diff --git a/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Classes/Controller/WorkspaceController.php b/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Classes/Controller/WorkspaceController.php
index e9fe075ddb0..67edb6cf91a 100644
--- a/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Classes/Controller/WorkspaceController.php
+++ b/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Classes/Controller/WorkspaceController.php
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 use Neos\Flow\I18n\Exception\InvalidFormatPlaceholderException;
 use Neos\Flow\Mvc\ActionRequest;
 use Neos\Flow\Mvc\Exception\StopActionException;
-use Neos\Flow\Mvc\View\ViewInterface;
 use Neos\Flow\Package\PackageManager;
 use Neos\Flow\Property\PropertyMapper;
 use Neos\Flow\Security\Account;
@@ -107,18 +106,6 @@ class WorkspaceController extends AbstractModuleController
     #[Flow\Inject]
     protected WorkspaceProvider $workspaceProvider;
 
-    protected function initializeView(ViewInterface $view): void
-    {
-        parent::initializeView($view);
-        // If we're in a HTMX-request...
-        if ($this->request->getHttpRequest()->hasHeader('HX-Request')) {
-            // We append an "/htmx" segment to the fusion path, changing it from "<PackageKey>/<ControllerName>/<ActionName>" to "<PackageKey>/<ControllerName>/<ActionName>/htmx"
-            $htmxFusionPath = str_replace(['\\Controller\\', '\\'], ['\\', '/'], $this->request->getControllerObjectName());
-            $htmxFusionPath .= '/' . $this->request->getControllerActionName() . '/htmx';
-            $view->setOption('fusionPath', $htmxFusionPath);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Display a list of unpublished content
      */
@@ -383,11 +370,11 @@ public function deleteAction(WorkspaceName $workspaceName): void
                 '',
                 Message::SEVERITY_ERROR
             );
-            $this->redirect('index');
+            $this->throwStatus(404, 'Workspace does not exist');
         }
 
         if ($workspace->isPersonalWorkspace()) {
-            $this->redirect('index');
+            $this->throwStatus(403, 'Personal workspaces cannot be deleted');
         }
 
         $dependentWorkspaces = $contentRepository->getWorkspaceFinder()
@@ -408,7 +395,7 @@ public function deleteAction(WorkspaceName $workspaceName): void
                 'Neos.Workspace.Ui'
             ) ?: 'workspaces.workspaceCannotBeDeletedBecauseOfDependencies';
             $this->addFlashMessage($message, '', Message::SEVERITY_WARNING);
-            $this->redirect('index');
+            $this->throwStatus(403, 'Workspace has dependencies');
         }
 
         $nodesCount = 0;
@@ -428,7 +415,7 @@ public function deleteAction(WorkspaceName $workspaceName): void
                 'Neos.Workspace.Ui'
             ) ?: 'workspaces.notDeletedErrorWhileFetchingUnpublishedNodes';
             $this->addFlashMessage($message, '', Message::SEVERITY_WARNING);
-            $this->redirect('index');
+            $this->throwStatus(500, 'Error while fetching unpublished nodes');
         }
         if ($nodesCount > 0) {
             $message = $this->translator->translateById(
@@ -440,7 +427,7 @@ public function deleteAction(WorkspaceName $workspaceName): void
                 'Neos.Workspace.Ui'
             ) ?: 'workspaces.workspaceCannotBeDeletedBecauseOfUnpublishedNodes';
             $this->addFlashMessage($message, '', Message::SEVERITY_WARNING);
-            $this->redirect('index');
+            $this->throwStatus(403, 'Workspace has unpublished nodes');
         }
 
