diff --git src/wp-admin/css/common.css src/wp-admin/css/common.css
index 6a1e9d7..46d26e2 100644
--- src/wp-admin/css/common.css
+++ src/wp-admin/css/common.css
@@ -810,7 +810,8 @@ 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;
 }
 
@@ -826,7 +827,8 @@ 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;
@@ -850,6 +852,17 @@ abbr.required,
 	float: left;
 }
 
+#delete-link {
+	line-height: 28px;
+	vertical-align: middle;
+	text-align: left;
+	margin-left: 8px;
+}
+
+#delete-link a {
+	text-decoration: none;
+}
+
 #publishing-action {
 	text-align: right;
 	float: right;
diff --git src/wp-admin/css/edit.css src/wp-admin/css/edit.css
index 7d9ef95..d2c6653 100644
--- src/wp-admin/css/edit.css
+++ src/wp-admin/css/edit.css
@@ -1139,6 +1139,22 @@ p.popular-tags a {
 	text-decoration: underline;
 }
 
+#edittag {
+	max-width: 800px;
+}
+
+.edit-tag-actions {
+	margin-top: 20px;
+	overflow: hidden;
+	background-color: #e5e5e5;
+	padding: 10px;
+	margin-right: 10px;
+}
+
+.edit-tag-actions .button-primary {
+	float: right;
+}
+
 /* Comments */
 
 .comment-php .wp-editor-area {
@@ -1362,6 +1378,10 @@ table.links-table {
 }
 
 @media screen and ( max-width: 782px ) {
+	.wp-core-ui .edit-tag-actions .button-primary {
+		margin-bottom: 0;
+	}
+
 	#post-body-content {
 		min-width: 0;
 	}
diff --git src/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php src/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
index 419ddf9..581a646 100644
--- src/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
+++ src/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
@@ -215,9 +215,20 @@ if ( 'category' == $taxonomy ) {
  * @param string $taxonomy Current taxonomy slug.
  */
 do_action( "{$taxonomy}_edit_form", $tag, $taxonomy );
-
-submit_button( __('Update') );
 ?>
+
+<div class="edit-tag-actions">
+
+	<?php submit_button( __( 'Update' ), 'primary', null, false ); ?>
+
+	<?php if ( $tag_ID !== (int) get_option( 'default_category' ) ) : ?>
+		<span id="delete-link">
+			<a class="delete" href="<?php echo admin_url( wp_nonce_url( "edit-tags.php?action=delete&taxonomy=$taxonomy&tag_ID=$tag->term_id", 'delete-tag_' . $tag->term_id ) ) ?>"'><?php _e( 'Delete' ); ?></a>
+		</span>
+	<?php endif; ?>
+
+</div>
+
 </form>
 </div>
 
diff --git src/wp-admin/edit-tags.php src/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
index 044ae0c..ffc0a67 100644
--- src/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
+++ src/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ 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;
 
@@ -123,8 +124,12 @@ case 'edit':
 	$tag_ID = (int) $_REQUEST['tag_ID'];
 
 	$tag = get_term( $tag_ID, $taxonomy, OBJECT, 'edit' );
-	if ( ! $tag )
+	if ( ! $tag ) {
 		wp_die( __( 'You attempted to edit an item that doesn&#8217;t exist. Perhaps it was deleted?' ) );
+	}
+
+	wp_enqueue_script( 'admin-tags' );
+
 	require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/admin-header.php' );
 	include( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php' );
 	include( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/admin-footer.php' );
diff --git src/wp-admin/js/tags.js src/wp-admin/js/tags.js
index 333a2eb..b10c0cc 100644
--- src/wp-admin/js/tags.js
+++ src/wp-admin/js/tags.js
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
 		return false;
 	});
 
+	$( '#edittag' ).on( 'click', '.delete', function() {
+		if ( 'undefined' === typeof showNotice ) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return showNotice.warn();
+	});
+
 	$('#submit').click(function(){
 		var form = $(this).parents('form');