diff --git a/ui/drivers/qt/thumbnaildownload.cpp b/ui/drivers/qt/thumbnaildownload.cpp
index 4094cd495d..25351dbc37 100644
--- a/ui/drivers/qt/thumbnaildownload.cpp
+++ b/ui/drivers/qt/thumbnaildownload.cpp
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ void MainWindow::onThumbnailDownloadFinished()
       else
       {
          /*emit showErrorMessageDeferred(QString(msg_hash_to_str(MENU_ENUM_LABEL_VALUE_QT_NETWORK_ERROR)) + ": HTTP Code " + QString::number(code));*/
+         m_thumbnailDownloadFile.remove();
 
          RARCH_ERR("[Qt]: Thumbnail download failed with HTTP status code: %d\n", code);
 
diff --git a/ui/drivers/qt/updateretroarch.cpp b/ui/drivers/qt/updateretroarch.cpp
index 454de2eb7c..1381345516 100644
--- a/ui/drivers/qt/updateretroarch.cpp
+++ b/ui/drivers/qt/updateretroarch.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ void MainWindow::onRetroArchUpdateDownloadFinished()
       QByteArray errorArray = reply->errorString().toUtf8();
       const char *errorData = errorArray.constData();
 
+      m_updateFile.remove();
+
       RARCH_ERR("[Qt]: RetroArch update ended prematurely: %s\n", errorData);
       emit showErrorMessageDeferred(QString(msg_hash_to_str(MENU_ENUM_LABEL_VALUE_QT_NETWORK_ERROR)) + ": Code " + QString::number(code) + ": " + errorData);
    }