diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index 79fb6a917..64cb41752 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -5921,20 +5921,23 @@ export async function getChatsFromFiles(data, isGroupChat) {
  * The function sends a POST request to the server to retrieve all chats for the character. It then
  * processes the received data, sorts it by the file name, and returns the sorted data.
  *
+ * @param {null|number} [characterId=null] - When set, the function will use this character id instead of this_chid.
+ *
  * @returns {Promise<Array>} - An array containing metadata of all past chats of the character, sorted
  * in descending order by file name. Returns `undefined` if the fetch request is unsuccessful.
  */
-async function getPastCharacterChats() {
-    if (!characters[this_chid]) return;
+export async function getPastCharacterChats(characterId = null) {
+    characterId = characterId ?? this_chid;
+    if (!characters[characterId]) return [];
 
     const response = await fetch('/api/characters/chats', {
         method: 'POST',
-        body: JSON.stringify({ avatar_url: characters[this_chid].avatar }),
+        body: JSON.stringify({ avatar_url: characters[characterId].avatar }),
         headers: getRequestHeaders(),
     });
 
     if (!response.ok) {
-        return;
+        return [];
     }
 
     let data = await response.json();
@@ -7652,8 +7655,9 @@ export async function handleDeleteCharacter(popup_type, this_chid, delete_chats)
  *
  * @param {string} name - The name of the character to be deleted.
  * @param {string} avatar - The avatar URL of the character to be deleted.
+ * @param {boolean} reloadCharacters - Whether the character list should be refreshed after deletion.
  */
-export async function deleteCharacter(name, avatar) {
+export async function deleteCharacter(name, avatar, reloadCharacters = true) {
     await clearChat();
     $('#character_cross').click();
     this_chid = 'invalid-safety-id';
@@ -7664,7 +7668,7 @@ export async function deleteCharacter(name, avatar) {
     $(document.getElementById('rm_button_selected_ch')).children('h2').text('');
     this_chid = undefined;
     delete tag_map[avatar];
-    await getCharacters();
+    if (reloadCharacters) await getCharacters();
     select_rm_info('char_delete', name);
     await printMessages();
     saveSettingsDebounced();
diff --git a/public/scripts/BulkEditOverlay.js b/public/scripts/BulkEditOverlay.js
index cbf80ba7a..d12e1599e 100644
--- a/public/scripts/BulkEditOverlay.js
+++ b/public/scripts/BulkEditOverlay.js
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import {
     event_types,
     eventSource,
     getCharacters,
+    getPastCharacterChats,
     getRequestHeaders,
     printCharacters,
-    this_chid,
 } from '../script.js';
 
 import { favsToHotswap } from './RossAscends-mods.js';
@@ -123,27 +123,16 @@ class CharacterContextMenu {
             cache: 'no-cache',
         }).then(response => {
             if (response.ok) {
-                deleteCharacter(character.name, character.avatar).then(() => {
-                    if (deleteChats) {
-                        fetch('/api/characters/chats', {
-                            method: 'POST',
-                            body: JSON.stringify({ avatar_url: character.avatar }),
-                            headers: getRequestHeaders(),
-                        }).then((response) => {
-                            let data = response.json();
-                            data = Object.values(data);
-                            const pastChats = data.sort((a, b) => a['file_name'].localeCompare(b['file_name'])).reverse();
-
-                            for (const chat of pastChats) {
-                                const name = chat.file_name.replace('.jsonl', '');
-                                eventSource.emit(event_types.CHAT_DELETED, name);
-                            }
-                        });
-                    }
+                return deleteCharacter(character.name, character.avatar, false).then(() => {
+                    eventSource.emit('characterDeleted', { id: characterId, character: characters[characterId] });
+                    if (deleteChats) getPastCharacterChats(characterId).then(pastChats => {
+                        for (const chat of pastChats) {
+                            const name = chat.file_name.replace('.jsonl', '');
+                            eventSource.emit(event_types.CHAT_DELETED, name);
+                        }
+                    });
                 });
             }
-
-            eventSource.emit('characterDeleted', { id: this_chid, character: characters[this_chid] });
         });
     };
 
@@ -626,12 +615,11 @@ class BulkEditOverlay {
 
                 showLoader();
                 toastr.info('We\'re deleting your characters, please wait...', 'Working on it');
-                Promise.all(this.selectedCharacters.map(async characterId => CharacterContextMenu.delete(characterId, deleteChats)))
+                Promise.allSettled(this.selectedCharacters.map(async characterId => CharacterContextMenu.delete(characterId, deleteChats)))
                     .then(() => getCharacters())
                     .then(() => this.browseState())
                     .finally(() => hideLoader());
-            },
-            );
+            });
     };
 
     /**