diff --git a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/ai/catalog/components/ai_catalog_item_actions.vue b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/ai/catalog/components/ai_catalog_item_actions.vue
index a2292fef01426b98b867f6a11a07dd9968158215..95dd0aabb723e1db5d9f3a3cc068463759b2e3d6 100644
--- a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/ai/catalog/components/ai_catalog_item_actions.vue
+++ b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/ai/catalog/components/ai_catalog_item_actions.vue
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ export default {
           }
         : { isProjectNamespace: this.showEnable };
     },
+    deleteOptions() {
+      return DELETE_OPTIONS(this.itemTypeLabel);
+    },
   },
   methods: {
     onClickEnable() {
@@ -207,8 +210,11 @@ export default {
         page: TRACK_EVENT_PAGE_SHOW,
       });
     },
+    openDeleteModal() {
+      this.forceHardDelete = this.canHardDelete;
+      this.showDeleteModal = true;
+    },
   },
-  DELETE_OPTIONS,
   adminModeDocsLink: helpPagePath('/administration/settings/sign_in_restrictions', {
     anchor: 'admin-mode',
   }),
@@ -308,7 +314,7 @@ export default {
         v-if="canAdmin"
         variant="danger"
         data-testid="delete-button"
-        @action="showDeleteModal = true"
+        @action="openDeleteModal"
       >
         <template #list-item>
           <span class="gl-flex gl-gap-2">
@@ -339,21 +345,17 @@ export default {
           {{ s__('AICatalog|Deletion method') }}
         </label>
         <p class="gl-mb-3 gl-text-subtle">
-          {{ s__('AICatalog|You can also use the GraphQL API to delete items.') }}
+          <gl-sprintf
+            :message="s__('AICatalog|Choose whether to delete or hide this %{itemType}.')"
+          >
+            <template #itemType>{{ itemTypeLabel }}</template>
+          </gl-sprintf>
         </p>
         <gl-form-radio-group id="delete-method" v-model="forceHardDelete">
-          <gl-form-radio
-            v-for="option in $options.DELETE_OPTIONS"
-            :key="option.text"
-            :value="option.value"
-          >
+          <gl-form-radio v-for="option in deleteOptions" :key="option.text" :value="option.value">
             {{ option.text }}
             <template #help>
-              <gl-sprintf :message="option.help">
-                <template #link="{ content }">
-                  <gl-link :href="$options.adminModeDocsLink">{{ content }}</gl-link>
-                </template>
-              </gl-sprintf>
+              {{ option.help }}
             </template>
           </gl-form-radio>
         </gl-form-radio-group>
diff --git a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/ai/catalog/constants.js b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/ai/catalog/constants.js
index 6ecad310b2b0f5c17bf6931e2e1420b568d11257..e037f3fe2e27eebc863a8ef1feb5ea42000f6930 100644
--- a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/ai/catalog/constants.js
+++ b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/ai/catalog/constants.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { __, s__ } from '~/locale';
-
+import { __, s__, sprintf } from '~/locale';
 import {
   VISIBILITY_LEVEL_PUBLIC_STRING,
   VISIBILITY_LEVEL_PRIVATE_STRING,
@@ -148,19 +147,20 @@ export const AI_CATALOG_ITEM_TYPE_APOLLO_CONFIG = {
   },
 };
 
-export const DELETE_OPTIONS = [
+export const DELETE_OPTIONS = (itemTypeLabel) => [
   {
     value: true,
-    text: s__('AICatalog|Hard delete (Recommended)'),
-    help: s__(
-      'AICatalog|Permanently deletes the item from the catalog. This action cannot be undone. You must be in %{linkStart}Admin Mode%{linkEnd}.',
-    ),
+    text: s__('AICatalog|Delete permanently'),
+    help: s__('AICatalog|This action cannot be undone.'),
   },
   {
     value: false,
-    text: s__('AICatalog|Soft delete'),
-    help: s__(
-      'AICatalog|The item will be hidden from the catalog but remain functional for projects and groups already using it.',
+    text: s__('AICatalog|Hide from the AI Catalog'),
+    help: sprintf(
+      s__(
+        'AICatalog|Users can continue to use the %{itemType} in the groups and projects it is enabled in.',
+      ),
+      { itemType: itemTypeLabel },
     ),
   },
 ];
diff --git a/ee/spec/frontend/ai/catalog/components/ai_catalog_item_actions_spec.js b/ee/spec/frontend/ai/catalog/components/ai_catalog_item_actions_spec.js
index 225a529a6bdf0ddba258f6a5ad08e10d1c744853..48d6a73859d781fa4f258cf86d9ec0fa4ab16866 100644
--- a/ee/spec/frontend/ai/catalog/components/ai_catalog_item_actions_spec.js
+++ b/ee/spec/frontend/ai/catalog/components/ai_catalog_item_actions_spec.js
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ describe('AiCatalogItemActions', () => {
   const findDeleteButton = () => wrapper.findByTestId('delete-button');
   const findDeleteModal = () => wrapper.findByTestId('delete-item-modal');
 
