diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt
index cf7ee98bf..1af9c13d0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -592,6 +592,12 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), DirectoryOperationsListener {
                 folders.filter { !getDoesFilePathExist(it.absolutePath, OTGPath) }.forEach {
                     mDirectoryDao.deleteDirPath(it.absolutePath)
                 }
+
+                if (config.deleteEmptyFolders) {
+                    folders.filter { !it.absolutePath.isDownloadsFolder() && it.isDirectory && it.toFileDirItem(this).getProperFileCount(this, true) == 0 }.forEach {
+                        tryDeleteFileDirItem(it.toFileDirItem(this), true, true)
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/extensions/FileDirItem.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/extensions/FileDirItem.kt
index 726fcc8a9..c67eebabb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/extensions/FileDirItem.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/extensions/FileDirItem.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.simplemobiletools.gallery.pro.extensions
 
-import android.os.Environment
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.models.FileDirItem
 
-fun FileDirItem.isDownloadsFolder() = path.equals(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).toString(), true)
+fun FileDirItem.isDownloadsFolder() = path.isDownloadsFolder()
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/extensions/String.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/extensions/String.kt
index 0d708ce1a..3a8eb02ae 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/extensions/String.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/extensions/String.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.simplemobiletools.gallery.pro.extensions
 
 import android.media.MediaMetadataRetriever
+import android.os.Environment
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.extensions.doesThisOrParentHaveNoMedia
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.helpers.NOMEDIA
 import java.io.File
@@ -70,3 +71,5 @@ fun String.getVideoDuration(): Int {
     }
     return seconds
 }
+
+fun String.isDownloadsFolder() = equals(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).toString(), true)