diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/gridComponents/Markdown.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/gridComponents/Markdown.jsx
index a21402c3ab24d..9ded0646cfa9c 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/gridComponents/Markdown.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/gridComponents/Markdown.jsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { t, SafeMarkdown } from '@superset-ui/core';
 import { Logger, LOG_ACTIONS_RENDER_CHART } from 'src/logger/LogUtils';
 import { MarkdownEditor } from 'src/components/AsyncAceEditor';
 
+import HoverMenu from 'src/dashboard/components/menu/HoverMenu';
 import DeleteComponentButton from 'src/dashboard/components/DeleteComponentButton';
 import DragDroppable from 'src/dashboard/components/dnd/DragDroppable';
 import ResizableContainer from 'src/dashboard/components/resizable/ResizableContainer';
@@ -350,6 +351,13 @@ class Markdown extends React.PureComponent {
                   className="dashboard-component dashboard-component-chart-holder"
                   data-test="dashboard-component-chart-holder"
                 >
+                  {editMode && (
+                    <HoverMenu position="top">
+                      <DeleteComponentButton
+                        onDelete={this.handleDeleteComponent}
+                      />
+                    </HoverMenu>
+                  )}
                   {editMode && isEditing
                     ? this.renderEditMode()
                     : this.renderPreviewMode()}