diff --git a/src/components/figures/figure/figure.ts b/src/components/figures/figure/figure.ts
index 997f46e8ef..6cc35573cb 100644
--- a/src/components/figures/figure/figure.ts
+++ b/src/components/figures/figure/figure.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import {
   SELECTION_BORDER_COLOR,
 } from "../../../constants";
 import { figureRegistry } from "../../../registries/index";
+import { Store, useStore } from "../../../store_engine";
+import { DOMFocusableElementStore } from "../../../stores/DOM_focus_store";
 import {
   CSSProperties,
   DOMCoordinates,
@@ -115,7 +117,6 @@ css/*SCSS*/ `
 interface Props {
   figure: Figure;
   style: string;
-  onFigureDeleted: () => void;
   onMouseDown: (ev: MouseEvent) => void;
   onClickAnchor(dirX: ResizeDirection, dirY: ResizeDirection, ev: MouseEvent): void;
 }
@@ -125,17 +126,16 @@ export class FigureComponent extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
   static props = {
     figure: Object,
     style: { type: String, optional: true },
-    onFigureDeleted: { type: Function, optional: true },
     onMouseDown: { type: Function, optional: true },
     onClickAnchor: { type: Function, optional: true },
   };
   static components = { Menu };
   static defaultProps = {
-    onFigureDeleted: () => {},
     onMouseDown: () => {},
     onClickAnchor: () => {},
   };
 
+  private DOMFocusableElementStore!: Store<DOMFocusableElementStore>;
   private menuState: MenuState = useState({ isOpen: false, position: null, menuItems: [] });
 
   private figureRef = useRef("figure");
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ export class FigureComponent extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
   }
 
   setup() {
+    this.DOMFocusableElementStore = useStore(DOMFocusableElementStore);
     const borderWidth = figureRegistry.get(this.props.figure.tag).borderWidth;
     this.borderWidth = borderWidth !== undefined ? borderWidth : BORDER_WIDTH;
     useEffect(
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ export class FigureComponent extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
     );
 
     onWillUnmount(() => {
-      this.props.onFigureDeleted();
+      this.onFigureDeleted();
     });
   }
 
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ export class FigureComponent extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
           sheetId: this.env.model.getters.getActiveSheetId(),
           id: figure.id,
         });
-        this.props.onFigureDeleted();
+        this.onFigureDeleted();
         ev.preventDefault();
         ev.stopPropagation();
         break;
@@ -304,6 +305,12 @@ export class FigureComponent extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
     this.menuState.position = position;
     this.menuState.menuItems = figureRegistry
       .get(this.props.figure.tag)
-      .menuBuilder(this.props.figure.id, this.props.onFigureDeleted, this.env);
+      .menuBuilder(this.props.figure.id, this.onFigureDeleted.bind(this), this.env);
+  }
+
+  private onFigureDeleted() {
+    if (document.activeElement === this.figureRef.el) {
+      this.DOMFocusableElementStore.focus();
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/figures/figure/figure.xml b/src/components/figures/figure/figure.xml
index 009379e9cb..cfccd58828 100644
--- a/src/components/figures/figure/figure.xml
+++ b/src/components/figures/figure/figure.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
         <t
           t-component="figureRegistry.get(props.figure.tag).Component"
           t-key="props.figure.id"
-          onFigureDeleted="props.onFigureDeleted"
           figure="props.figure"
         />
         <div class="o-figure-menu position-absolute m-2" t-if="!env.isDashboard()">
diff --git a/src/components/figures/figure_chart/figure_chart.ts b/src/components/figures/figure_chart/figure_chart.ts
index 7b629f393d..f8aaadbfbd 100644
--- a/src/components/figures/figure_chart/figure_chart.ts
+++ b/src/components/figures/figure_chart/figure_chart.ts
@@ -18,14 +18,12 @@ interface Props {
   // props figure is currently necessary scorecards, we need the chart dimension at render to avoid having to force the
   // style by hand in the useEffect()
   figure: Figure;
-  onFigureDeleted: () => void;
 }
 
 export class ChartFigure extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
   static template = "o-spreadsheet-ChartFigure";
   static props = {
     figure: Object,
-    onFigureDeleted: Function,
   };
   static components = {};
 
diff --git a/src/components/figures/figure_container/figure_container.ts b/src/components/figures/figure_container/figure_container.ts
index 8c97e8bee4..d501580250 100644
--- a/src/components/figures/figure_container/figure_container.ts
+++ b/src/components/figures/figure_container/figure_container.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ import { FigureComponent } from "../figure/figure";
 
 type ContainerType = "topLeft" | "topRight" | "bottomLeft" | "bottomRight" | "dnd";
 
