diff --git a/src/components/delete-button/delete-button.css b/src/components/delete-button/delete-button.css
index 6abca7ec0..b8f937eff 100644
--- a/src/components/delete-button/delete-button.css
+++ b/src/components/delete-button/delete-button.css
@@ -6,11 +6,17 @@
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
     justify-content: center;
+    border-radius: 50%;
     user-select: none;
     cursor: pointer;
     transition: all 0.15s ease-out;
 }
 
+.delete-button:focus {
+    outline: none;
+    box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px 4px $motion-transparent;
+}
+
 .delete-button-visible {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
diff --git a/src/components/delete-button/delete-button.jsx b/src/components/delete-button/delete-button.jsx
index 6e84fb983..c4618d43f 100644
--- a/src/components/delete-button/delete-button.jsx
+++ b/src/components/delete-button/delete-button.jsx
@@ -1,39 +1,60 @@
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import React from 'react';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
+import {defineMessages, injectIntl, intlShape} from 'react-intl';
 
 import styles from './delete-button.css';
 import deleteIcon from './icon--delete.svg';
 
-const DeleteButton = props => (
+const messages = defineMessages({
+    delete: {
+        id: 'gui.deleteButton.delete',
+        description: 'Title of the button to delete a sprite, costume or sound',
+        defaultMessage: 'Delete'
+    }
+});
+
+const DeleteButtonComponent = ({
+    className,
+    intl,
+    onClick,
+    setRef,
+    tabIndex,
+    ...props
+}) => (
     <div
-        aria-label="Delete"
+        aria-label={intl.formatMessage(messages.delete)}
         className={classNames(
             styles.deleteButton,
-            props.className
+            className
         )}
+        ref={setRef}
         role="button"
-        tabIndex={props.tabIndex}
-        onClick={props.onClick}
+        tabIndex={tabIndex}
+        onClick={onClick}
+        {...props}
     >
         <div className={styles.deleteButtonVisible}>
             <img
                 className={styles.deleteIcon}
+                draggable={false}
                 src={deleteIcon}
             />
         </div>
     </div>
-
 );
 
-DeleteButton.propTypes = {
+
+DeleteButtonComponent.propTypes = {
     className: PropTypes.string,
+    intl: intlShape,
     onClick: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    setRef: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     tabIndex: PropTypes.number
 };
 
-DeleteButton.defaultProps = {
+DeleteButtonComponent.defaultProps = {
     tabIndex: 0
 };
 
-export default DeleteButton;
+export default injectIntl(DeleteButtonComponent);
diff --git a/src/components/sprite-selector-item/sprite-selector-item.jsx b/src/components/sprite-selector-item/sprite-selector-item.jsx
index 458df186f..e3ed71735 100644
--- a/src/components/sprite-selector-item/sprite-selector-item.jsx
+++ b/src/components/sprite-selector-item/sprite-selector-item.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import classNames from 'classnames';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import React from 'react';
 
-import DeleteButton from '../delete-button/delete-button.jsx';
+import DeleteButton from '../../containers/delete-button.jsx';
 import styles from './sprite-selector-item.css';
 import {ContextMenuTrigger} from 'react-contextmenu';
 import {DangerousMenuItem, ContextMenu, MenuItem} from '../context-menu/context-menu.jsx';
diff --git a/src/containers/delete-button.jsx b/src/containers/delete-button.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..600fbcdee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/containers/delete-button.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import React from 'react';
+import bindAll from 'lodash.bindall';
+
+import DeleteButtonComponent from '../components/delete-button/delete-button.jsx';
+
+class DeleteButton extends React.Component {
+    constructor (props) {
+        super(props);
+        bindAll(this, [
+            'handleKeyPress',
+            'setRef'
+        ]);
+    }
+    componentDidMount () {
+        document.addEventListener('keydown', this.handleKeyPress);
+    }
+    componentWillUnmount () {
+        document.removeEventListener('keydown', this.handleKeyPress);
+    }
+    setRef (ref) {
+        this.ref = ref;
+    }
+    handleKeyPress (event) {
+        if (this.ref === event.currentTarget.activeElement && (event.key === 'Enter' || event.key === ' ')) {
+            this.props.onClick(event);
+            event.preventDefault();
+        }
+    }
+    render () {
+        return (
+            <DeleteButtonComponent
+                className={this.props.className}
+                setRef={this.setRef}
+                tabIndex={this.props.tabIndex}
+                onClick={this.props.onClick}
+            />
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+DeleteButton.propTypes = {
+    className: PropTypes.string,
+    onClick: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    tabIndex: PropTypes.number
+};
+
+DeleteButton.defaultProps = {
+    tabIndex: 0
+};
+
+export default DeleteButton;
diff --git a/test/unit/components/__snapshots__/sprite-selector-item.test.jsx.snap b/test/unit/components/__snapshots__/sprite-selector-item.test.jsx.snap
index f7f19434a..36e144933 100644
--- a/test/unit/components/__snapshots__/sprite-selector-item.test.jsx.snap
+++ b/test/unit/components/__snapshots__/sprite-selector-item.test.jsx.snap
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ exports[`SpriteSelectorItemComponent matches snapshot when given a number and de
     >
       <img
         className={undefined}
+        draggable={false}
         src="test-file-stub"
       />
     </div>
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ exports[`SpriteSelectorItemComponent matches snapshot when selected 1`] = `
     >
       <img
         className={undefined}
+        draggable={false}
         src="test-file-stub"
       />
     </div>
diff --git a/test/unit/components/sprite-selector-item.test.jsx b/test/unit/components/sprite-selector-item.test.jsx
index fb103b4ef..b274d967b 100644
--- a/test/unit/components/sprite-selector-item.test.jsx
+++ b/test/unit/components/sprite-selector-item.test.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import {mountWithIntl, shallowWithIntl, componentWithIntl} from '../../helpers/intl-helpers.jsx';
 import SpriteSelectorItemComponent from '../../../src/components/sprite-selector-item/sprite-selector-item';
-import DeleteButton from '../../../src/components/delete-button/delete-button';
+import DeleteButton from '../../../src/containers/delete-button.jsx';
 
 describe('SpriteSelectorItemComponent', () => {
     let className;