diff --git a/src/mongoClusters/MongoClusterSession.ts b/src/mongoClusters/MongoClusterSession.ts
index 0b651198..9c5a85d9 100644
--- a/src/mongoClusters/MongoClusterSession.ts
+++ b/src/mongoClusters/MongoClusterSession.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { type Document, type WithId } from 'mongodb';
+import { EJSON } from 'bson';
+import { ObjectId, type Document, type WithId } from 'mongodb';
 import { type JSONSchema } from '../utils/json/JSONSchema';
 import { getPropertyNamesAtLevel, updateSchemaWithDocument } from '../utils/json/mongo/SchemaAnalyzer';
 import { getDataAtPath } from '../utils/slickgrid/mongo/toSlickGridTable';
@@ -109,6 +110,45 @@ export class MongoClustersSession {
         return toSlickGridTree(this._currentRawDocuments);
     }
 
+    async deleteDocuments(databaseName: string, collectionName: string, documentIds: string[]): Promise<boolean> {
+        const acknowledged = await this._client.deleteDocuments(databaseName, collectionName, documentIds);
+
+        if (acknowledged) {
+            this._currentRawDocuments = this._currentRawDocuments.filter((doc) => {
+                // Convert documentIds to BSON types and compare them with doc._id
+                return !documentIds.some((id) => {
+                    let parsedId;
+                    try {
+                        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
+                        parsedId = EJSON.parse(id);
+                    } catch {
+                        if (ObjectId.isValid(id)) {
+                            parsedId = new ObjectId(id);
+                        } else {
+                            parsedId = id;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    /**
+                     * deep equality for _id is tricky as we'd have to consider embedded objects,
+                     * arrays, etc. For now, we'll just stringify the _id and compare the strings.
+                     * The reasoning here is that this operation is used during interactive work
+                     * and were not expecting to delete a large number of documents at once.
+                     * Hence, the performance impact of this approach is negligible, and it's more
+                     * about simplicity here.
+                     */
+
+                    const docIdStr = EJSON.stringify(doc._id, { relaxed: false }, 0);
+                    const parsedIdStr = EJSON.stringify(parsedId, { relaxed: false }, 0);
+
+                    return docIdStr === parsedIdStr;
+                });
+            });
+        }
+
+        return acknowledged;
+    }
+
     public getCurrentPageAsTable(path: string[]): TableData {
         const responsePack: TableData = {
             path: path,
diff --git a/src/mongoClusters/MongoClustersClient.ts b/src/mongoClusters/MongoClustersClient.ts
index 727fbaf2..8c0d9d85 100644
--- a/src/mongoClusters/MongoClustersClient.ts
+++ b/src/mongoClusters/MongoClustersClient.ts
@@ -213,27 +213,27 @@ export class MongoClustersClient {
         }
     }
 
+    // TODO: revisit, maybe we can work on BSON here for the documentIds, and the conversion from string etc.,
+    // will remain in the MongoClusterSession class
     async deleteDocuments(databaseName: string, collectionName: string, documentIds: string[]): Promise<boolean> {
-        // convert input data
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-        const parsedDocumentIds: any[] = documentIds.map((id) => {
-            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-            let parsedId: any;
+        // Convert input data to BSON types
+        const parsedDocumentIds = documentIds.map((id) => {
+            let parsedId;
             try {
                 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
                 parsedId = EJSON.parse(id);
-            } catch (error) {
+            } catch {
                 if (ObjectId.isValid(id)) {
                     parsedId = new ObjectId(id);
                 } else {
-                    throw error;
+                    throw new Error(`Invalid document ID: ${id}`);
                 }
             }
             // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return
             return parsedId;
         });
 
-        // connect and extecute
+        // Connect and execute
         const collection = this._mongoClient.db(databaseName).collection(collectionName);
         const deleteResult: DeleteResult = await collection.deleteMany({ _id: { $in: parsedDocumentIds } });
 
diff --git a/src/webviews/mongoClusters/collectionView/CollectionView.tsx b/src/webviews/mongoClusters/collectionView/CollectionView.tsx
index b5c96814..9d4a155e 100644
--- a/src/webviews/mongoClusters/collectionView/CollectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/webviews/mongoClusters/collectionView/CollectionView.tsx
@@ -224,9 +224,11 @@ export const CollectionView = (): JSX.Element => {
                     return;
                 }
 
-                // TODO: update cached data in the controller
-
-                // TODO: update the current view, not all views.
+                /**
+                 * The data on the server has been deleted and our extension code has updated its
+                 * cache as well. Now we need to update the view locally, so that the user sees
+                 * the changes immediately without potential focus/table resizing issues etc.
+                 */
 
                 setCurrentQueryResults((prev) => ({
                     ...prev,
@@ -248,9 +250,9 @@ export const CollectionView = (): JSX.Element => {
             })
             .catch((error: unknown) => {
                 if (error instanceof Error) {
-                    console.error('Error adding document:', error.message);
+                    console.error('Error deleting the document:', error.message);
                 } else {
-                    console.error('Unexpected error adding document:', error);
+                    console.error('Unexpected error when deleting a document:', error);
                 }
             });
     }
diff --git a/src/webviews/mongoClusters/collectionView/collectionViewRouter.ts b/src/webviews/mongoClusters/collectionView/collectionViewRouter.ts
index 950de065..8c7ea767 100644
--- a/src/webviews/mongoClusters/collectionView/collectionViewRouter.ts
+++ b/src/webviews/mongoClusters/collectionView/collectionViewRouter.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { type JSONSchema } from 'vscode-json-languageservice';
 import { z } from 'zod';
-import { type MongoClustersClient } from '../../../mongoClusters/MongoClustersClient';
 import { MongoClustersSession } from '../../../mongoClusters/MongoClusterSession';
 import { getConfirmationAsInSettings } from '../../../utils/dialogs/getConfirmation';
 import { getKnownFields, type FieldEntry } from '../../../utils/json/mongo/autocomplete/getKnownFields';
@@ -169,9 +168,8 @@ export const collectionsViewRouter = router({
                 return false;
             }
 
-            const client: MongoClustersClient = MongoClustersSession.getSession(myCtx.sessionId).getClient();
-
-            const acknowledged = await client.deleteDocuments(myCtx.databaseName, myCtx.collectionName, input);
+            const session: MongoClustersSession = MongoClustersSession.getSession(myCtx.sessionId);
+            const acknowledged = await session.deleteDocuments(myCtx.databaseName, myCtx.collectionName, input);
 
             if (acknowledged) {
                 showConfirmationAsInSettings(
@@ -187,9 +185,7 @@ export const collectionsViewRouter = router({
                               input.length,
                           ),
                 );
-            }
-
-            if (!acknowledged) {
+            } else {
                 void vscode.window.showErrorMessage('Failed to delete documents. Unknown error.', {
                     modal: true,
                 });