diff --git a/packages/api-headless-cms/__tests__/contentAPI/contentModel.crud.test.ts b/packages/api-headless-cms/__tests__/contentAPI/contentModel.crud.test.ts
index 919a4151845..2c6868a803a 100644
--- a/packages/api-headless-cms/__tests__/contentAPI/contentModel.crud.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api-headless-cms/__tests__/contentAPI/contentModel.crud.test.ts
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ describe("content model test", () => {
             updateContentModelMutation,
             deleteContentModelMutation
         } = useGraphQLHandler(manageHandlerOpts);
-        const { createCategory } = useCategoryManageHandler(manageHandlerOpts);
+        const { createCategory, deleteCategory } = useCategoryManageHandler(manageHandlerOpts);
         const category = models.find(m => m.modelId === "category");
         if (!category) {
             throw new Error("Could not find model `category`.");
@@ -359,22 +359,70 @@ describe("content model test", () => {
             }
         });
 
-        const [response] = await deleteContentModelMutation({
+        // Let's try to delete the content model: it should fail because we still have entries for the selected content model.
+        const [deleteWithEntriesResponse] = await deleteContentModelMutation({
             modelId: model.modelId
         });
-
-        expect(response).toEqual({
+        expect(deleteWithEntriesResponse).toEqual({
             data: {
                 deleteContentModel: {
                     data: null,
                     error: {
                         message: `Cannot delete content model "${model.modelId}" because there are existing entries.`,
                         code: "CONTENT_MODEL_BEFORE_DELETE_HOOK_FAILED",
-                        data: null
+                        data: {
+                            model: expect.any(Object)
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        // Let's move the entry to the trash bin and try to delete the content model: it should fail.
+        await deleteCategory({
+            revision: createCategoryResponse.data.createCategory.data.entryId,
+            options: {
+                permanently: false
+            }
+        });
+        const [deleteWithEntriesInTrashResponse] = await deleteContentModelMutation({
+            modelId: model.modelId
+        });
+        expect(deleteWithEntriesInTrashResponse).toEqual({
+            data: {
+                deleteContentModel: {
+                    data: null,
+                    error: {
+                        message: `Cannot delete content model "${model.modelId}" because there are existing entries in the trash.`,
+                        code: "CONTENT_MODEL_BEFORE_DELETE_HOOK_FAILED",
+                        data: {
+                            model: expect.any(Object)
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
         });
+
+        // Let's permanently delete the entry: it should be able to delete the content model.
+        await deleteCategory({
+            revision: createCategoryResponse.data.createCategory.data.entryId,
+            options: {
+                permanently: true
+            }
+        });
+
+        const [deleteWithoutEntriesResponse] = await deleteContentModelMutation({
+            modelId: model.modelId
+        });
+
+        expect(deleteWithoutEntriesResponse).toEqual({
+            data: {
+                deleteContentModel: {
+                    data: true,
+                    error: null
+                }
+            }
+        });
     });
 
     test("get existing content model", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/api-headless-cms/__tests__/contentAPI/model.delete.test.ts b/packages/api-headless-cms/__tests__/contentAPI/model.delete.test.ts
index 16585f8cf78..a7a16844367 100644
--- a/packages/api-headless-cms/__tests__/contentAPI/model.delete.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api-headless-cms/__tests__/contentAPI/model.delete.test.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ describe("model delete", () => {
                     data: null,
                     error: {
                         code: "CONTENT_MODEL_BEFORE_DELETE_HOOK_FAILED",
-                        data: null,
+                        data: {
+                            model: expect.any(Object)
+                        },
                         message: `Cannot delete content model "category" because there are existing entries.`
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/packages/api-headless-cms/src/crud/contentModel.crud.ts b/packages/api-headless-cms/src/crud/contentModel.crud.ts
index eb6ac857168..276158caae5 100644
--- a/packages/api-headless-cms/src/crud/contentModel.crud.ts
+++ b/packages/api-headless-cms/src/crud/contentModel.crud.ts
@@ -269,8 +269,7 @@ export const createModelsCrud = (params: CreateModelsCrudParams): CmsModelContex
     });
     assignModelBeforeDelete({
         onModelBeforeDelete,
-        plugins: context.plugins,
-        storageOperations
+        context
     });
 
     /**
diff --git a/packages/api-headless-cms/src/crud/contentModel/beforeDelete.ts b/packages/api-headless-cms/src/crud/contentModel/beforeDelete.ts
index b68973f87a0..5a1574f8d55 100644
--- a/packages/api-headless-cms/src/crud/contentModel/beforeDelete.ts
+++ b/packages/api-headless-cms/src/crud/contentModel/beforeDelete.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
 import { Topic } from "@webiny/pubsub/types";
-import { HeadlessCmsStorageOperations, OnModelBeforeDeleteTopicParams } from "~/types";
-import { PluginsContainer } from "@webiny/plugins";
+import { CmsContext, OnModelBeforeDeleteTopicParams } from "~/types";
 import WebinyError from "@webiny/error";
 import { CmsModelPlugin } from "~/plugins/CmsModelPlugin";
 
 interface AssignBeforeModelDeleteParams {
     onModelBeforeDelete: Topic<OnModelBeforeDeleteTopicParams>;
-    storageOperations: HeadlessCmsStorageOperations;
-    plugins: PluginsContainer;
+    context: CmsContext;
 }
 export const assignModelBeforeDelete = (params: AssignBeforeModelDeleteParams) => {
-    const { onModelBeforeDelete, storageOperations, plugins } = params;
+    const { onModelBeforeDelete, context } = params;
 
     onModelBeforeDelete.subscribe(async params => {
         const { model } = params;
 
-        const modelPlugin = plugins
+        const modelPlugin = context.plugins
             .byType<CmsModelPlugin>(CmsModelPlugin.type)
             .find(item => item.contentModel.modelId === model.modelId);
 
@@ -29,30 +27,32 @@ export const assignModelBeforeDelete = (params: AssignBeforeModelDeleteParams) =
             );
         }
 
-        let entries = [];
         try {
-            const result = await storageOperations.entries.list(model, {
-                where: {
-                    latest: true
-                },
-                limit: 1
-            });
-            entries = result.items;
+            const [latestEntries] = await context.cms.listLatestEntries(model, { limit: 1 });
+
+            if (latestEntries.length > 0) {
+                throw new WebinyError(
+                    `Cannot delete content model "${model.modelId}" because there are existing entries.`,
+                    "CONTENT_MODEL_BEFORE_DELETE_HOOK_FAILED"
+                );
+            }
+
+            const [deletedEntries] = await context.cms.listDeletedEntries(model, { limit: 1 });
+
+            if (deletedEntries.length > 0) {
+                throw new WebinyError(
+                    `Cannot delete content model "${model.modelId}" because there are existing entries in the trash.`,
+                    "CONTENT_MODEL_BEFORE_DELETE_HOOK_FAILED"
+                );
+            }
         } catch (ex) {
-            throw new WebinyError(
-                "Could not retrieve a list of content entries from the model.",
-                "ENTRIES_ERROR",
-                {
-                    error: ex,
+            throw WebinyError.from(ex, {
+                message: "Could not retrieve a list of content entries from the model.",
+                code: "ENTRIES_ERROR",
+                data: {
                     model
                 }
-            );
-        }
-        if (entries.length > 0) {
-            throw new WebinyError(
-                `Cannot delete content model "${model.modelId}" because there are existing entries.`,
-                "CONTENT_MODEL_BEFORE_DELETE_HOOK_FAILED"
-            );
+            });
         }
     });
 };