diff --git a/plotter_gui/filterablelistwidget.cpp b/plotter_gui/filterablelistwidget.cpp
index 0a932608f..9362eaf1d 100644
--- a/plotter_gui/filterablelistwidget.cpp
+++ b/plotter_gui/filterablelistwidget.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <QMimeData>
 #include <QHeaderView>
 #include <QFontDatabase>
+#include <QMessageBox>
 
 FilterableListWidget::FilterableListWidget(QWidget *parent) :
     QWidget(parent),
@@ -16,9 +17,9 @@ FilterableListWidget::FilterableListWidget(QWidget *parent) :
     ui->setupUi(this);
     ui->tableWidget->viewport()->installEventFilter( this );
 
-   table()->horizontalHeader()->setSectionResizeMode(0, QHeaderView::Stretch);
-   table()->horizontalHeader()->setSectionResizeMode(1, QHeaderView::ResizeToContents);
-   table()->horizontalHeader()->resizeSection(1, 120);
+    table()->horizontalHeader()->setSectionResizeMode(0, QHeaderView::Stretch);
+    table()->horizontalHeader()->setSectionResizeMode(1, QHeaderView::ResizeToContents);
+    table()->horizontalHeader()->resizeSection(1, 120);
 
     for( int i=0; i< ui->gridLayoutSettings->count(); i++)
     {
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ FilterableListWidget::FilterableListWidget(QWidget *parent) :
             }
         }
     }
+
+    this->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
+    connect(this, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(const QPoint &)),
+            this, SLOT(on_ShowContextMenu(const QPoint &)));
 }
 
 FilterableListWidget::~FilterableListWidget()
@@ -96,7 +101,7 @@ void FilterableListWidget::updateFilter()
 
 bool FilterableListWidget::eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event)
 {
-   // qDebug() <<event->type();
+    // qDebug() <<event->type();
     if(event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonPress)
     {
         QMouseEvent *mouse_event = static_cast<QMouseEvent*>(event);
@@ -117,7 +122,7 @@ bool FilterableListWidget::eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event)
         double distance_from_click = (mouse_event->pos() - _drag_start_pos).manhattanLength();
 
         if ((mouse_event->buttons() == Qt::LeftButton) &&
-             distance_from_click >= QApplication::startDragDistance())
+                distance_from_click >= QApplication::startDragDistance())
         {
             QDrag *drag = new QDrag(this);
             QMimeData *mimeData = new QMimeData;
@@ -237,3 +242,39 @@ void FilterableListWidget::on_checkBoxHideSecondColumn_toggled(bool checked)
         emit hiddenItemsChanged();
     }
 }
+
+void FilterableListWidget::on_ShowContextMenu(const QPoint &pos)
+{
+    QIcon iconDelete;
+    iconDelete.addFile(QStringLiteral(":/icons/resources/clean_pane_small@2x.png"),
+                       QSize(26, 26), QIcon::Normal, QIcon::Off);
+
+    QAction* action_removeCurves = new QAction(tr("&Delete selected curves from memory"), this);
+    action_removeCurves->setIcon(iconDelete);
+
+    connect(action_removeCurves, SIGNAL(triggered()),
+            this, SLOT(removeSelectedCurves()) );
+
+    QMenu menu(this);
+    menu.addAction(action_removeCurves);
+    menu.exec(mapToGlobal(pos));
+}
+
+void FilterableListWidget::removeSelectedCurves()
+{
+    QMessageBox::StandardButton reply;
+    reply = QMessageBox::question(0, tr("Warning"),
+                                  tr("Do you really want to remove these data?\n"),
+                                  QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No,
+                                  QMessageBox::No );
+
+    if( reply == QMessageBox::Yes ) {
+
+        while( table()->selectedItems().size() > 0 )
+        {
+            QTableWidgetItem* item = table()->selectedItems().first();
+            emit deleteCurve( item->text() );
+            table()->removeRow( item->row() );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plotter_gui/filterablelistwidget.h b/plotter_gui/filterablelistwidget.h
index 00097d2eb..bd24bc993 100644
--- a/plotter_gui/filterablelistwidget.h
+++ b/plotter_gui/filterablelistwidget.h
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ private slots:
 
     void on_checkBoxHideSecondColumn_toggled(bool checked);
 
+    void on_ShowContextMenu(const QPoint &pos);
+
+    void removeSelectedCurves();
+
 private:
 
     Ui::FilterableListWidget *ui;
@@ -63,6 +67,8 @@ private slots:
 
     void hiddenItemsChanged();
 
+    void deleteCurve(QString curve_name);
+
 };
 
 #endif // CURVE_SELECTOR_H
diff --git a/plotter_gui/mainwindow.cpp b/plotter_gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 71b31ded2..bba99d858 100644
--- a/plotter_gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/plotter_gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(const QCommandLineParser &commandline_parser, QWidget *pa
     connect( _curvelist_widget, SIGNAL(hiddenItemsChanged()),
              this, SLOT(updateLeftTableValues()) );
 
+    connect(_curvelist_widget, SIGNAL(deleteCurve(QString)),
+            this, SLOT(deleteLoadedData(QString)) );
+
     connect(this, SIGNAL(trackerTimeUpdated(QPointF)), this, SLOT(updateLeftTableValues()) );
 
     _main_tabbed_widget = new TabbedPlotWidget( this,  &_mapped_plot_data, this);
@@ -696,7 +699,7 @@ void MainWindow::onDeleteLoadedData()
 {
     QMessageBox::StandardButton reply;
     reply = QMessageBox::question(0, tr("Warning"),
-                                  tr("Do you really want to remove any loaded data?\n"),
+                                  tr("Do you really want to remove the loaded data?\n"),
                                   QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No,
                                   QMessageBox::No );
     if( reply == QMessageBox::No ) {
diff --git a/plotter_gui/mainwindow.h b/plotter_gui/mainwindow.h
index a8f54536c..ff139de28 100644
--- a/plotter_gui/mainwindow.h
+++ b/plotter_gui/mainwindow.h
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ private slots:
 
     void updateLeftTableValues();
 
+    void deleteLoadedData(const QString &curve_name);
+
 private:
     Ui::MainWindow *ui;
 
@@ -168,7 +170,6 @@ private slots:
 
     void dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent *event) ;
 
-    void deleteLoadedData(const QString &curve_name);
 
     QTimer *_replot_timer;
 signals: