diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/dialogs/DialogConfirmDownload.svelte b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/dialogs/DialogConfirmDownload.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a76d5c3fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/dialogs/DialogConfirmDownload.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+	import DialogConfirmation from '$lib/components/app/dialogs/DialogConfirmation.svelte';
+	import { DownloadConfirmAction } from '$lib/enums';
+	import { modelsStore } from '$lib/stores';
+
+	interface Props {
+		/** Action being confirmed; drives the wording. */
+		action: DownloadConfirmAction;
+		/** `<repo>:<tag>` the action targets. */
+		repoWithTag: string;
+		onClose: () => void;
+		/** Overrides the default store removal; defaults to removing the entry. */
+		onConfirm?: (repoWithTag: string) => void;
+		open?: boolean;
+	}
+
+	let { action, onClose, onConfirm, open = true, repoWithTag }: Props = $props();
+
+	// Both actions resolve through the same store removal (cancelDownload drops a
+	// running download's partial files or a cached model's files); only the copy
+	// differs. One component so the discover chips and the selector rows word the
+	// destructive confirmations identically.
+	const COPY = {
+		[DownloadConfirmAction.CANCEL]: {
+			cancelText: 'Keep downloading',
+			confirmText: 'Cancel download',
+			description: (name: string) =>
+				`This stops the download of ${name} and removes the partial files. Pause it instead to keep the progress.`,
+			title: 'Cancel download'
+		},
+		[DownloadConfirmAction.DELETE]: {
+			cancelText: 'Keep model',
+			confirmText: 'Delete',
+			description: (name: string) =>
+				`This permanently removes ${name} from disk. You can download it again later.`,
+			title: 'Delete model'
+		}
+	} as const;
+
+	let copy = $derived(COPY[action]);
+	let displayName = $derived(modelsStore.toDisplayName(repoWithTag));
+
+	function confirm() {
+		if (onConfirm) onConfirm(repoWithTag);
+		else void modelsStore.status.cancelDownload(repoWithTag);
+
+		onClose();
+	}
+</script>
+
+<DialogConfirmation
+	cancelText={copy.cancelText}
+	confirmText={copy.confirmText}
+	description={copy.description(displayName)}
+	onCancel={onClose}
+	onConfirm={confirm}
+	{open}
+	title={copy.title}
+	variant="destructive"
+/>
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/dialogs/index.ts b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/dialogs/index.ts
index e3963ba499..5f05f91750 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/dialogs/index.ts
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/dialogs/index.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,17 @@ export { default as DialogExportSettings } from './DialogExportSettings.svelte';
  */
 export { default as DialogConfirmation } from './DialogConfirmation.svelte';
 
+/**
+ * **DialogConfirmDownload** - Confirm a destructive download action
+ *
+ * Shared confirmation for stopping/cancelling an in-flight download or deleting
+ * a downloaded model, used by the discover quant chips and the model selector's
+ * download rows so both word the action identically. Owns the copy and the
+ * default store removal; render one instance per surface keyed by the acted-on
+ * repo:tag.
+ */
+export { default as DialogConfirmDownload } from './DialogConfirmDownload.svelte';
+
 /**
  * **DialogConversationRename** - Rename a conversation
  *
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsSelector/ModelsSelectorDownloadItem.svelte b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsSelector/ModelsSelectorDownloadItem.svelte
index 963c380937..a4ff0150ca 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsSelector/ModelsSelectorDownloadItem.svelte
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsSelector/ModelsSelectorDownloadItem.svelte
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 	import ModelsDiscoverAvatar from '../discover/ModelsDiscoverAvatar.svelte';
 	import { Loader2, Pause, Play, X } from '@lucide/svelte';
 	import { ModelId } from '$lib/components/app';
-	import DialogConfirmation from '$lib/components/app/dialogs/DialogConfirmation.svelte';
 	import { HuggingFaceService, ModelsService } from '$lib/services';
 	import { modelsStore } from '$lib/stores';
 	import type { ModelDownloadProgress } from '$lib/types';
@@ -11,12 +10,14 @@
 	interface Props {
 		/** One entry from the status feed: an in-flight or paused download. */
 		entry: { isPaused: boolean; progress: ModelDownloadProgress | null; repoWithTag: string };
+		/**
+		 * Ask the list to confirm cancelling this download. The row owns no dialog;
+		 * the list renders a single shared confirmation.
+		 */
+		onRequestCancel?: (repoWithTag: string) => void;
 	}
 