+  const openDeleteModal = async () => {
+    findDeleteButton().vm.$emit('action');
+    await nextTick();
+  };
+
   describe('when user can report item', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       createComponent({
@@ -362,13 +367,48 @@ describe('AiCatalogItemActions', () => {
       });
 
       it('displays deletion method radio buttons', async () => {
-        findDeleteButton().vm.$emit('action');
-
-        await nextTick();
+        await openDeleteModal();
 
         expect(findDeleteModal().exists()).toBe(true);
         expect(findDeleteModal().findComponent(GlFormRadioGroup).exists()).toBe(true);
       });
+
+      it('displays deletion method radio buttons with hard delete option selected', async () => {
+        await openDeleteModal();
+
+        const radioGroup = findDeleteModal().findComponent(GlFormRadioGroup);
+        expect(radioGroup.attributes('checked')).toBe('true');
+      });
+
+      it('calls deleteFn with forceHardDelete set to true if hard delete is selected', async () => {
+        await openDeleteModal();
+
+        const deleteModal = findDeleteModal();
+        const radioGroup = deleteModal.findComponent(GlFormRadioGroup);
+        radioGroup.vm.$emit('input', true);
+
+        await nextTick();
+
+        const actionFn = deleteModal.props('actionFn');
+        await actionFn();
+
+        expect(defaultProps.deleteFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
+      });
+
+      it('calls deleteFn with forceHardDelete set to false if soft delete is selected', async () => {
+        await openDeleteModal();
+
+        const deleteModal = findDeleteModal();
+        const radioGroup = deleteModal.findComponent(GlFormRadioGroup);
+        radioGroup.vm.$emit('input', false);
+
+        await nextTick();
+
+        const actionFn = deleteModal.props('actionFn');
+        await actionFn();
+
+        expect(defaultProps.deleteFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
+      });
     });
 
     describe('when user cannot hard delete', () => {
@@ -387,12 +427,20 @@ describe('AiCatalogItemActions', () => {
       });
 
       it('does not display deletion method radio buttons', async () => {
-        findDeleteButton().vm.$emit('action');
-
-        await nextTick();
+        await openDeleteModal();
 
         expect(findDeleteModal().findComponent(GlFormRadioGroup).exists()).toBe(false);
       });
+
+      it('calls deleteFn with forceHardDelete set to false', async () => {
+        await openDeleteModal();
+
+        const deleteModal = findDeleteModal();
+        const actionFn = deleteModal.props('actionFn');
+        await actionFn();
+
+        expect(defaultProps.deleteFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
+      });
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 27ff1c676bb9192f46a29527f9827dfca3f605d5..551c7cffa9f33ef7e5882dc6f7113f43794fffad 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -2622,6 +2622,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "AICatalog|Choose what events in this project trigger the %{itemType}. You can change this later."
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "AICatalog|Choose whether to delete or hide this %{itemType}."
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "AICatalog|Choose who can view and interact with this agent."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2712,6 +2715,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "AICatalog|Delete %{itemType}"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "AICatalog|Delete permanently"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "AICatalog|Deletion method"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2892,7 +2898,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "AICatalog|Group is required."
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "AICatalog|Hard delete (Recommended)"
+msgid "AICatalog|Hide from the AI Catalog"
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "AICatalog|Hypothetical or low risk security flaws that could be exploited."
@@ -2973,9 +2979,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "AICatalog|Other"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "AICatalog|Permanently deletes the item from the catalog. This action cannot be undone. You must be in %{linkStart}Admin Mode%{linkEnd}."
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "AICatalog|Please describe below."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -3054,9 +3057,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "AICatalog|Shared resources."
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "AICatalog|Soft delete"
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "AICatalog|Spam or low quality"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -3075,9 +3075,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "AICatalog|The item consumer must belong to only one organization, group, or project"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "AICatalog|The item will be hidden from the catalog but remain functional for projects and groups already using it."
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "AICatalog|The service account is part of a composite identity that runs the agent. This identity combines the user's role with the service account's role and uses the more restrictive of the two."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -3105,6 +3102,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "AICatalog|This YAML configuration file determines the prompts, tools, and capabilities of your flow. Required properties: version, environment, components, prompts, routers, flow."
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "AICatalog|This action cannot be undone."
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "AICatalog|This agent can be viewed only by members of this project, or by users with the Owner role for the top-level group. This agent can't be shared with other projects."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -3180,6 +3180,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "AICatalog|Use flows to automate complex, multi-step tasks."
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "AICatalog|Users can continue to use the %{itemType} in the groups and projects it is enabled in."
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "AICatalog|View enabled version"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -3216,9 +3219,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "AICatalog|You are an expert in [domain]. Your communication style is [style]. When helping users, you should always... Your key strengths include... You approach problems by..."
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "AICatalog|You can also use the GraphQL API to delete items."
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "AICatalog|You must have the Owner role to add a flow to a group. Only top-level groups are shown."
 msgstr ""