diff --git a/src-ui/messages.xlf b/src-ui/messages.xlf
index 98f2bc8e2..510b46af8 100644
--- a/src-ui/messages.xlf
+++ b/src-ui/messages.xlf
@@ -2302,11 +2302,11 @@
         </context-group>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">1151</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">1160</context>
         </context-group>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">1192</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">1201</context>
         </context-group>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.ts</context>
@@ -2970,8 +2970,8 @@
           <context context-type="linenumber">24</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
-      <trans-unit id="2519605321077387027" datatype="html">
-        <source> Delete original documents after successful merge </source>
+      <trans-unit id="5612366187076076264" datatype="html">
+        <source>Delete original documents after successful merge</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/merge-confirm-dialog/merge-confirm-dialog.component.html</context>
           <context context-type="linenumber">32</context>
@@ -2998,6 +2998,13 @@
           <context context-type="linenumber">28</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
+      <trans-unit id="492847770415850840" datatype="html">
+        <source>Delete original document after successful split</source>
+        <context-group purpose="location">
+          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog.component.html</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">49</context>
+        </context-group>
+      </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="2509141182388535183" datatype="html">
         <source>View</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
@@ -5482,7 +5489,7 @@
         </context-group>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">1169</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">1178</context>
         </context-group>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/guards/dirty-saved-view.guard.ts</context>
@@ -5960,25 +5967,32 @@
           <context context-type="linenumber">1113</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
+      <trans-unit id="7955772432945257011" datatype="html">
+        <source>Split operation will begin in the background. After its completion, the document will be deleted.</source>
+        <context-group purpose="location">
+          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">1130</context>
+        </context-group>
+      </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="4158171846914923744" datatype="html">
         <source>Split operation will begin in the background.</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">1128</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">1136</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="3235014591864339926" datatype="html">
         <source>Error executing split operation</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">1137</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">1146</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="6555329262222566158" datatype="html">
         <source>Rotate confirm</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">1149</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">1158</context>
         </context-group>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.ts</context>
@@ -5989,49 +6003,49 @@
         <source>This operation will permanently rotate the original version of the current document.</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">1150</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">1159</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="4069543875319587651" datatype="html">
         <source>Rotation will begin in the background. Close and re-open the document after the operation has completed to see the changes.</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">1166</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">1175</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="2962674215361798818" datatype="html">
         <source>Error executing rotate operation</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">1178</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">1187</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="3539261415918606512" datatype="html">
         <source>Delete pages confirm</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">1190</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">1199</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="5854352498125813866" datatype="html">
         <source>This operation will permanently delete the selected pages from the original document.</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">1191</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">1200</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="8617528702531167646" datatype="html">
         <source>Delete pages operation will begin in the background. Close and re-open or reload this document after the operation has completed to see the changes.</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">1206</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">1215</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="1249139200486584973" datatype="html">
         <source>Error executing delete pages operation</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">1215</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">1224</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="4958946940233632319" datatype="html">
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/merge-confirm-dialog/merge-confirm-dialog.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/merge-confirm-dialog/merge-confirm-dialog.component.ts
index 1530620e1..d7f106dea 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/merge-confirm-dialog/merge-confirm-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/merge-confirm-dialog/merge-confirm-dialog.component.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { DocumentService } from 'src/app/services/rest/document.service'
 import { PermissionsService } from 'src/app/services/permissions.service'
 import { CdkDragDrop, moveItemInArray } from '@angular/cdk/drag-drop'
 import { Subject, takeUntil } from 'rxjs'
+import { tap } from 'rxjs/operators'
 import { Document } from 'src/app/data/document'
 
 @Component({
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog.component.html
index d73e97817..411f5ab79 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog.component.html
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
             </ul>
         </div>
     </div>
+    <div class="form-check form-switch mt-4">
+       <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" role="switch" id="deleteOriginalSwitch" [(ngModel)]="deleteOriginal" [disabled]="!userOwnsDocument">
+       <label class="form-check-label" for="deleteOriginalSwitch" i18n>Delete original document after successful split</label>
+     </div>
 </div>
 <div class="modal-footer">
     <button type="button" class="btn" [class]="cancelBtnClass" (click)="cancel()" [disabled]="!buttonsEnabled">
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog.component.ts
index 47261afa2..f8d460b0e 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog/split-confirm-dialog.component.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core'
 import { ConfirmDialogComponent } from '../confirm-dialog.component'
+import { Document } from 'src/app/data/document'
 import { NgbActiveModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { DocumentService } from 'src/app/services/rest/document.service'
+import { PermissionsService } from 'src/app/services/permissions.service'
 import { PDFDocumentProxy } from 'ng2-pdf-viewer'
 
 @Component({
@@ -31,17 +33,19 @@ export class SplitConfirmDialogComponent extends ConfirmDialogComponent {
 
   private pages: Set<number> = new Set()
 
