diff --git a/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/UIDashboard.js b/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/UIDashboard.js
index c3537b813..0dddb95cf 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/UIDashboard.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/UIDashboard.js
@@ -266,10 +266,17 @@ async function UIDashboard (options) {
     window.socket.on('item.moved', async (resp) => {
         if ( resp.original_client_socket_id === window.socket.id ) return;
 
-        // Fade out old item from view
-        $(`.item[data-uid='${resp.uid}']`).fadeOut(150, function () {
-            $(this).remove();
-        });
+        // Fade out the stale row at the item's OLD location only. A moved item
+        // keeps its uid, so removing by uid would also match the row at the new
+        // location — and when the destination is the directory currently in
+        // view (e.g. after spring-loading a folder open mid-drag), that deletes
+        // the freshly-added row instead of the stale one.
+        const old_path = resp.old_path ?? resp.from_path;
+        if ( old_path ) {
+            $(`.item[data-path='${html_encode(old_path)}']`).fadeOut(150, function () {
+                $(this).remove();
+            });
+        }
 
         // Create new item at destination if user is viewing that directory
         if ( window.UIDashboardFileItem ) {
diff --git a/src/gui/src/helpers.js b/src/gui/src/helpers.js
index 37963381c..ce6c1fc3e 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/helpers.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/helpers.js
@@ -1817,8 +1817,12 @@ window.move_items = async function (el_items, dest_path, is_undo = false) {
                 // update all shortcut_to_path
                 $(`.item[data-shortcut_to_path="${html_encode($(el_item).attr('data-path'))}" i]`).attr('data-shortcut_to_path', fsentry.path);
 
-                // Remove all items with matching uids
-                $(`.item[data-uid='${$(el_item).attr('data-uid')}']`).fadeOut(150, function () {
+                // Remove all items with matching uids from their OLD location(s).
+                // Exclude any row already at the item's new path: a concurrent
+                // item.moved socket handler may have just created a row at the
+                // destination (e.g. the dashboard file view showing the target
+                // directory), and removing by uid alone would delete it too.
+                $(`.item[data-uid='${$(el_item).attr('data-uid')}']`).not(`[data-path="${html_encode(fsentry.path)}" i]`).fadeOut(150, function () {
                     // find all parent windows that contain this item
                     let parent_windows = $(`.item[data-uid='${$(el_item).attr('data-uid')}']`).closest('.window');
                     // remove this item