diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/NewFriendList.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/NewFriendList.cpp
index 131281285..9d9908642 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/NewFriendList.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/NewFriendList.cpp
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ NewFriendList::NewFriendList(QWidget *parent) : /* RsAutoUpdatePage(5000,parent)
      // workaround for Qt bug, should be solved in next Qt release 4.7.0
     // http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-8270
     QShortcut *Shortcut = new QShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::Key_Delete), ui->peerTreeWidget, 0, 0, Qt::WidgetShortcut);
-	connect(Shortcut, SIGNAL(activated()), this, SLOT(removefriend()),Qt::QueuedConnection);
+	connect(Shortcut, SIGNAL(activated()), this, SLOT(removeItem()),Qt::QueuedConnection);
 
     QFontMetricsF fontMetrics(ui->peerTreeWidget->font());
 
@@ -915,6 +915,25 @@ void FriendsDialog::viewprofile()
  *
  * All of these rely on the finding of the current Id.
  */
+
+void NewFriendList::removeItem()
+{
+	QModelIndex index = getCurrentSourceIndex();
+	RsFriendListModel::EntryType type = mModel->getType(index);
+	if(index.isValid())
+	{
+		switch (type) {
+			case RsFriendListModel::ENTRY_TYPE_GROUP:   removeGroup();
+			break;
+			case RsFriendListModel::ENTRY_TYPE_PROFILE: removeProfile();
+			break;
+			case RsFriendListModel::ENTRY_TYPE_NODE:    removeNode();
+			break;
+			case RsFriendListModel::ENTRY_TYPE_UNKNOWN: RsErr()<<__PRETTY_FUNCTION__<<" Get Item of type unknow."<<std::endl;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 void NewFriendList::removeNode()
 {
     RsFriendListModel::RsNodeDetails det;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/NewFriendList.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/NewFriendList.h
index 6e5f617f9..2a1955ced 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/NewFriendList.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/NewFriendList.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ private slots:
 	void msgGroup();
 	void msgProfile();
 	void recommendNode();
+	void removeItem();
 	void removeNode();
 	void removeProfile();
 	void createNewGroup() ;