diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/animation.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/animation.rs
index c3e27804..1a97a3b3 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/animation.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/animation.rs
@@ -525,4 +525,46 @@ mod tests {
         s.execute("animation.painterApply", &json!({"ids": [id3]})).unwrap();
         assert!(s.anim_painter.is_some());
     }
+
+    fn setup_triggers() -> (Session, [u64; 4]) {
+        let mut s = Session::with_new();
+        let mut ids = [0u64; 4];
+        for (slot, x) in ids.iter_mut().zip([10.0, 150.0, 300.0, 450.0]) {
+            let r = s.execute("shape.insert", &json!({"preset": "rect", "rect": [x, 10.0, 100.0, 100.0]})).unwrap();
+            *slot = r.get("id").unwrap().as_u64().unwrap();
+        }
+        (s, ids)
+    }
+
+    fn triggers(s: &Session) -> Vec<Option<deckcraft_model::ShapeId>> {
+        s.doc().unwrap().current_slide().unwrap().animations.iter().map(|x| x.trigger).collect()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn deleting_a_trigger_shape_clears_the_trigger() {
+        let (mut s, [a, b, c, d]) = setup_triggers();
+        let id = |v: u64| Some(deckcraft_model::ShapeId(v as u32));
+        s.execute("animation.add", &json!({"effect": "fade", "ids": [a]})).unwrap();
+        s.execute("animation.add", &json!({"effect": "fade", "ids": [d]})).unwrap();
+        s.execute("animation.timing", &json!({"index": 0, "trigger": b})).unwrap();
+        s.execute("animation.timing", &json!({"index": 1, "trigger": c})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(triggers(&s), vec![id(b), id(c)]);
+
+        s.execute("edit.delete", &json!({"ids": [b]})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(triggers(&s), vec![None, id(c)], "only the deleted trigger is cleared");
+        assert_eq!(s.doc().unwrap().current_slide().unwrap().animations.len(), 2, "the animated shapes keep their effects");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn deleting_a_group_clears_triggers_of_its_children() {
+        let (mut s, [a, b, c, _]) = setup_triggers();
+        let g = s.execute("arrange.group", &json!({"ids": [b, c]})).unwrap().get("id").unwrap().as_u64().unwrap();
+        s.execute("animation.add", &json!({"effect": "fade", "ids": [a]})).unwrap();
+        s.execute("animation.timing", &json!({"index": 0, "trigger": b})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(triggers(&s), vec![Some(deckcraft_model::ShapeId(b as u32))]);
+
+        s.execute("edit.delete", &json!({"ids": [g]})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(triggers(&s), vec![None], "the trigger was inside the deleted group");
+        assert_eq!(s.doc().unwrap().current_slide().unwrap().animations.len(), 1);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs
index fdb30f1e..cb552d65 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs
@@ -572,12 +572,24 @@ fn delete(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     }
     s.edit(|doc, sel| {
         let shapes = crate::shapes_mut(doc, sel).ok_or_else(|| bad("edit.delete", "no slide"))?;
+        let mut before = Vec::new();
+        deckcraft_model::walk(shapes, &mut |s, _| before.push(s.id));
         let n = remove_shapes(shapes, &ids);
+        // Everything that is gone: the given ids plus group descendants and emptied groups.
+        let mut left = Vec::new();
+        deckcraft_model::walk(shapes, &mut |s, _| left.push(s.id));
+        let mut gone = ids.clone();
+        gone.extend(before.into_iter().filter(|i| !left.contains(i)));
         // Animations of deleted shapes go too.
         if sel.target == crate::Target::Slides
             && let Some(sl) = doc.slides.get_mut(sel.slide)
         {
-            Arc::make_mut(sl).animations.retain(|a| !ids.contains(&a.shape));
+            let sl = Arc::make_mut(sl);
+            sl.animations.retain(|a| !gone.contains(&a.shape));
+            // Effects triggered by a deleted shape fall back to the main sequence.
+            for a in sl.animations.iter_mut().filter(|a| a.trigger.is_some_and(|t| gone.contains(&t))) {
+                a.trigger = None;
+            }
         }
         sel.shapes.retain(|i| !ids.contains(i));
         sel.text = None;