diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/favorites/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/favorites/+page.svelte
index dab700d6..225c6b20 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/favorites/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/favorites/+page.svelte
@@ -286,31 +286,10 @@
 	// prunes its own selection when items reload) — benches/ROUND11.md §S1.
 	type Selectable = FileItem | FolderItem;
 
-	function batchTargets(sel: Selectable[]) {
-		return sel.map((i) => ({ id: i.id, name: i.name, kind: kindOf(i) }));
-	}
-
 	function batchDownload(sel: Selectable[]) {
 		for (const i of sel) downloadItem(i);
 	}
 
-	async function batchDelete(sel: Selectable[]) {
-		const ok = await confirmDialog({
-			title: t('common.delete', 'Delete'),
-			message: t('files.confirm_delete_n', { count: sel.length }, 'Delete {{count}} item(s)?'),
-			confirmText: t('common.delete', 'Delete'),
-			danger: true
-		});
-		if (!ok) return;
-		try {
-			await Promise.all(sel.map((i) => (isFile(i) ? deleteFile(i.id) : deleteFolder(i.id))));
-			const removed = new Set(sel.map((i) => i.id));
-			raw = raw.filter((i) => !removed.has(i.resource.id));
-		} catch (e) {
-			errorToast(e);
-		}
-	}
-
 	onMount(() => load(true));
 </script>
 
@@ -352,25 +331,25 @@
 	}}
 >
 	{#snippet batchActions(sel)}
+		<!--
+			Favorites-scoped batch cluster: Download stays. Move + Delete
+			were destructive-to-content operations carried over from the
+			pre-refactor menu; on a favorites *bookmarks* view they
+			belong in the row's context menu (rename/move/delete via
+			`contextActions`), not in the batch bar. Batch "remove from
+			favorite" un-stars the selected rows without touching the
+			underlying files — mirrors the per-row favorite star.
+		-->
 		<Button
 			icon="download"
 			data-testid="favorites-batch-download-btn"
 			onclick={() => batchDownload(sel)}>{t('common.download', 'Download')}</Button
 		>
 		<Button
-			icon="arrows-alt"
-			data-testid="favorites-batch-move-btn"
-			onclick={() => {
-				moveTarget = null;
-				moveItems = batchTargets(sel);
-				moveOpen = true;
-			}}>{t('files.move', 'Move')}</Button
-		>
-		<Button
-			variant="danger"
-			icon="trash"
-			data-testid="favorites-batch-delete-btn"
-			onclick={() => batchDelete(sel)}>{t('common.delete', 'Delete')}</Button
+			icon="star-outline"
+			data-testid="favorites-batch-remove-btn"
+			onclick={() => sel.forEach(unfavorite)}
+			>{t('files.unfavorite', 'Remove favorite')}</Button
 		>
 	{/snippet}
 </ResourceList>
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/favorites/page.test.ts b/frontend/src/routes/favorites/page.test.ts
index cd0277ff..989a45bc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/favorites/page.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/favorites/page.test.ts
@@ -86,13 +86,18 @@ it('unfavorites a row via the star button', async () => {
 	await waitFor(() => expect(removeFavorite).toHaveBeenCalledWith('file', 'f1'));
 });
 
-it('batch-deletes selected favorites after confirmation', async () => {
+it('batch-removes-from-favorite the selection', async () => {
+	// /favorites' batch bar was intentionally trimmed to Download +
+	// Remove-from-favorite. Bulk-deleting the underlying file from
+	// this view (previous behaviour) confused the "this is a
+	// bookmarks list" semantics — destructive actions belong in the
+	// row's context menu, not in the batch bar. This test pins the
+	// new shape: batch button just un-stars the selection.
 	withOneFile();
-	confirmDialog.mockResolvedValue(true);
-	m(deleteFile).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+	m(removeFavorite).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
 	render(FavoritesPage);
 	await screen.findByText('photo.png');
 	await fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('resource-list-select-f1-checkbox'));
-	await fireEvent.click(await screen.findByTestId('favorites-batch-delete-btn'));
-	await waitFor(() => expect(deleteFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith('f1'));
+	await fireEvent.click(await screen.findByTestId('favorites-batch-remove-btn'));
+	await waitFor(() => expect(removeFavorite).toHaveBeenCalledWith('file', 'f1'));
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/recent/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/recent/+page.svelte
index 84c7e0b5..c1ff3477 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/recent/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/recent/+page.svelte
@@ -319,31 +319,10 @@
 	// prunes its own selection when items reload) — benches/ROUND11.md §S1.
 	type Selectable = FileItem | FolderItem;
 
