diff --git a/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs b/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
index 7a4931e86..10ed5130b 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
@@ -323,30 +323,31 @@
                             (js/window.apis.openExternal image-src)))}
              image-src])
           [:.flex
-           [:button.asset-action-btn
-            {:title (t :asset/delete)
-             :tabIndex "-1"
-             :on-mouse-down util/stop
-             :on-click
-             (fn [e]
-               (when-let [block-id (:block/uuid config)]
-                 (let [confirm-fn (ui/make-confirm-modal
-                                   {:title         (t :asset/confirm-delete (.toLocaleLowerCase (t :text/image)))
-                                    :sub-title     (if local? :asset/physical-delete "")
-                                    :sub-checkbox? local?
-                                    :on-confirm    (fn [_e {:keys [close-fn sub-selected]}]
-                                                     (close-fn)
-                                                     (editor-handler/delete-asset-of-block!
-                                                      {:block-id    block-id
-                                                       :local?      local?
-                                                       :delete-local? (and sub-selected (first sub-selected))
-                                                       :repo        (state/get-current-repo)
-                                                       :href        src
-                                                       :title       title
-                                                       :full-text   full_text}))})]
-                   (util/stop e)
-                   (state/set-modal! confirm-fn))))}
-            (ui/icon "trash")]
+           (when-not config/publishing?
+             [:button.asset-action-btn
+              {:title (t :asset/delete)
+               :tabIndex "-1"
+               :on-mouse-down util/stop
+               :on-click
+               (fn [e]
+                 (when-let [block-id (:block/uuid config)]
+                   (let [confirm-fn (ui/make-confirm-modal
+                                     {:title         (t :asset/confirm-delete (.toLocaleLowerCase (t :text/image)))
+                                      :sub-title     (if local? :asset/physical-delete "")
+                                      :sub-checkbox? local?
+                                      :on-confirm    (fn [_e {:keys [close-fn sub-selected]}]
+                                                       (close-fn)
+                                                       (editor-handler/delete-asset-of-block!
+                                                        {:block-id    block-id
+                                                         :local?      local?
+                                                         :delete-local? (and sub-selected (first sub-selected))
+                                                         :repo        (state/get-current-repo)
+                                                         :href        src
+                                                         :title       title
+                                                         :full-text   full_text}))})]
+                     (util/stop e)
+                     (state/set-modal! confirm-fn))))}
+              (ui/icon "trash")])
 
            [:button.asset-action-btn
             {:title         (t :asset/copy)