         $contentRepository->handle(
@@ -457,7 +444,6 @@ public function deleteAction(WorkspaceName $workspaceName): void
             'Main',
             'Neos.Workspace.Ui'
         ) ?: 'workspaces.workspaceHasBeenRemoved');
-        $this->redirect('index');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Classes/Mvc/HtmxRequestPattern.php b/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Classes/Mvc/HtmxRequestPattern.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04b190f90e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Classes/Mvc/HtmxRequestPattern.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Neos.Workspace.Ui package.
+ *
+ * (c) Contributors of the Neos Project - www.neos.io
+ *
+ * This package is Open Source Software. For the full copyright and license
+ * information, please view the LICENSE file which was distributed with this
+ * source code.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Neos\Workspace\Ui\Mvc;
+
+use Neos\Flow\Mvc\ActionRequest;
+use Neos\Flow\Security\RequestPatternInterface;
+
+final class HtmxRequestPattern implements RequestPatternInterface
+{
+    public function matchRequest(ActionRequest $request): bool
+    {
+        return $request->getFormat() === 'htmx';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Classes/Mvc/HttpHeaderFlashMessageStorage.php b/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Classes/Mvc/HttpHeaderFlashMessageStorage.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..715dfe1d738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Classes/Mvc/HttpHeaderFlashMessageStorage.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Neos.Workspace.Ui package.
+ *
+ * (c) Contributors of the Neos Project - www.neos.io
+ *
+ * This package is Open Source Software. For the full copyright and license
+ * information, please view the LICENSE file which was distributed with this
+ * source code.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Neos\Workspace\Ui\Mvc;
+
+use Neos\Error\Messages\Message;
+use Neos\Flow\Mvc\FlashMessage\FlashMessageContainer;
+use Neos\Flow\Mvc\FlashMessage\FlashMessageStorageInterface;
+use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface as HttpResponseInterface;
+use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface as HttpRequestInterface;
+
+final class HttpHeaderFlashMessageStorage implements FlashMessageStorageInterface
+{
+    private FlashMessageContainer|null $flashMessageContainer = null;
+
+    public function load(HttpRequestInterface $request): FlashMessageContainer
+    {
+        if ($this->flashMessageContainer === null) {
+            $this->flashMessageContainer = new FlashMessageContainer();
+        }
+        return $this->flashMessageContainer;
+    }
+
+    public function persist(HttpResponseInterface $response): HttpResponseInterface
+    {
+        $messages = array_map(static fn(Message $message) => [
+            'title' => $message->getTitle(),
+            'message' => $message->render(),
+            'severity' => $message->getSeverity(),
+            'code' => $message->getCode(),
+        ], $this->flashMessageContainer?->getMessagesAndFlush() ?? []);
+        if ($messages === []) {
+            return $response;
+        }
+        return $response->withAddedHeader('X-Flow-FlashMessages', json_encode($messages, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Configuration/Settings.Flow.yaml b/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Configuration/Settings.Flow.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91a652d7d24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Configuration/Settings.Flow.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Neos:
+  Flow:
+    mvc:
+      flashMessages:
+        containers:
+          'httpHeaderFlashMessages':
+            storage: 'Neos\Workspace\Ui\Mvc\HttpHeaderFlashMessageStorage'
+            requestPatterns:
+              'htmx':
+                pattern: 'Neos\Workspace\Ui\Mvc\HtmxRequestPattern'
diff --git a/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Resources/Private/Fusion/Components/Modals/Delete.fusion b/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Resources/Private/Fusion/Components/Modals/Delete.fusion
index ec24966b130..da5fe1abebb 100644
--- a/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Resources/Private/Fusion/Components/Modals/Delete.fusion
+++ b/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Resources/Private/Fusion/Components/Modals/Delete.fusion
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ prototype(Neos.Workspace.Ui:Component.Modal.Delete) < prototype(Neos.Fusion:Comp
           form.target.action="delete"
           form.target.format="htmx"
           form.target.arguments.workspaceName={props.workspaceName}
-          class="neos-inline"
+          attributes.class="neos-inline"
           attributes.hx-post={form.getTarget()}
           attributes.hx-target="closest tr"
           attributes.hx-swap="delete"
diff --git a/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Resources/Private/Fusion/Views/Delete.fusion b/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Resources/Private/Fusion/Views/Delete.fusion
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b7fbf345050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Resources/Private/Fusion/Views/Delete.fusion
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+##
+# Empty template for the delete response as the payload is contained in the HTTP headers
+#
+Neos.Workspace.Ui.WorkspaceController.delete.htmx = ''
diff --git a/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Resources/Private/Fusion/Views/Index.htmx.fusion b/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Resources/Private/Fusion/Views/Index.htmx.fusion
deleted file mode 100644
index c8734844947..00000000000
--- a/Neos.Workspace.Ui/Resources/Private/Fusion/Views/Index.htmx.fusion
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-Neos.Workspace.Ui.WorkspaceController.index.htmx = Neos.Fusion:Component {
-  flashMessages = ${flashMessages}
-
-  renderer = afx`
-    <Neos.Workspace.Ui:Component.FlashMessages flashMessages={props.flashMessages}/>
-  `
-}