diff --git a/src/commands/force/source/delete.ts b/src/commands/force/source/delete.ts
index b3103e90b..6db09a427 100644
--- a/src/commands/force/source/delete.ts
+++ b/src/commands/force/source/delete.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * For full license text, see LICENSE.txt file in the repo root or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
  */
 import * as os from 'os';
+import * as path from 'path';
 import { confirm } from 'cli-ux/lib/prompt';
 import { flags, FlagsConfig } from '@salesforce/command';
 import { fs, Messages } from '@salesforce/core';
@@ -192,10 +193,40 @@ export class Delete extends DeployCommand {
     }
   }
 
+  // TODO: maybe move to fs in sfdx-core?
+  private readDirectoryRecursively(directory: string): string[] {
+    const files: string[] = [];
+
+    const filesInDirectory = fs.readdirSync(directory);
+    for (const file of filesInDirectory) {
+      const absolute = path.join(directory, file);
+      if (fs.statSync(absolute).isDirectory()) {
+        files.push(...this.readDirectoryRecursively(absolute));
+      } else {
+        files.push(absolute);
+      }
+    }
+    return files;
+  }
+
   private async handlePrompt(): Promise<boolean> {
     if (!this.getFlag('noprompt')) {
-      const paths = this.sourceComponents.map((component) => component.content + '\n' + component.xml).join('\n');
-      const promptMessage = messages.getMessage('prompt', [paths]);
+      const paths: string[] = [];
+      this.sourceComponents.map((component) => {
+        if (component.content) {
+          if (fs.lstatSync(component.content).isDirectory()) {
+            // display all paths in the folder to be deleted
+            paths.push(...this.readDirectoryRecursively(component.content));
+          } else {
+            paths.push(component.content);
+          }
+        }
+        // this will prevent displaying the xml file twice in the confirmation
+        if (component.xml && !paths.includes(component.xml)) {
+          paths.push(component.xml);
+        }
+      });
+      const promptMessage = messages.getMessage('prompt', [paths.join('\n')]);
 
       return confirm(promptMessage);
     }
diff --git a/src/formatters/deleteResultFormatter.ts b/src/formatters/deleteResultFormatter.ts
index b1b468135..6076bd2f8 100644
--- a/src/formatters/deleteResultFormatter.ts
+++ b/src/formatters/deleteResultFormatter.ts
@@ -35,4 +35,25 @@ export class DeleteResultFormatter extends DeployResultFormatter {
     this.ux.styledHeader(chalk.blue('Deleted Source'));
     this.ux.log('No results found');
   }
+
+  protected displaySuccesses(): void {
+    if (this.isSuccess() && this.fileResponses?.length) {
+      const successes = this.fileResponses.filter((f) => f.state !== 'Failed');
+      if (!successes.length) {
+        return;
+      }
+      this.sortFileResponses(successes);
+      this.asRelativePaths(successes);
+
+      this.ux.log('');
+      this.ux.styledHeader(chalk.blue('Deleted Source'));
+      this.ux.table(successes, {
+        columns: [
+          { key: 'fullName', label: 'FULL NAME' },
+          { key: 'type', label: 'TYPE' },
+          { key: 'filePath', label: 'PROJECT PATH' },
+        ],
+      });
+    }
+  }
 }