-interface Props {
-  onFigureDeleted: () => void;
-}
+interface Props {}
 
 interface Container {
   type: ContainerType;
@@ -127,9 +125,7 @@ css/*SCSS*/ `
  */
 export class FiguresContainer extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
   static template = "o-spreadsheet-FiguresContainer";
-  static props = {
-    onFigureDeleted: Function,
-  };
+  static props = {};
   static components = { FigureComponent };
 
   dnd = useState<DndState>({
diff --git a/src/components/figures/figure_container/figure_container.xml b/src/components/figures/figure_container/figure_container.xml
index 2cff25b0c1..6e2a56d086 100644
--- a/src/components/figures/figure_container/figure_container.xml
+++ b/src/components/figures/figure_container/figure_container.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
             t-att-style="container.inverseViewportStyle">
             <t t-foreach="container.figures" t-as="figure" t-key="figure.id">
               <FigureComponent
-                onFigureDeleted="this.props.onFigureDeleted"
                 figure="figure"
                 style="getFigureStyle(figure)"
                 onMouseDown="(ev) => this.startDraggingFigure(figure, ev)"
diff --git a/src/components/figures/figure_image/figure_image.ts b/src/components/figures/figure_image/figure_image.ts
index 1e8ef7fecd..05901b8e3b 100644
--- a/src/components/figures/figure_image/figure_image.ts
+++ b/src/components/figures/figure_image/figure_image.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@ import { Figure, SpreadsheetChildEnv, UID } from "../../../types";
 
 interface Props {
   figure: Figure;
-  onFigureDeleted: () => void;
 }
 
 export class ImageFigure extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
   static template = "o-spreadsheet-ImageFigure";
   static props = {
     figure: Object,
-    onFigureDeleted: Function,
   };
   static components = {};
 
diff --git a/src/components/grid/grid.xml b/src/components/grid/grid.xml
index 577124b601..2db6484a2e 100644
--- a/src/components/grid/grid.xml
+++ b/src/components/grid/grid.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
         onGridResized.bind="onGridResized"
         onGridMoved.bind="moveCanvas"
         gridOverlayDimensions="gridOverlayDimensions"
-        onFigureDeleted.bind="focusDefaultElement"
       />
       <HeadersOverlay onOpenContextMenu="(type, x, y) => this.toggleContextMenu(type, x, y)"/>
       <GridComposer
diff --git a/src/components/grid_add_rows_footer/grid_add_rows_footer.ts b/src/components/grid_add_rows_footer/grid_add_rows_footer.ts
index 591dde0ba4..ed131b3c54 100644
--- a/src/components/grid_add_rows_footer/grid_add_rows_footer.ts
+++ b/src/components/grid_add_rows_footer/grid_add_rows_footer.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { Component, useExternalListener, useRef, useState } from "@odoo/owl";
+import { Store, useStore } from "../../store_engine";
+import { DOMFocusableElementStore } from "../../stores/DOM_focus_store";
 import { _t } from "../../translation";
 import { SpreadsheetChildEnv } from "../../types";
 import { css, cssPropertiesToCss } from "../helpers";
@@ -20,16 +22,15 @@ css/* scss */ `
   }
 `;
 
-interface Props {
-  focusGrid: () => void;
-}
+interface Props {}
 
 export class GridAddRowsFooter extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
   static template = "o-spreadsheet-GridAddRowsFooter";
-  static props = {
-    focusGrid: Function,
-  };
+  static props = {};
   static components = { ValidationMessages };
+
+  private DOMFocusableElementStore!: Store<DOMFocusableElementStore>;
+
   inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>("inputRef");
   state = useState({
     inputValue: "100",
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ export class GridAddRowsFooter extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
   });
 
   setup() {
+    this.DOMFocusableElementStore = useStore(DOMFocusableElementStore);
     useExternalListener(window, "click", this.onExternalClick, { capture: true });
   }
 
