diff --git src/wp-admin/css/common.css src/wp-admin/css/common.css
index 694811b..d39d8ef 100644
--- wp-admin/css/common.css
+++ wp-admin/css/common.css
@@ -793,7 +793,8 @@ hr {
 .submitbox .submitdelete,
 #media-items a.delete,
 #media-items a.delete-permanently,
-#nav-menu-footer .menu-delete {
+#nav-menu-footer .menu-delete,
+#delete-link a.delete  {
 	color: #a00;
 }
 
@@ -809,7 +810,8 @@ abbr.required,
 .submitbox .submitdelete:hover,
 #media-items a.delete:hover,
 #media-items a.delete-permanently:hover,
-#nav-menu-footer .menu-delete:hover {
+#nav-menu-footer .menu-delete:hover,
+#delete-link a.delete:hover {
 	color: #f00;
 	text-decoration: none;
 	border: none;
@@ -833,6 +835,17 @@ abbr.required,
 	float: left;
 }
 
+#delete-link {
+	line-height: 28px;
+	vertical-align: middle;
+	text-align: left;
+	margin-left: 15px;
+}
+
+#delete-link a {
+	text-decoration: none;
+}
+
 #publishing-action {
 	text-align: right;
 	float: right;
diff --git src/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php src/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
index 082086f..2201560 100644
--- wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
+++ wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
@@ -196,8 +196,14 @@ if ( 'category' == $taxonomy ) {
  */
 do_action( "{$taxonomy}_edit_form", $tag, $taxonomy );
 
-submit_button( __('Update') );
+submit_button( __('Update'), 'primary', NULL, false, NULL );
 ?>
+
+<?php if ( (int) get_option( 'default_category' ) !== $tag_ID ) : ?>
+<span id="delete-link">
+	<a class="delete" href="<?php echo admin_url( wp_nonce_url( "edit-tags.php?action=delete&taxonomy=$taxonomy&tag_ID=$tag->term_id", 'delete-tag_' . $tag->term_id ) ) ?>"'><?php _e( 'Delete' ); ?></a>
+</span>
+<?php endif; ?>
 </form>
 </div>
 <script type="text/javascript">
diff --git src/wp-admin/edit-tags.php src/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
index 501b585..df3ad4a 100644
--- wp-admin/edit-tags.php
+++ wp-admin/edit-tags.php
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ case 'delete':
 	wp_delete_term( $tag_ID, $taxonomy );
 
 	$location = add_query_arg( 'message', 2, $location );
+	$location = remove_query_arg( array( 'tag_ID', 'action' ), $location );
 
 	break;
 
@@ -122,6 +123,9 @@ case 'edit':
 	$tag = get_term( $tag_ID, $taxonomy, OBJECT, 'edit' );
 	if ( ! $tag )
 		wp_die( __( 'You attempted to edit an item that doesn&#8217;t exist. Perhaps it was deleted?' ) );
+
+	wp_enqueue_script( 'admin-tags' );
+
 	require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/admin-header.php' );
 	include( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php' );
 	include( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/admin-footer.php' );
diff --git src/wp-admin/js/tags.js src/wp-admin/js/tags.js
index 333a2eb..b10c0cc 100644
--- wp-admin/js/tags.js
+++ wp-admin/js/tags.js
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
 		return false;
 	});
 
+	$( '#edittag' ).on( 'click', '.delete', function() {
+		if ( 'undefined' === typeof showNotice ) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return showNotice.warn();
+	});
+
 	$('#submit').click(function(){
 		var form = $(this).parents('form');