diff --git a/test/functional/apps/visualize/_visualize_listing.js b/test/functional/apps/visualize/_visualize_listing.js
index fda15510b4691..51f6497f63e8e 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/visualize/_visualize_listing.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/visualize/_visualize_listing.js
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects }) {
       it('create new viz', async function () {
         // type markdown is used for simplicity
         await PageObjects.visualize.createSimpleMarkdownViz(vizName);
-
         await PageObjects.visualize.gotoVisualizationLandingPage();
         const visCount = await PageObjects.visualize.getCountOfItemsInListingTable();
         expect(visCount).to.equal(1);
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.js b/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.js
index f62f9f643b465..11f44ae6442cb 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.js
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.js
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ export function CommonPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
      */
     async ensureModalOverlayHidden() {
       return retry.try(async () => {
-        const shown = await testSubjects.exists('modalOverlay');
+        const shown = await testSubjects.exists('confirmModalTitleText');
         if (shown) {
           throw new Error('Modal overlay is showing');
         }
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ export function CommonPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
 
     async clickConfirmOnModal() {
       log.debug('Clicking modal confirm');
+      // make sure this data-test-subj 'confirmModalTitleText' exists because we're going to wait for it to be gone later
+      await testSubjects.exists('confirmModalTitleText');
       await testSubjects.click('confirmModalConfirmButton');
       await this.ensureModalOverlayHidden();
     }
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_page.js b/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_page.js
index 56f50f1d93431..fe93c5999c90a 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_page.js
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_page.js
@@ -78,10 +78,17 @@ export function VisualizePageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects, updateBaseli
       return await this.createVisualizationPromptButton();
     }
 
+    /*
+    This method should use retry loop to delete visualizations from multiple pages until we find the createVisualizationPromptButton.
+    Perhaps it *could* set the page size larger than the default 10, but it might still need to loop anyway.
+    */
     async deleteAllVisualizations() {
-      await this.checkListingSelectAllCheckbox();
-      await this.clickDeleteSelected();
-      await PageObjects.common.clickConfirmOnModal();
+      await retry.try(async () => {
+        await this.checkListingSelectAllCheckbox();
+        await this.clickDeleteSelected();
+        await PageObjects.common.clickConfirmOnModal();
+        await testSubjects.find('createVisualizationPromptButton');
+      });
     }
 
     async createSimpleMarkdownViz(vizName) {