-	let { entry }: Props = $props();
-
-	// cancel confirmation state
-	let confirmCancelOpen = $state(false);
+	let { entry, onRequestCancel }: Props = $props();
 
 	let percent = $derived(
 		entry.progress && entry.progress.totalBytes > 0
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@
 	<button
 		aria-label="Cancel downloading"
 		class="inline-flex h-4 w-4 shrink-0 scale-75 cursor-pointer items-center justify-center rounded-sm text-muted-foreground/70 opacity-0 transition-[opacity,transform,color] duration-150 ease-[cubic-bezier(0.23,1,0.32,1)] hover:text-destructive group-hover:scale-100 group-hover:opacity-100 [@media(pointer:coarse)]:scale-100 [@media(pointer:coarse)]:opacity-100"
-		onclick={() => (confirmCancelOpen = true)}
+		onclick={() => onRequestCancel?.(entry.repoWithTag)}
 		type="button"
 	>
 		<X class="h-4 w-4" />
@@ -119,18 +120,3 @@
 		/>
 	{/if}
 </div>
-
-<DialogConfirmation
-	cancelText="Keep downloading"
-	confirmText="Cancel download"
-	description={`This stops the download of ${modelsStore.toDisplayName(entry.repoWithTag)} and removes the partial files. Pause it instead to keep the progress.`}
-	onCancel={() => (confirmCancelOpen = false)}
-	onConfirm={() => {
-		confirmCancelOpen = false;
-
-		void modelsStore.status.cancelDownload(entry.repoWithTag);
-	}}
-	open={confirmCancelOpen}
-	title="Cancel download"
-	variant="destructive"
-/>
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsSelector/ModelsSelectorList.svelte b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsSelector/ModelsSelectorList.svelte
index 9834faabf3..786b948741 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsSelector/ModelsSelectorList.svelte
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsSelector/ModelsSelectorList.svelte
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import ModelsSelectorDownloadItem from './ModelsSelectorDownloadItem.svelte';
 	import { ModelsSelectorOption } from '$lib/components/app';
+	import { DialogConfirmDownload } from '$lib/components/app/dialogs';
 	import type { GroupedModelOptions, ModelItem } from '$lib/components/app/navigation/utils';
+	import { DownloadConfirmAction } from '$lib/enums';
 	import { modelsStore } from '$lib/stores';
 
 	interface Props {
@@ -27,6 +29,17 @@
 
 	/** In-flight / paused downloads, tracked by the status feed. */
 	let downloadEntries = $derived(modelsStore.status.downloadEntries());
+
+	// Cancel is confirmed once for the whole list rather than per download row, so
+	// a single dialog instance is mounted however many downloads are in flight.
+	// The target is kept while the dialog closes so its copy stays rendered.
+	let pendingCancel = $state('');
+	let cancelOpen = $state(false);
+
+	function requestCancel(repoWithTag: string) {
+		pendingCancel = repoWithTag;
+		cancelOpen = true;
+	}
 </script>
 
 {#snippet defaultOption(item: ModelItem, _hideOrgName: boolean)}
@@ -60,7 +73,7 @@
 	<p class={sectionHeaderClass}>Download in progress</p>
 
 	{#each downloadEntries as entry (entry.repoWithTag)}
-		<ModelsSelectorDownloadItem {entry} />
+		<ModelsSelectorDownloadItem {entry} onRequestCancel={requestCancel} />
 	{/each}
 {/if}
 
@@ -81,3 +94,10 @@
 		{/each}
 	{/each}
 {/if}
+
+<DialogConfirmDownload
+	action={DownloadConfirmAction.CANCEL}
+	onClose={() => (cancelOpen = false)}
+	open={cancelOpen}
+	repoWithTag={pendingCancel}
+/>
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/discover/ModelsDiscoverDetails/ModelsDiscoverDetailsDownloadOptions/ModelsDiscoverDetailsDownloadOptions.svelte b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/discover/ModelsDiscoverDetails/ModelsDiscoverDetailsDownloadOptions/ModelsDiscoverDetailsDownloadOptions.svelte
index 40783ba065..fa6dd3ec9a 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/discover/ModelsDiscoverDetails/ModelsDiscoverDetailsDownloadOptions/ModelsDiscoverDetailsDownloadOptions.svelte
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/discover/ModelsDiscoverDetails/ModelsDiscoverDetailsDownloadOptions/ModelsDiscoverDetailsDownloadOptions.svelte
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 	import { classify, labelFor } from './download-options.utils';
 	import ModelsDiscoverDetailsDownloadOptionsDownloadCommand from './ModelsDiscoverDetailsDownloadOptionsDownloadCommand.svelte';
 	import ModelsDiscoverDetailsDownloadOptionsRow from './ModelsDiscoverDetailsDownloadOptionsRow.svelte';
-	import DialogConfirmation from '$lib/components/app/dialogs/DialogConfirmation.svelte';
-	import { SelectableFileKind } from '$lib/enums';
+	import { DialogConfirmDownload } from '$lib/components/app/dialogs';
+	import { DownloadConfirmAction, SelectableFileKind } from '$lib/enums';
 	import { HuggingFaceService, ModelsService } from '$lib/services';
 	import { modelsStore } from '$lib/stores';
 	import type { BitDepthRow, DownloadEntryState, QuantOption, SelectableFile } from '$lib/types';
@@ -24,26 +24,25 @@
 	let { bitDepthRows, getDownloadState, modelId }: Props = $props();
 
