(this.files[0].id);
+        } else {
+            await this.iterateWithProgress(
+                "Deleting files",
+                this.files,
+                async (file) => this.fileService.deleteFile(file.id)
+            );
+        }
+        this.fileUpdate.emit();
+    }
+
+    private applyStatus() {
+        for (const file of this.files) {
+            this.actionDeletePermantently &&= file.status === "Deleted";
+            this.actionDelete ||= file.status !== "Deleted";
+            this.actionArchive ||= file.status !== "Archived";
+            this.actionImported ||= file.status !== "Imported";
+            this.actionRestore ||= file.status === "Deleted";
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async iterateWithProgress<T>(title: string, items: T[], action: (arg: T) => Promise<any>): Promise<void> {
+        const totalCount = items.length;
+        const dialogCtx = this.openProgressDialog(title, `0/${totalCount}`);
+        let count = 0;
+
+        for (const item of items) {
+            await action(item);
+            dialogCtx.message.next(`${++count}/${totalCount}`);
+            dialogCtx.progress.next(count / totalCount);
+        }
+        dialogCtx.dialog.close(true);
+    }
+
+    private openProgressDialog(title: string, message: string): ProgressDialogContext {
+        const dialogMessage = new BehaviorSubject(message);
+        const dialogProgress = new BehaviorSubject(0);
+
+        const dialog = this.dialog.open(BusyDialogComponent, {
+            data: {
+                message: dialogMessage,
+                progress: dialogProgress,
+                title,
+                allowCancel: false,
+            },
+            disableClose: true,
+            minWidth: "30%",
+            minHeight: "30%",
+        });
+
+        return {
+            dialog,
+            message: dialogMessage,
+            progress: dialogProgress,
+        };
+    }
 }
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-gallery/file-gallery.component.html b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-gallery/file-gallery.component.html
index ca0ec50..1ede790 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-gallery/file-gallery.component.html
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-gallery/file-gallery.component.html
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<div class="gallery-container" #inner fxLayout="column" appInputReceiver (keyDownEvent)="handleKeydownEvent($event)">
+<div #inner (keyDownEvent)="handleKeydownEvent($event)" appInputReceiver class="gallery-container" fxLayout="column">
     <button (click)="this.closeEvent.emit(this)" class="close-button" mat-icon-button>
         <ng-icon name="mat-close"></ng-icon>
     </button>
     <div (dblclick)="this.selectedFile? this.fileDblClickEvent.emit(this.selectedFile.data) : null"
          class="file-full-view"
          fxFlex="80%">
-        <app-content-viewer *ngIf="this.selectedFile"
-            (contextmenu)="this.selectedFile && fileContextMenu.onContextMenu($event, this.selectedFile!.data)"
-            [file]="this.selectedFile!.data"></app-content-viewer>
+        <app-content-viewer (contextmenu)="this.selectedFile && fileContextMenu.onContextMenu($event, [this.selectedFile!.data])"
+                            *ngIf="this.selectedFile"
+                            [file]="this.selectedFile!.data"></app-content-viewer>
     </div>
     <mat-divider fxFlex></mat-divider>
     <div class="file-scroll-view" fxFlex="20%">
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
                                      minBufferPx="1000" orientation="horizontal">
             <div *cdkVirtualFor="let entry of entries" class="file-item">
                 <app-file-card (clickEvent)="onEntrySelect($event.entry)"
-                                        [entry]="entry"></app-file-card>
+                               [entry]="entry"></app-file-card>
             </div>
         </cdk-virtual-scroll-viewport>
     </div>
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-grid/file-grid.component.html b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-grid/file-grid.component.html
index 08e714a..fb10b0f 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-grid/file-grid.component.html
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-grid/file-grid.component.html
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-<div class="file-gallery-inner" #inner appInputReceiver (keyDownEvent)="handleKeydownEvent($event)" (keyUpEvent)="handleKeyupEvent($event)">
+<div #inner
+     (keyDownEvent)="handleKeydownEvent($event)"
+     (keyUpEvent)="handleKeyupEvent($event)"
+     appInputReceiver
+     class="file-gallery-inner">
     <cdk-virtual-scroll-viewport #virtualScrollGrid class="file-scroll" itemSize="260" maxBufferPx="2000"
                                  minBufferPx="500">
         <div *cdkVirtualFor="let rowEntry of partitionedGridEntries">
             <div class="file-row">
                 <app-file-card
                     (clickEvent)="setSelectedFile($event.entry)"
-                    (contextmenu)="fileContextMenu.onContextMenu($event, gridEntry.data)"
+                    (contextmenu)="this.selectEntryWhenNotSelected(gridEntry); fileContextMenu.onContextMenu($event, this.getSelectedFiles())"
                     (dblClickEvent)="fileOpenEvent.emit($event.entry.data)"
                     *ngFor="let gridEntry of rowEntry"
                     [entry]="gridEntry"></app-file-card>
@@ -15,7 +19,11 @@
 
 </div>
 <app-file-context-menu #fileContextMenu>
-    <button (click)="this.fileOpenEvent.emit(fileContextMenu.file)" mat-menu-item content-before="">Open</button>
-    <button (click)="this.regenerateThumbnail(fileContextMenu.file)" mat-menu-item>Regenerate thumbnail</button>
+    <button (click)="this.fileOpenEvent.emit(fileContextMenu.files[0])"
+            *ngIf="fileContextMenu.files.length === 1"
+            content-before=""
+            mat-menu-item>Open
+    </button>
+    <button (click)="this.regenerateThumbnail(fileContextMenu.files)" mat-menu-item>Regenerate thumbnail</button>
 </app-file-context-menu>
 
