diff --git a/resources/language/English/strings.xml b/resources/language/English/strings.xml
index 4a35817e..e3914ee5 100644
--- a/resources/language/English/strings.xml
+++ b/resources/language/English/strings.xml
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@
     <string id="30411">Set custom song rating (0-5)</string>
     <string id="30412">Force transcode</string>
     <string id="30413">Enable Plex context menu in Kodi</string>
+    <string id="30414">Could not delete the Plex item. Is item deletion enabled on the Plex Media Server?</string>
 
     <!-- add-on settings -->
     <string id="30500">Verify Host SSL Certificate (more secure)</string>
diff --git a/resources/language/German/strings.xml b/resources/language/German/strings.xml
index 6263abb0..da2c8ac1 100644
--- a/resources/language/German/strings.xml
+++ b/resources/language/German/strings.xml
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@
     <string id="30411">Set custom song rating (0-5)</string>
     <string id="30412">Transkodieren erzwingen</string>
     <string id="30413">Plex Kontextmenu in Kodi aktivieren</string>
+    <string id="30414">Konnte das Element nicht löschen. Ist diese Option auf dem Plex Medien Server aktiviert?</string>
 
 
     <string id="33033">Kodi wird jetzt neu gestartet um die Änderungen anzuwenden.</string>
diff --git a/resources/lib/PlexFunctions.py b/resources/lib/PlexFunctions.py
index 1d008e54..aa41031b 100644
--- a/resources/lib/PlexFunctions.py
+++ b/resources/lib/PlexFunctions.py
@@ -535,13 +535,11 @@ def delete_item_from_pms(plexid):
 
     Returns True if successful, False otherwise
     """
-    xml = downloadutils.DownloadUtils().downloadUrl(
-        '{server}/library/metadata/%s' % plexid,
-        action_type="DELETE")
-    try:
-        xml.attrib
-    except AttributeError:
-        log.error('Could not delete Plex id %s' % plexid)
+    if downloadutils.DownloadUtils().downloadUrl(
+            '{server}/library/metadata/%s' % plexid,
+            action_type="DELETE") is True:
+        log.info('Successfully deleted Plex id %s from the PMS' % plexid)
+        return True
+    else:
+        log.error('Could not delete Plex id %s from the PMS' % plexid)
         return False
-    log.info(xml.dump)
-    return True
diff --git a/resources/lib/context_entry.py b/resources/lib/context_entry.py
index 65c386ee..ea3333ca 100644
--- a/resources/lib/context_entry.py
+++ b/resources/lib/context_entry.py
@@ -191,4 +191,5 @@ class ContextMenu(object):
 
         if delete:
             log.info("Deleting Plex item with id %s", self.item_id)
-            delete_item_from_pms(self.item_id)
+            if delete_item_from_pms(self.item_id) is False:
+                dialog(type_="ok", heading="{plex}", line1=lang(30414))
diff --git a/resources/lib/downloadutils.py b/resources/lib/downloadutils.py
index 19ed27eb..c77a123a 100644
--- a/resources/lib/downloadutils.py
+++ b/resources/lib/downloadutils.py
@@ -319,6 +319,10 @@ class DownloadUtils():
                             log.info('Received text:')
                             log.info(r.text)
                         return True
+            elif r.status_code == 403:
+                # E.g. deleting a PMS item
+                log.error('PMS sent 403: Forbidden error for url %s' % url)
+                return None
             else:
                 log.error('Unknown answer from PMS %s with status code %s. '
                           'Message:' % (url, r.status_code))