diff --git a/frontend/cypress/e2e/objective-crud.cy.ts b/frontend/cypress/e2e/objective-crud.cy.ts
index 8045e09e28..8a6c058b00 100644
--- a/frontend/cypress/e2e/objective-crud.cy.ts
+++ b/frontend/cypress/e2e/objective-crud.cy.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as users from '../fixtures/users.json';
 import CyOverviewPage from '../support/helper/dom-helper/pages/overviewPage';
 import ObjectiveDialog from '../support/helper/dom-helper/dialogs/objectiveDialog';
+import ConfirmDialog from '../support/helper/dom-helper/dialogs/confirmDialog';
 
 describe('CRUD operations', () => {
   let op = new CyOverviewPage();
@@ -41,10 +42,9 @@ describe('CRUD operations', () => {
   });
 
   it(`Delete existing objective`, () => {
-    cy.get('.objective').first().findByTestId('three-dot-menu').click();
-    op.selectFromThreeDotMenu('Objective bearbeiten');
-    ObjectiveDialog.do()
-      .deleteObjective()
+    op.getObjectiveByState('ongoing').findByTestId('three-dot-menu').click();
+    op.selectFromThreeDotMenu('Objective löschen');
+    ConfirmDialog.do()
       .checkTitle('Objective löschen')
       .checkDescription(
         'Möchtest du dieses Objective wirklich löschen? Zugehörige Key Results werden dadurch ebenfalls gelöscht!',
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/objective/ObjectiveMenuActions.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/objective/ObjectiveMenuActions.ts
index 2e36aa7ed6..a18b2a4920 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/objective/ObjectiveMenuActions.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/objective/ObjectiveMenuActions.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ export class ObjectiveMenuActions {
     return { displayName: 'Objective duplizieren', action: action, afterAction: afterAction };
   }
 
+  deleteObjectiveAction(objective: ObjectiveMin): ObjectiveMenuEntry {
+    const action: ObjectiveMenuAction = () => this.dialogService.openConfirmDialog('CONFIRMATION.DELETE.OBJECTIVE');
+    const afterAction: ObjectiveMenuAfterAction = (objective, dialogResult) =>
+      this.afterActions.deleteObjective(objective);
+    return { displayName: 'Objective löschen', action: action, afterAction: afterAction };
+  }
+
   completeObjectiveAction(objective: ObjectiveMin): ObjectiveMenuEntry {
     const config = {
       data: { objectiveTitle: objective.title },
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/objective/ObjectiveMenuAfterActions.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/objective/ObjectiveMenuAfterActions.ts
index 4d0e237e21..8dec478557 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/objective/ObjectiveMenuAfterActions.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/objective/ObjectiveMenuAfterActions.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ export class ObjectiveMenuAfterActions {
     });
   }
 
+  deleteObjective(objective: ObjectiveMin) {
+    this.objectiveService.deleteObjective(objective.id).subscribe(() => {
+      this.refreshDataService.markDataRefresh();
+    });
+  }
+
   objectiveBackToDraft(objectiveMin: ObjectiveMin) {
     this.objectiveService.getFullObjective(objectiveMin.id).subscribe((objective: Objective) => {
       objective.state = 'DRAFT' as State;
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/services/objective-menu-actions.service.ts b/frontend/src/app/services/objective-menu-actions.service.ts
index 32d27aac32..2de87653d8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/services/objective-menu-actions.service.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/services/objective-menu-actions.service.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class ObjectiveMenuActionsService {
   }
 
   private getDefaultActions(objective: ObjectiveMin): ObjectiveMenuEntry[] {
-    return [this.actions.duplicateObjectiveAction(objective)];
+    return [this.actions.duplicateObjectiveAction(objective), this.actions.deleteObjectiveAction(objective)];
   }
 
   private getDraftMenuActions(objective: ObjectiveMin): ObjectiveMenuEntry[] {
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/shared/dialog/objective-dialog/objective-form.component.html b/frontend/src/app/shared/dialog/objective-dialog/objective-form.component.html
index f6a1b30d0e..68f425f669 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/shared/dialog/objective-dialog/objective-form.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/shared/dialog/objective-dialog/objective-form.component.html
@@ -95,11 +95,6 @@
       </button>
       <button color="primary" mat-button mat-dialog-close [attr.data-testId]="'cancel'">Abbrechen</button>
     </div>
-
-    <div class="col-auto" *ngIf="data.objective.objectiveId && data.action != 'duplicate'">
-      <button color="primary" type="button" mat-button (click)="deleteObjective()" [attr.data-testId]="'delete'">
-        Objective Löschen
-      </button>
-    </div>
+    >
   </ng-container>
 </app-dialog-template-core>
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/shared/dialog/objective-dialog/objective-form.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/shared/dialog/objective-dialog/objective-form.component.ts
index 8bb93a22bd..f0c4c68bb3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/shared/dialog/objective-dialog/objective-form.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/shared/dialog/objective-dialog/objective-form.component.ts
@@ -131,23 +131,6 @@ export class ObjectiveFormComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     }
   }
 
-  deleteObjective() {
-    const dialog = this.dialogService.openConfirmDialog('CONFIRMATION.DELETE.OBJECTIVE');
-    dialog.afterClosed().subscribe((result) => {
-      if (result) {
-        this.objectiveService.deleteObjective(this.data.objective.objectiveId!).subscribe({
-          next: () => {
-            let objectiveDTO: Objective = { id: this.data.objective.objectiveId! } as unknown as Objective;
-            this.closeDialog(objectiveDTO, true);
-          },
-          error: () => {
-            this.dialogRef.close();
-          },
-        });
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
   objectiveToObjectiveMin(objectiveDto: Objective): ObjectiveMin {
     return {
       ...objectiveDto,