-	function batchTargets(sel: Selectable[]) {
-		return sel.map((i) => ({ id: i.id, name: i.name, kind: kindOf(i) }));
-	}
-
 	function batchDownload(sel: Selectable[]) {
 		for (const i of sel) downloadItem(i);
 	}
 
-	async function batchDelete(sel: Selectable[]) {
-		const ok = await confirmDialog({
-			title: t('common.delete', 'Delete'),
-			message: t('files.confirm_delete_n', { count: sel.length }, 'Delete {{count}} item(s)?'),
-			confirmText: t('common.delete', 'Delete'),
-			danger: true
-		});
-		if (!ok) return;
-		try {
-			await Promise.all(sel.map((i) => (isFile(i) ? deleteFile(i.id) : deleteFolder(i.id))));
-			const removed = new Set(sel.map((i) => i.id));
-			raw = raw.filter((i) => !removed.has(i.resource.id));
-		} catch (e) {
-			errorToast(e);
-		}
-	}
-
 	onMount(() => {
 		void load(true);
 	});
@@ -401,25 +380,26 @@
 		{/if}
 	{/snippet}
 	{#snippet batchActions(sel)}
+		<!--
+			Recent-scoped batch cluster: what makes sense on a HISTORY
+			view. Download stays (common bulk fetch). Move + Delete
+			were destructive-to-content actions carried over from the
+			pre-refactor menu; on a history view they belong in the
+			row's context menu (rename/move/delete via `contextActions`
+			above), not in the batch bar. Batch "remove from recent"
+			mirrors the per-row broom and forgets the selected rows
+			from history without touching the files themselves.
+		-->
 		<Button
 			icon="download"
 			data-testid="recent-batch-download-btn"
 			onclick={() => batchDownload(sel)}>{t('common.download', 'Download')}</Button
 		>
 		<Button
-			icon="arrows-alt"
-			data-testid="recent-batch-move-btn"
-			onclick={() => {
-				moveTarget = null;
-				moveItems = batchTargets(sel);
-				moveOpen = true;
-			}}>{t('files.move', 'Move')}</Button
-		>
-		<Button
-			variant="danger"
-			icon="trash"
-			data-testid="recent-batch-delete-btn"
-			onclick={() => batchDelete(sel)}>{t('common.delete', 'Delete')}</Button
+			icon="broom"
+			data-testid="recent-batch-remove-btn"
+			onclick={() => sel.forEach(removeItem)}
+			>{t('recent.remove_item', 'Remove from recent')}</Button
 		>
 	{/snippet}
 	{#snippet itemActions(item)}
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/recent/page.test.ts b/frontend/src/routes/recent/page.test.ts
index 63076714..1aae3136 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/recent/page.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/recent/page.test.ts
@@ -92,15 +92,20 @@ it('removes a recent row via the broom button', async () => {
 	await waitFor(() => expect(removeFromRecent).toHaveBeenCalledWith('file', 'r1'));
 });
 
-it('batch-deletes selected recent items after confirmation', async () => {
+it('batch-removes-from-recent the selection', async () => {
+	// /recent's batch bar was intentionally trimmed to Download +
+	// Remove-from-recent. Bulk-deleting the underlying file from
+	// this history view (previous behaviour) confused the "this is
+	// activity log" semantics — destructive actions belong in the
+	// row's context menu, not in the batch bar. This test pins the
+	// new shape: batch button just forgets the selection from history.
 	withOneFile();
-	confirmDialog.mockResolvedValue(true);
-	m(deleteFile).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+	m(removeFromRecent).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
 	render(RecentPage);
 	await screen.findByText('notes.txt');
 	await fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('resource-list-select-r1-checkbox'));
-	await fireEvent.click(await screen.findByTestId('recent-batch-delete-btn'));
-	await waitFor(() => expect(deleteFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith('r1'));
+	await fireEvent.click(await screen.findByTestId('recent-batch-remove-btn'));
+	await waitFor(() => expect(removeFromRecent).toHaveBeenCalledWith('file', 'r1'));
 });
 
