diff --git a/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/FontEditor.cpp b/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/FontEditor.cpp
index 4ba367987ae..5f6864571d9 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/FontEditor.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/FontEditor.cpp
@@ -241,13 +241,15 @@ FontEditorWidget::FontEditorWidget(const String& path, RefPtr<Gfx::BitmapFont>&&
         m_glyph_map_widget->update_glyph(m_glyph_map_widget->selected_glyph());
     });
     m_paste_action->set_enabled(GUI::Clipboard::the().mime_type() == "glyph/x-fonteditor");
-    m_delete_action = GUI::CommonActions::make_delete_action([&](auto&) {
-        m_edited_font->set_glyph_width(m_glyph_map_widget->selected_glyph(), m_edited_font->max_glyph_width());
+    m_delete_action = GUI::CommonActions::make_delete_action([this, update_statusbar](auto&) {
+        if (m_glyph_editor_widget->is_glyph_empty() && m_edited_font->raw_glyph_width(m_glyph_map_widget->selected_glyph()) == 0)
+            return;
         m_glyph_editor_widget->delete_glyph();
-        m_glyph_map_widget->update_glyph(m_glyph_map_widget->selected_glyph());
-        auto glyph_width = m_edited_font->raw_glyph_width(m_glyph_map_widget->selected_glyph());
-        m_glyph_editor_width_spinbox->set_value(glyph_width);
-        m_glyph_editor_present_checkbox->set_checked(glyph_width > 0);
+        if (m_edited_font->is_fixed_width())
+            m_glyph_editor_present_checkbox->set_checked(false, GUI::AllowCallback::No);
+        else
+            m_glyph_editor_width_spinbox->set_value(0, GUI::AllowCallback::No);
+        update_statusbar();
     });
     m_undo_action = GUI::CommonActions::make_undo_action([&](auto&) {
         undo();
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/GlyphEditorWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/GlyphEditorWidget.cpp
index b5bd55a42b8..9274cf6f8b0 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/GlyphEditorWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/GlyphEditorWidget.cpp
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ void GlyphEditorWidget::delete_glyph()
     if (on_undo_event)
         on_undo_event();
     auto bitmap = font().raw_glyph(m_glyph).glyph_bitmap();
-    for (int x = 0; x < bitmap.width(); x++)
-        for (int y = 0; y < bitmap.height(); y++)
+    for (int x = 0; x < font().max_glyph_width(); x++)
+        for (int y = 0; y < font().glyph_height(); y++)
             bitmap.set_bit_at(x, y, false);
+    font().set_glyph_width(m_glyph, 0);
     if (on_glyph_altered)
         on_glyph_altered(m_glyph);
     update();
@@ -155,8 +156,8 @@ void GlyphEditorWidget::paint_event(GUI::PaintEvent& event)
 bool GlyphEditorWidget::is_glyph_empty()
 {
     auto bitmap = font().raw_glyph(m_glyph).glyph_bitmap();
-    for (int x = 0; x < bitmap.width(); x++)
-        for (int y = 0; y < bitmap.height(); y++)
+    for (int x = 0; x < font().max_glyph_width(); x++)
+        for (int y = 0; y < font().glyph_height(); y++)
             if (bitmap.bit_at(x, y))
                 return false;
     return true;