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-grid/file-grid.component.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-grid/file-grid.component.ts
index 1fc6d28..24b0940 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-grid/file-grid.component.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-multiview/file-grid/file-grid.component.ts
@@ -92,14 +92,22 @@ export class FileGridComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, AfterViewInit {
         this.fileSelectEvent.emit(this.selectedEntries.map(g => g.data));
     }
 
+    public selectEntryWhenNotSelected(entry: Selectable<File>) {
+        if (!entry.selected) {
+            this.setSelectedFile(entry);
+        }
+    }
+
     public adjustElementSizes(): void {
         if (this.virtualScroll) {
             this.virtualScroll.checkViewportSize();
         }
     }
 
-    public async regenerateThumbnail(file: File) {
-        await this.fileService.deleteThumbnails(file);
+    public async regenerateThumbnail(files: File[]) {
+        for (const file of files) {
+            await this.fileService.deleteThumbnails(file);
+        }
     }
 
     public focus() {
@@ -146,6 +154,10 @@ export class FileGridComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, AfterViewInit {
         }
     }
 
+    public getSelectedFiles(): File[] {
+        return this.selectedEntries.map(e => e.data);
+    }
+
     public handleKeyupEvent(event: KeyboardEvent) {
         this.shiftClicked = event.shiftKey ? false : this.shiftClicked;
         this.ctrlClicked = event.ctrlKey ? false : this.ctrlClicked;
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-thumbnail/file-thumbnail.component.html b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-thumbnail/file-thumbnail.component.html
index f62b67a..b6854a1 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-thumbnail/file-thumbnail.component.html
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-thumbnail/file-thumbnail.component.html
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@
     <ng-icon *ngIf="getFileType() === 'audio'" name="mat-audiotrack"></ng-icon>
     <ng-icon *ngIf="getFileType() === 'text'" name="mat-description"></ng-icon>
 </div>
+<div class="file-status-icon">
+    <ng-icon *ngIf="file.status === 'Deleted'" name="mat-auto-delete"></ng-icon>
+    <ng-icon *ngIf="file.status === 'Imported'" name="mat-fiber-new"></ng-icon>
+</div>
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-thumbnail/file-thumbnail.component.scss b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-thumbnail/file-thumbnail.component.scss
index bb8b324..075785b 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-thumbnail/file-thumbnail.component.scss
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/file/file-thumbnail/file-thumbnail.component.scss
@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ app-content-aware-image {
     right: 0;
 }
 
+.file-status-icon {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0;
+    right: 0;
+    height: 20%;
+    width: 20%;
+    display: flex;
+
+    ng-icon {
+        align-self: flex-end;
+        margin: 0 0 auto auto;
+        font-size: 2em;
+    }
+}
+
 ng-icon.gif-icon {
     border-radius: 50%;
     background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/input/input.module.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/input/input.module.ts
index 6a52aa1..fd7eb78 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/input/input.module.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/shared/input/input.module.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {MatFormFieldModule} from "@angular/material/form-field";
 import {ReactiveFormsModule} from "@angular/forms";
 import {MatInputModule} from "@angular/material/input";
 import {NgIconsModule} from "@ng-icons/core";
-import {MatFolder, MatInsertDriveFile} from "@ng-icons/material-icons";
+import {MatDeleteForever, MatFiberNew, MatFolder, MatInsertDriveFile} from "@ng-icons/material-icons";
 import {MatButtonModule} from "@angular/material/button";
 import {FlexModule} from "@angular/flex-layout";
 import {FilterInputComponent} from "./filter-input/filter-input.component";
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {FilterInputComponent} from "./filter-input/filter-input.component";
         MatFormFieldModule,
         ReactiveFormsModule,
         MatInputModule,
-        NgIconsModule.withIcons({ MatInsertDriveFile, MatFolder }),
+        NgIconsModule.withIcons({ MatInsertDriveFile, MatFolder, MatDeleteForever, MatFiberNew }),
         MatButtonModule,
         FlexModule,
     ]
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/services/file/file.service.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/services/file/file.service.ts
index 7ed534b..6d49a8d 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/services/file/file.service.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/services/file/file.service.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {DomSanitizer, SafeResourceUrl} from "@angular/platform-browser";
 import {SortKey} from "../../models/SortKey";
 import {MediarepoApi} from "../../../api/Api";
 import {mapMany, mapNew} from "../../../api/models/adaptors";
-import {FileMetadata} from "../../../api/api-types/files";
+import {FileMetadata, FileStatus} from "../../../api/api-types/files";
 import {SearchFilters} from "../../../api/models/SearchFilters";
 
 
@@ -31,14 +31,44 @@ export class FileService {
             .then(mapMany(mapNew(File)));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns metadata about a file
+     * @param {number} id
+     * @returns {Promise<FileMetadata>}
+     */
     public async getFileMetadata(id: number): Promise<FileMetadata> {
         return MediarepoApi.getFileMetadata({ id });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Updates the filename of a file
+     * @param {number} id
+     * @param {string} name
+     * @returns {Promise<FileMetadata>}
+     */
     public async updateFileName(id: number, name: string): Promise<FileMetadata> {
         return MediarepoApi.updateFileName({ id, name });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Updates the status of a file
+     * @param {number} id
+     * @param {FileStatus} status
+     * @returns {Promise<File>}
+     */
+    public async updateFileStatus(id: number, status: FileStatus): Promise<File> {
+        return MediarepoApi.updateFileStatus({ id, status }).then(mapNew(File));
+    }
+
+    /***
+     * Permanently deletes a file
+     * @param {number} id
+     * @returns {Promise<void>}
+     */
+    public async deleteFile(id: number): Promise<void> {
+        return MediarepoApi.deleteFile({ id });
+    }
+
     /**
      * Builds a safe thumbnail url that accesses custom scheme for thumbnails
      * @param {File} file