diff --git a/src/js/game/hud/parts/building_placer_logic.js b/src/js/game/hud/parts/building_placer_logic.js
index c91d7200..ae496790 100644
--- a/src/js/game/hud/parts/building_placer_logic.js
+++ b/src/js/game/hud/parts/building_placer_logic.js
@@ -706,7 +706,10 @@ export class HUDBuildingPlacerLogic extends BaseHUDPart {
         }
 
         // Deletion
-        if (button === enumMouseButton.right && !metaBuilding) {
+        if (
+            button === enumMouseButton.right &&
+            (!metaBuilding || this.root.app.settings.getSetting("canDeleteWhileBuilding"))
+        ) {
             this.currentlyDragging = true;
             this.currentlyDeleting = true;
             this.lastDragTile = this.root.camera.screenToWorld(pos).toTileSpace();
@@ -715,7 +718,11 @@ export class HUDBuildingPlacerLogic extends BaseHUDPart {
         }
 
         // Cancel placement
-        if (button === enumMouseButton.right && metaBuilding) {
+        if (
+            button === enumMouseButton.right &&
+            metaBuilding &&
+            !this.root.app.settings.getSetting("canDeleteWhileBuilding")
+        ) {
             this.currentMetaBuilding.set(null);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/js/profile/application_settings.js b/src/js/profile/application_settings.js
index 7015087e..e3ff0ee3 100644
--- a/src/js/profile/application_settings.js
+++ b/src/js/profile/application_settings.js
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ export const allApplicationSettings = [
     new BoolSetting("disableCutDeleteWarnings", categoryGame, (app, value) => {}),
     new BoolSetting("rotationByBuilding", categoryGame, (app, value) => {}),
     new BoolSetting("middleMousePan", categoryGame, (app, value) => {}),
+    new BoolSetting("canDeleteWhileBuilding", categoryGame, (app, value) => {}),
 ];
 
 export function getApplicationSettingById(id) {
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ class SettingsStorage {
         this.disableCutDeleteWarnings = false;
         this.rotationByBuilding = true;
         this.middleMousePan = false;
+        this.canDeleteWhileBuilding = false;
 
         this.enableColorBlindHelper = false;
 
@@ -563,6 +565,7 @@ export class ApplicationSettings extends ReadWriteProxy {
 
         if (data.version < 19) {
             data.settings.middleMousePan = false;
+            data.settings.canDeleteWhileBuilding = false;
             data.version = 19;
         }
 
diff --git a/translations/base-en.yaml b/translations/base-en.yaml
index fb5b7abf..8a732442 100644
--- a/translations/base-en.yaml
+++ b/translations/base-en.yaml
@@ -777,7 +777,12 @@ settings:
         middleMousePan:
             title: Pan camera with middle click
             description: >-
-                Click with the middle mouse button instead of left click to pan the camera. Allows panning camera while a building is selected.
+                Click and drag with the middle mouse button instead of the left mouse button to pan the camera. Allows panning camera while a building is selected.
+
+        canDeleteWhileBuilding:
+            title: Immediate Delete Mode
+            description: >-
+                Enabling this will disable deselecting with right click and allow you to immediately delete buildings and structures without deselecting your current building.
 
 keybindings:
     title: Keybindings