diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/split-merge/split-merge.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/split-merge/split-merge.component.html
index 92ec428e..8a9fb059 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/split-merge/split-merge.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/split-merge/split-merge.component.html
@@ -18,12 +18,24 @@
 
 <div class="row">
   <div class="col-lg-6">
-    <div class="btn-toolbar" role="toolbar">
-      <button class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary w-100" i18n-title title="Add Documents" (click)="chooseDocuments()">
-        <svg width="1em" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="currentColor">
-          <use xlink:href="assets/bootstrap-icons.svg#plus-circle" />
-        </svg>&nbsp;<ng-container i18n>Add Documents</ng-container>
-      </button>
+    <div class="btn-toolbar justify-content-between" role="toolbar">
+      <div class="btn-group">
+        <button class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" i18n-title title="Add Documents" (click)="chooseDocuments()">
+          <svg width="1em" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="currentColor">
+            <use xlink:href="assets/bootstrap-icons.svg#plus-circle" />
+          </svg>&nbsp;<ng-container i18n>Add Documents</ng-container>
+        </button>
+      </div>
+
+      <label class="text-muted ml-auto mr-2" i18n>Source documents:</label>
+      <div class="btn-group btn-group-sm btn-group-toggle" ngbRadioGroup name="radioBasic" [(ngModel)]="delete_source_documents">
+        <label ngbButtonLabel class="btn-outline-primary">
+          <input ngbButton type="radio" [value]="false"><ng-container i18n>Copy</ng-container>
+        </label>
+        <label ngbButtonLabel class="btn-outline-danger">
+          <input ngbButton type="radio" [value]="true"><ng-container i18n>Delete</ng-container>
+        </label>
+      </div>
     </div>
     <div class="py-4" dndDropzone (dndDrop)="onDrop($event, documents)">
       <div class="spacer bg-primary" dndPlaceholderRef>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/split-merge/split-merge.component.scss b/src-ui/src/app/components/split-merge/split-merge.component.scss
index 400f9069..7ea37f73 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/split-merge/split-merge.component.scss
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/split-merge/split-merge.component.scss
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-
 .split-document-preview ::ng-deep .ng2-pdf-viewer-container {
   width: 1px !important;
   height: 1px !important;
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ app-input-debounce {
     height: 20px;
     opacity: 0.5;
     background-color: transparent !important;
-    background-image: url('data:image/svg+xml;utf8, <svg viewBox="0 0 200 110" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M -15 110 L100 10 L215 110" fill="none" stroke="%23000000" stroke-width="1" vector-effect="non-scaling-stroke"/></svg>');
+    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8, <svg viewBox='0 0 200 110' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'><path d='M -15 110 L100 10 L215 110' fill='none' stroke='%23000000' stroke-width='1' vector-effect='non-scaling-stroke'/></svg>");
     background-position: bottom left;
     background-size: 2% auto;
     background-repeat: repeat-x;
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ app-input-debounce {
   h6 {
     text-transform: uppercase;
     text-align: center;
-    letter-spacing: .1em;
+    letter-spacing: 0.1em;
     margin-top: -20px !important;
     z-index: 10;
   }
@@ -97,3 +96,8 @@ app-input-debounce {
     pointer-events: all;
   }
 }
+
+.btn-toolbar > label {
+  line-height: 2rem;
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+}
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/split-merge/split-merge.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/split-merge/split-merge.component.ts
index 40e1e5b9..e3161dea 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/split-merge/split-merge.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/split-merge/split-merge.component.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ import { PageChooserComponent } from 'src/app/components/common/page-chooser/pag
 export class SplitMergeComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
   public loading: boolean = false
+
   public previewUrls: string[] = []
 
+  public delete_source_documents: boolean = false
+
   private previewDebounce$ = new Subject()
 
   private previewSub: Subscription
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ export class SplitMergeComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   save(preview: boolean = false) {
     this.loading = true
     this.previewUrls = []
-    this.splitMergeService.executeSplitMerge(preview, false, SplitMergeMetadata.COPY_FIRST).subscribe(
+    this.splitMergeService.executeSplitMerge(preview, this.delete_source_documents, SplitMergeMetadata.COPY_FIRST).subscribe(
       result => {
         console.log('API split_merge result:', result)
         this.loading = false
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/services/split-merge.service.ts b/src-ui/src/app/services/split-merge.service.ts
index 9ea5f96e..705af848 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/services/split-merge.service.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/services/split-merge.service.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ export class SplitMergeService {
         currentDocument.push({document: d.id, pages: (d as PaperlessDocumentPart).pages?.join(',')})
       }
     })
-    console.log(split_merge_plan);
 
     let request: SplitMergeRequest = {
       delete_source: delete_source,