 	// Destructive chip actions (delete a downloaded model, cancel a download) are
-	// confirmed here rather than inside each chip: one pair of dialogs owned by
-	// the options panel, keyed by the repo+tag the user acted on.
-	let pending: { action: 'cancel' | 'delete'; repoWithTag: string } | null = $state(null);
+	// confirmed here rather than inside each chip: a single shared dialog owned by
+	// the options panel, keyed by the repo+tag the user acted on, so one dialog is
+	// mounted for the whole panel instead of one per chip.
+	// The acted-on target is kept after closing so the copy stays rendered through
+	// the dialog's close transition.
+	let pending: { action: DownloadConfirmAction; repoWithTag: string } = $state({
+		action: DownloadConfirmAction.CANCEL,
+		repoWithTag: ''
+	});
+	let confirmOpen = $state(false);
 
 	function requestCancel(repoWithTag: string) {
-		pending = { action: 'cancel', repoWithTag };
+		pending = { action: DownloadConfirmAction.CANCEL, repoWithTag };
+		confirmOpen = true;
 	}
 
 	function requestDelete(repoWithTag: string) {
-		pending = { action: 'delete', repoWithTag };
-	}
-
-	function closePending() {
-		pending = null;
-	}
-
-	function confirmPending() {
-		if (pending) void modelsStore.status.cancelDownload(pending.repoWithTag);
-
-		pending = null;
+		pending = { action: DownloadConfirmAction.DELETE, repoWithTag };
+		confirmOpen = true;
 	}
 
 	function stateFor(repoWithTag: string, filePath: string, isSidecar: boolean): DownloadEntryState {
@@ -157,16 +156,9 @@
 	</section>
 {/if}
 
-{#if pending}
-	<DialogConfirmation
-		confirmText={pending.action === 'delete' ? 'Delete' : 'Cancel download'}
-		description={pending.action === 'delete'
-			? `This permanently removes ${modelsStore.toDisplayName(pending.repoWithTag)} from disk. You can download it again later.`
-			: `This stops the download of ${modelsStore.toDisplayName(pending.repoWithTag)} and removes the partial files. Pause it instead to keep the progress.`}
-		onCancel={closePending}
-		onConfirm={confirmPending}
-		open
-		title={pending.action === 'delete' ? 'Delete model' : 'Cancel download'}
-		variant="destructive"
-	/>
-{/if}
+<DialogConfirmDownload
+	action={pending.action}
+	onClose={() => (confirmOpen = false)}
+	open={confirmOpen}
+	repoWithTag={pending.repoWithTag}
+/>
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/enums/index.ts b/tools/ui/src/lib/enums/index.ts
index 3f16626acd..a9d78b89e5 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/enums/index.ts
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/enums/index.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export {
 	SelectableFileKind
 } from './model.enums';
 
-export { DownloadStopRequest } from './model.enums';
+export { DownloadConfirmAction, DownloadStopRequest } from './model.enums';
 
 export { ServerRole, ServerModelStatus, ServerModelsSseEventType } from './server.enums';
 
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/enums/model.enums.ts b/tools/ui/src/lib/enums/model.enums.ts
index d781a778f9..abb6160346 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/enums/model.enums.ts
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/enums/model.enums.ts
@@ -56,3 +56,13 @@ export enum DownloadStopRequest {
 	CANCEL = 'cancel',
 	PAUSE = 'pause'
 }
+
+/**
+ * Destructive download action the user is asked to confirm: stop and discard an
+ * in-flight download, or delete an already-downloaded model from disk. Both
+ * resolve through the same store removal call, differing only in the copy.
+ */
+export enum DownloadConfirmAction {
+	CANCEL = 'cancel',
+	DELETE = 'delete'
+}