diff --git a/TalerWallet1/Controllers/Controller.swift b/TalerWallet1/Controllers/Controller.swift
index 67f56ba1..213f8134 100755
--- a/TalerWallet1/Controllers/Controller.swift
+++ b/TalerWallet1/Controllers/Controller.swift
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ class Controller: ObservableObject {
     @Published var subscriptions: [TalerToken] = []
     @Published var defaultExchanges: [DefaultExchange] = []
     @Published var scannedURLs: [ScannedURL] = []
+    /// the scanned code the URL sheet is currently showing, so that an error raised for it can offer to remove it
+    var openedScannedURL: URL? = nil
     @Published var contacts: [ContactEntry] = []
     @Published var mailboxConfiguration: MailboxConfiguration? = nil
     @Published var messages: [MailboxMessage] = []
diff --git a/TalerWallet1/Views/Actions/ActionsSheet.swift b/TalerWallet1/Views/Actions/ActionsSheet.swift
index d91e7e16..faabadd7 100755
--- a/TalerWallet1/Views/Actions/ActionsSheet.swift
+++ b/TalerWallet1/Views/Actions/ActionsSheet.swift
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct ScannedURLs: View {
                         controller.talerURI = scannedURL.url    // instead pass it via .onChange(of: controller.talerURI) directly to MainView
                     }
                 }
+              HStack(spacing: 8) {
                 Button(action: action) {
                     HStack {
                         Text(scannedURL.command.localizedCommand)
@@ -50,18 +51,21 @@ struct ScannedURLs: View {
                     .padding(.horizontal, 8)
                 }
                 .buttonStyle(TalerButtonStyle(type: .bordered, narrow: false, aligned: .center))
-                .swipeActions(edge: .trailing) {
-                    Button {
-                        //                                symLog?.log("deleteAction")
-                        Task { // runs on MainActor
-                            controller.removeURL(scannedURL.url)
-                        }
-                    } label: {
-                        Label("Delete", systemImage: "trash")
+                // .swipeActions only works on the rows of a List. These rows live in a
+                // VStack, so the swipe that used to be here could never be triggered
+                // and a scanned code could not be removed at all.
+                Button(role: .destructive) {
+                    withAnimation {
+                        controller.removeURL(scannedURL.url)
                     }
-                    .tint(WalletColors().negative)
+                } label: {
+                    Image(systemName: "trash")
+                        .foregroundColor(WalletColors().negative)
                 }
-
+                .buttonStyle(TalerButtonStyle(type: .bordered, narrow: true, aligned: .center))
+                .accessibilityLabel(Text("Remove this scanned code", comment: "a11y"))
+                .accessibilityIdentifier("button.scanned.remove")
+              }
             }
         }.padding(.bottom, 20)
     }
diff --git a/TalerWallet1/Views/Sheets/Sheet.swift b/TalerWallet1/Views/Sheets/Sheet.swift
index 48fbc684..1ca8eaf8 100644
--- a/TalerWallet1/Views/Sheets/Sheet.swift
+++ b/TalerWallet1/Views/Sheets/Sheet.swift
@@ -95,10 +95,29 @@ struct Sheet: View {
                         .accessibilityValue(idString)
                 }
                 if let error2 = model.error2 {
-                    ErrorView(stack.push(), data: error2, devMode: developerMode) {
-                        model.setError(nil)
-                        logger.log("ErrorSheet dismissTop")
-                        dismissTop(stack.push())
+                    VStack(spacing: 0) {
+                        ErrorView(stack.push(), data: error2, devMode: developerMode) {
+                            model.setError(nil)
+                            logger.log("ErrorSheet dismissTop")
+                            dismissTop(stack.push())
+                        }
+                        // An error is all a scanned code ever shows when it cannot be acted on
+                        // (expired, malformed, unknown to the payment service). "OK" closes the
+                        // sheet and leaves the code in the Actions menu, so offer to remove it here.
+                        if let scanned = controller.openedScannedURL,
+                           controller.scannedURLs.contains(where: { $0.url == scanned }) {
+                            Button(role: .destructive) {
+                                controller.removeURL(scanned)
+                                model.setError(nil)
+                                dismissTop(stack.push())
+                            } label: {
+                                Label(String(localized: "Remove this scanned code", comment: "button"), systemImage: "trash")
+                            }
+                            .buttonStyle(TalerButtonStyle(type: .bordered, narrow: false, aligned: .center))
+                            .accessibilityIdentifier("button.scanned.remove")
+                            .padding(.horizontal)
+                            .padding(.bottom)
+                        }
                     }
                     .background(FullBackground())
                 }
diff --git a/TalerWallet1/Views/Sheets/URLSheet.swift b/TalerWallet1/Views/Sheets/URLSheet.swift
index 634207ec..00c955dc 100644
--- a/TalerWallet1/Views/Sheets/URLSheet.swift
+++ b/TalerWallet1/Views/Sheets/URLSheet.swift
@@ -46,7 +46,41 @@ struct URLSheet: View {
         }
     }
 
+    /// the scanned code this sheet was opened for, as long as the Actions menu still lists it
+    private var savedURL: URL? {
+        guard let passedURL else { return nil }
+        return controller.scannedURLs.contains(where: { $0.url == passedURL }) ? passedURL : nil
+    }
+
     var body: some View {
+        content
+            .onChange(of: passedURL) { newURL in
+                controller.openedScannedURL = newURL
+            }
+            .onDisappear {
+                controller.openedScannedURL = nil
+            }
+            .toolbar {
+                ToolbarItem(placement: .navigationBarTrailing) {
+                    // A code that cannot be acted on (expired, malformed, unknown to the
+                    // payment service) only ever shows its error here. Without this the
+                    // user could neither use it nor get rid of it.
+                    if let savedURL {
+                        Button(role: .destructive) {
+                            controller.removeURL(savedURL)
+                            dismissTop(stack.push())
+                        } label: {
+                            Image(systemName: "trash")
+                        }
+                        .accessibilityLabel(Text("Remove this scanned code", comment: "a11y"))
+                        .accessibilityIdentifier("button.scanned.remove.toolbar")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+    }
+
+    @ViewBuilder
+    private var content: some View {
 #if PRINT_CHANGES
         let _ = Self._printChanges()
         let _ = symLog.vlog(urlToOpen?.absoluteString)       // just to get the # to compare it with .onAppear & onDisappear