diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/utils/FileStorageUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/utils/FileStorageUtils.java
index 74b2b3ad01b8..9b16269bfc96 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/utils/FileStorageUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/utils/FileStorageUtils.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -535,7 +536,11 @@ public static void deleteRecursively(File file, FileDataStorageManager storageMa
         }
 
         storageManager.deleteFileInMediaScan(file.getAbsolutePath());
-        file.delete();
+        try {
+            Files.deleteIfExists(file.toPath());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Log_OC.e("Error deleting file: ", e.getMessage());
+        }
     }
 
     public static boolean deleteRecursive(File file) {