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ export class GridAddRowsFooter extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
 
   onKeydown(ev: KeyboardEvent) {
     if (ev.key.toUpperCase() === "ESCAPE") {
-      this.props.focusGrid();
+      this.focusDefaultElement();
     } else if (ev.key.toUpperCase() === "ENTER") {
       this.onConfirm();
     }
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ export class GridAddRowsFooter extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
       quantity,
       dimension: "ROW",
     });
-    this.props.focusGrid();
+    this.focusDefaultElement();
 
     // After adding new rows, scroll down to the new last row
     const { scrollX } = this.env.model.getters.getActiveSheetDOMScrollInfo();
@@ -103,6 +105,12 @@ export class GridAddRowsFooter extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
     if (this.inputRef.el !== document.activeElement || ev.target === this.inputRef.el) {
       return;
     }
-    this.props.focusGrid();
+    this.focusDefaultElement();
+  }
+
+  private focusDefaultElement() {
+    if (document.activeElement === this.inputRef.el) {
+      this.DOMFocusableElementStore.focus();
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/grid_overlay/grid_overlay.ts b/src/components/grid_overlay/grid_overlay.ts
index 63426dfa13..30cf63cf0e 100644
--- a/src/components/grid_overlay/grid_overlay.ts
+++ b/src/components/grid_overlay/grid_overlay.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ interface Props {
   onGridResized: (dimension: Rect) => void;
   onGridMoved: (deltaX: Pixel, deltaY: Pixel) => void;
   gridOverlayDimensions: string;
-  onFigureDeleted: () => void;
 }
 
 export class GridOverlay extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
@@ -140,7 +139,6 @@ export class GridOverlay extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
     onCellClicked: { type: Function, optional: true },
     onCellRightClicked: { type: Function, optional: true },
     onGridResized: { type: Function, optional: true },
-    onFigureDeleted: { type: Function, optional: true },
     onGridMoved: Function,
     gridOverlayDimensions: String,
   };
@@ -156,7 +154,6 @@ export class GridOverlay extends Component<Props, SpreadsheetChildEnv> {
     onCellClicked: () => {},
     onCellRightClicked: () => {},
     onGridResized: () => {},
-    onFigureDeleted: () => {},
   };
   private gridOverlay: Ref<HTMLElement> = useRef("gridOverlay");
   private gridOverlayRect = useAbsoluteBoundingRect(this.gridOverlay);
diff --git a/src/components/grid_overlay/grid_overlay.xml b/src/components/grid_overlay/grid_overlay.xml
index 16a364037c..308fb4c71a 100644
--- a/src/components/grid_overlay/grid_overlay.xml
+++ b/src/components/grid_overlay/grid_overlay.xml
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@
       t-on-pointerdown="onMouseDown"
       t-on-dblclick.self="onDoubleClick"
       t-on-contextmenu.stop.prevent="onContextMenu">
-      <FiguresContainer onFigureDeleted="props.onFigureDeleted"/>
+      <FiguresContainer/>
       <DataValidationOverlay/>
       <FilterIconsOverlay/>
       <GridAddRowsFooter
         t-if="!env.model.getters.isReadonly()"
         t-key="env.model.getters.getActiveSheetId()"
-        focusGrid="props.onFigureDeleted"
       />
     </div>
   </t>
diff --git a/tests/figures/figure_component.test.ts b/tests/figures/figure_component.test.ts
index aa96276482..343d36f630 100644
--- a/tests/figures/figure_component.test.ts
+++ b/tests/figures/figure_component.test.ts
@@ -714,6 +714,23 @@ describe("figures", () => {
     expect(bottomRightContainerStyle.height).toEqual(`${height - 2 * DEFAULT_CELL_HEIGHT}px`);
   });
 
+  test("Deleting a figure does not change the DOM focus if the figure was not focused", async () => {
+    createFigure(model);
+    await nextTick();
+    env.openSidePanel("FindAndReplace");
+    await nextTick();
+
+    const panelInput = fixture.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".o-sidePanel input");
+    panelInput?.focus();
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(panelInput);
+
+    const figureId = model.getters.getFigures(sheetId)[0].id;
+    model.dispatch("DELETE_FIGURE", { sheetId, id: figureId });
+    await nextTick();
+
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(panelInput);
+  });
+
   describe("Figure drag & drop snap", () => {
     describe("Move figure", () => {
       test.each([