diff --git a/components/elements/index.js b/components/elements/index.js
index 736b5004..4ca93ce0 100644
--- a/components/elements/index.js
+++ b/components/elements/index.js
@@ -2122,11 +2122,12 @@ const RenderFileUpload = (field) => {
                                         Uploading {uploadCountMessage} files{" "}
                                     </div>
                                 )}
-                            {completedUploadFiles > 0 && (
-                                <div className="govuk-body govuk-!-font-size-14">
-                                    {uploadCountMessage} files uploaded{" "}
-                                </div>
-                            )}
+                            {completedUploadFiles > 0 &&
+                                uploadCountMessage > 0 && (
+                                    <div className="govuk-body govuk-!-font-size-14">
+                                        {uploadCountMessage} files uploaded{" "}
+                                    </div>
+                                )}
                         </section>
                     </>
                 )}
@@ -2205,6 +2206,9 @@ const RenderFileUpload = (field) => {
                                 <span
                                     className="govuk-summary-list__actionLink watched_link govuk-!-margin-right-5 govuk-!-text-align-left"
                                     onClick={() => {
+                                        setUploadCountMessage(
+                                            uploadCountMessage - 1
+                                        );
                                         deleteThisBlob(
                                             field.containerID,
                                             blob.name,