-  public documentID: number
+  public document: Document
   public page: number = 1
   public totalPages: number
+  public deleteOriginal: boolean = false
 
   public get pdfSrc(): string {
-    return this.documentService.getPreviewUrl(this.documentID)
+    return this.documentService.getPreviewUrl(this.document.id)
   }
 
   constructor(
     activeModal: NgbActiveModal,
-    private documentService: DocumentService
+    private documentService: DocumentService,
+    private permissionService: PermissionsService
   ) {
     super(activeModal)
     this.confirmButtonEnabled = this.pages.size > 0
@@ -63,4 +67,8 @@ export class SplitConfirmDialogComponent extends ConfirmDialogComponent {
     this.pages.delete(page)
     this.confirmButtonEnabled = this.pages.size > 0
   }
+
+  get userOwnsDocument(): boolean {
+    return this.permissionService.currentUserOwnsObject(this.document)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
index ff671efe0..7278ba0b9 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
     modal.componentInstance.title = $localize`Split confirm`
     modal.componentInstance.messageBold = $localize`This operation will split the selected document(s) into new documents.`
     modal.componentInstance.btnCaption = $localize`Proceed`
-    modal.componentInstance.documentID = this.document.id
+    modal.componentInstance.document = this.document
     modal.componentInstance.confirmClicked
       .pipe(takeUntil(this.unsubscribeNotifier))
       .subscribe(() => {
@@ -1120,14 +1120,23 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
         this.documentsService
           .bulkEdit([this.document.id], 'split', {
             pages: modal.componentInstance.pagesString,
+            delete_originals: modal.componentInstance.deleteOriginal,
           })
           .pipe(first(), takeUntil(this.unsubscribeNotifier))
           .subscribe({
             next: () => {
-              this.toastService.showInfo(
-                $localize`Split operation will begin in the background.`
-              )
-              modal.close()
+              if (modal.componentInstance.deleteOriginal) {
+                this.toastService.showInfo(
+                  $localize`Split operation will begin in the background. After its completion, the document will be deleted.`
+                )
+                modal.close()
+                this.close()
+              } else {
+                this.toastService.showInfo(
+                  $localize`Split operation will begin in the background.`
+                )
+                modal.close()
+              }
             },
             error: (error) => {
               if (modal) {
diff --git a/src/documents/bulk_edit.py b/src/documents/bulk_edit.py
index ba5781775..3501d3c6d 100644
--- a/src/documents/bulk_edit.py
+++ b/src/documents/bulk_edit.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from typing import Optional
 
 from celery import chain
 from celery import chord
+from celery import group
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db.models import Q
 
@@ -293,7 +294,9 @@ def merge(
     )
 
     if delete_originals:
-        logger.info("Queueing removal of original documents after consumption of merged document")
+        logger.info(
+            "Queueing removal of original documents after consumption of merged document",
+        )
         chain(consume_task, delete_documents.si(affected_docs)).delay()
     else:
         consume_task.delay()
@@ -301,13 +304,15 @@ def merge(
     return "OK"
 
 
-def split(doc_ids: list[int], pages: list[list[int]]):
+def split(doc_ids: list[int], pages: list[list[int]], delete_originals: bool = False):
     logger.info(
         f"Attempting to split document {doc_ids[0]} into {len(pages)} documents",
     )
     doc = Document.objects.get(id=doc_ids[0])
     import pikepdf
 
+    consume_tasks = []
+
     try:
         with pikepdf.open(doc.source_path) as pdf:
             for idx, split_doc in enumerate(pages):
@@ -327,13 +332,24 @@ def split(doc_ids: list[int], pages: list[list[int]]):
                 logger.info(
                     f"Adding split document with pages {split_doc} to the task queue.",
                 )
-                consume_file.delay(
-                    ConsumableDocument(
-                        source=DocumentSource.ConsumeFolder,
-                        original_file=filepath,
+                consume_tasks.append(
+                    consume_file.s(
+                        ConsumableDocument(
+                            source=DocumentSource.ConsumeFolder,
+                            original_file=filepath,
+                        ),
+                        overrides,
                     ),
-                    overrides,
                 )
+
+            if delete_originals:
+                logger.info(
+                    "Queueing removal of original document after consumption of the split documents",
+                )
+                chord(header=consume_tasks, body=delete_documents.si([doc.id])).delay()
+            else:
+                group(consume_tasks).delay()
+
     except Exception as e:
         logger.exception(f"Error splitting document {doc.id}: {e}")
 
diff --git a/src/documents/serialisers.py b/src/documents/serialisers.py
index fde3c7566..426527183 100644
--- a/src/documents/serialisers.py
+++ b/src/documents/serialisers.py
@@ -1131,6 +1131,12 @@ class BulkEditSerializer(
         except ValueError:
             raise serializers.ValidationError("invalid pages specified")
 
+        if "delete_originals" in parameters:
+            if not isinstance(parameters["delete_originals"], bool):
+                raise serializers.ValidationError("delete_originals must be a boolean")
+        else:
+            parameters["delete_originals"] = False
+
     def _validate_parameters_delete_pages(self, parameters):
         if "pages" not in parameters:
             raise serializers.ValidationError("pages not specified")
diff --git a/src/documents/views.py b/src/documents/views.py
index 3621931ed..c0ad3c67a 100644
--- a/src/documents/views.py
+++ b/src/documents/views.py
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ class BulkEditView(PassUserMixin):
             )
 
             if (
-                method == bulk_edit.merge
+                method in [bulk_edit.merge, bulk_edit.split]
                 and parameters["delete_originals"]
                 and not user_is_owner_of_all_documents
             ):