diff --git a/apps/files/ajax/delete.php b/apps/files/ajax/delete.php
index e9bcea1893..57c8c15c19 100644
--- a/apps/files/ajax/delete.php
+++ b/apps/files/ajax/delete.php
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ OCP\JSON::checkLoggedIn();
 OCP\JSON::callCheck();
 
 // Get data
-$dir = stripslashes($_GET["dir"]);
-$files = isset($_GET["file"]) ? stripslashes($_GET["file"]) : stripslashes($_GET["files"]);
+$dir = stripslashes($_POST["dir"]);
+$files = isset($_POST["file"]) ? stripslashes($_POST["file"]) : stripslashes($_POST["files"]);
 
 $files = explode(';', $files);
 $filesWithError = '';
 $success = true;
 //Now delete
 foreach($files as $file) {
-    if( !OC_Files::delete( $dir, $file )) {
+	if( !OC_Files::delete( $dir, $file )) {
 		$filesWithError .= $file . "\n";
 		$success = false;
 	}
diff --git a/apps/files/js/filelist.js b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
index 6d4d539963..383ade997c 100644
--- a/apps/files/js/filelist.js
+++ b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ var FileList={
 			$.ajax({
 				url: OC.filePath('files', 'ajax', 'delete.php'),
 				async:!sync,
+				type:'post',
 				data: {dir:$('#dir').val(),files:fileNames},
 				complete: function(data){
 					boolOperationFinished(data, function(){