 it('renders an empty state when there is no recent activity', async () => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/trash/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/trash/+page.svelte
index 83913fdb..beb4c2af 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/trash/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/trash/+page.svelte
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 	import { formatDate } from '$lib/utils/display';
 	import type { Drive, FileItem, FolderItem, TrashResourceItem } from '$lib/api/types';
 	import Icon from '$lib/icons/Icon.svelte';
+	import Button from '$lib/components/Button.svelte';
 	import ResourceList, {
 		isFile,
 		type GroupByDef,
@@ -290,24 +291,27 @@
 		{/if}
 	{/snippet}
 	{#snippet batchActions(sel)}
-		<button
-			class="btn-action"
+		<!--
+			Use the shared `<Button>` component here (not the icon-only
+			`.btn-action` chip used for per-row `itemActions` above). The
+			batch bar renders text next to the glyph — `.btn-action` is
+			fixed 28x28 with no room for a label, and shoving text
+			inside was overlapping the icon. `<Button>` picks up the
+			standard action-bar sizing and reads consistently with
+			`/recent` and `/favorites` batch clusters.
+		-->
+		<Button
+			icon="undo"
 			data-testid="trash-batch-restore-btn"
-			title={t('trash.restore', 'Restore')}
-			onclick={() => sel.forEach(restore)}
+			onclick={() => sel.forEach(restore)}>{t('trash.restore', 'Restore')}</Button
 		>
-			<Icon name="undo" />
-			{t('trash.restore', 'Restore')}
-		</button>
-		<button
-			class="btn-action btn-action--delete"
+		<Button
+			variant="danger"
+			icon="trash"
 			data-testid="trash-batch-delete-btn"
-			title={t('trash.delete', 'Delete permanently')}
 			onclick={() => sel.forEach(purge)}
+			>{t('trash.delete', 'Delete permanently')}</Button
 		>
-			<Icon name="trash" />
-			{t('trash.delete', 'Delete permanently')}
-		</button>
 	{/snippet}
 	{#snippet rowBadge(_item, ctx)}
 		{@const chip = expiryChip(ctx?.date)}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/spa/favorites.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/spa/favorites.spec.ts
index 9d5a476a..165fd0f1 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/spa/favorites.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/spa/favorites.spec.ts
@@ -55,8 +55,12 @@ test('favorites batch select-all then move dialog', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.getByTestId('resource-list-select-all-checkbox').check();
   await expect(page.getByTestId('resource-list-batch-close-btn')).toBeVisible();
 
-  // Batch-move opens the move dialog; cancel it.
-  await page.getByTestId('favorites-batch-move-btn').click();
-  await expect(page.getByTestId('move-dialog')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
-  await page.getByTestId('move-dialog-cancel-btn').click();
+  // Batch-remove-from-favorite un-stars every selected row without
+  // touching the underlying file — the /favorites batch bar was
+  // trimmed to Download + Remove-from-favorite (destructive-to-content
+  // actions moved into the row context menu). Verify the two folders
+  // vanish from the list after the click.
+  await page.getByTestId('favorites-batch-remove-btn').click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId(f1)).toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 15_000 });
+  await expect(page.getByTestId(f2)).toHaveCount(0);
 });
diff --git a/tests/e2e/spa/recent.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/spa/recent.spec.ts
index ddd24cd5..ad9b0c0a 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/spa/recent.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/spa/recent.spec.ts
@@ -23,12 +23,15 @@ test('recent shows accessed items, batch selection, and clear', async ({ page })
   await expect(page.getByTestId('appshell-logo-link')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
 
   // Switch to list view (reveals the select-all header) and batch-select.
+  // /recent's batch bar was trimmed to Download + Remove-from-recent
+  // (destructive-to-content actions moved into the row context menu),
+  // so this exercises the new remove-from-recent batch instead of the
+  // old batch-move-into-dialog flow.
   await page.getByTestId('display-mode-view-list-btn').click({ timeout: 3_000 }).catch(() => {});
   const selectAll = page.getByTestId('resource-list-select-all-checkbox');
   if (await selectAll.isVisible().catch(() => false)) {
     await selectAll.check();
-    await page.getByTestId('recent-batch-move-btn').click({ timeout: 3_000 }).catch(() => {});
-    await page.getByTestId('move-dialog-cancel-btn').click({ timeout: 3_000 }).catch(() => {});
+    await page.getByTestId('recent-batch-remove-btn').click({ timeout: 3_000 }).catch(() => {});
   }
 
   // Clear the history if the control is present.