diff --git a/src/engineselectdlg.cpp b/src/engineselectdlg.cpp
index d669a69a6..9a9543702 100644
--- a/src/engineselectdlg.cpp
+++ b/src/engineselectdlg.cpp
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ void engineSelectDlg::installPlugin(QString path, QString plugin_name) {
   if(QFile::exists(dest_path)) {
     // Backup in case install fails
     QFile::copy(dest_path, dest_path+".bak");
-    QFile::remove(dest_path);
+    misc::safeRemove(dest_path);
     update = true;
   }
   // Copy the plugin
@@ -276,22 +276,22 @@ void engineSelectDlg::installPlugin(QString path, QString plugin_name) {
   if(!supported_engines->contains(plugin_name)) {
     if(update) {
       // Remove broken file
-      QFile::remove(dest_path);
+      misc::safeRemove(dest_path);
       // restore backup
       QFile::copy(dest_path+".bak", dest_path);
-      QFile::remove(dest_path+".bak");
+      misc::safeRemove(dest_path+".bak");
       QMessageBox::warning(this, tr("Search plugin install")+" -- "+tr("qBittorrent"), tr("%1 search engine plugin could not be updated, keeping old version.", "%1 is the name of the search engine").arg(plugin_name));
       return;
     } else {
       // Remove broken file
-      QFile::remove(dest_path);
+      misc::safeRemove(dest_path);
       QMessageBox::warning(this, tr("Search plugin install")+" -- "+tr("qBittorrent"), tr("%1 search engine plugin could not be installed.", "%1 is the name of the search engine").arg(plugin_name));
       return;
     }
   }
   // Install was successful, remove backup
   if(update) {
-    QFile::remove(dest_path+".bak");
+    misc::safeRemove(dest_path+".bak");
   }
   if(update) {
     QMessageBox::information(this, tr("Search plugin install")+" -- "+tr("qBittorrent"), tr("%1 search engine plugin was successfully updated.", "%1 is the name of the search engine").arg(plugin_name));
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ bool engineSelectDlg::parseVersionsFile(QString versions_file) {
   // Close file
   versions.close();
   // Clean up tmp file
-  QFile::remove(versions_file);
+  misc::safeRemove(versions_file);
   if(file_correct && !updated) {
     QMessageBox::information(this, tr("Search plugin update")+" -- "+tr("qBittorrent"), tr("All your plugins are already up to date."));
   }
@@ -439,21 +439,21 @@ void engineSelectDlg::processDownloadedFile(QString url, QString filePath) {
       }
     }
     // Delete tmp file
-    QFile::remove(filePath);
+    misc::safeRemove(filePath);
     return;
   }
   if(url.endsWith("versions.txt")) {
     if(!parseVersionsFile(filePath)) {
       QMessageBox::warning(this, tr("Search plugin update")+" -- "+tr("qBittorrent"), tr("Sorry, update server is temporarily unavailable."));
     }
-    QFile::remove(filePath);
+    misc::safeRemove(filePath);
     return;
   }
   if(url.endsWith(".py", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
     QString plugin_name = url.split('/').last();
     plugin_name.replace(".py", "");
     installPlugin(filePath, plugin_name);
-    QFile::remove(filePath);
+    misc::safeRemove(filePath);
     return;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/geoip.h b/src/geoip.h
index b25cd64ee..7a426cf45 100644
--- a/src/geoip.h
+++ b/src/geoip.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ protected:
       }
       // Remove destination files
       if(QFile::exists(geoipDBpath(false)))
-        QFile::remove(geoipDBpath(false));
+        misc::safeRemove(geoipDBpath(false));
       // Copy from executable to hard disk
       qDebug("%s -> %s", qPrintable(geoipDBpath(true)), qPrintable(geoipDBpath(false)));
       if(!QFile::copy(geoipDBpath(true), geoipDBpath(false))) {
diff --git a/src/rss.cpp b/src/rss.cpp
index bc54fc3d6..debc006f9 100644
--- a/src/rss.cpp
+++ b/src/rss.cpp
@@ -416,9 +416,9 @@ RssStream::~RssStream(){
   removeAllItems();
   qDebug("All items were removed");
   if(QFile::exists(filePath))
-    QFile::remove(filePath);
+    misc::safeRemove(filePath);
   if(QFile::exists(iconPath) && !iconPath.startsWith(":/"))
-    QFile::remove(iconPath);
+    misc::safeRemove(iconPath);
 }
 
 RssFile::FileType RssStream::getType() const {
diff --git a/src/torrentadditiondlg.cpp b/src/torrentadditiondlg.cpp
index a407a497f..6c1b898c8 100644
--- a/src/torrentadditiondlg.cpp
+++ b/src/torrentadditiondlg.cpp
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ void torrentAdditionDialog::showLoad(QString filePath, QString from_url) {
     qDebug("Caught error loading torrent");
     if(!from_url.isNull()){
       BTSession->addConsoleMessage(tr("Unable to decode torrent file:")+QString::fromUtf8(" '")+from_url+QString::fromUtf8("'"), QString::fromUtf8("red"));
-      QFile::remove(filePath);
+      misc::safeRemove(filePath);
     }else{
       BTSession->addConsoleMessage(tr("Unable to decode torrent file:")+QString::fromUtf8(" '")+filePath+QString::fromUtf8("'"), QString::fromUtf8("red"));
     }