diff --git a/packages/connect-react/src/components/passkeyList/PasskeyListScreen.tsx b/packages/connect-react/src/components/passkeyList/PasskeyListScreen.tsx
index de103099..f380c34a 100644
--- a/packages/connect-react/src/components/passkeyList/PasskeyListScreen.tsx
+++ b/packages/connect-react/src/components/passkeyList/PasskeyListScreen.tsx
@@ -252,7 +252,11 @@ const PasskeyListScreen = () => {
           <DeleteModal
             passkey={passkey}
             onDeleteClick={onDeleteClick}
-            hide={hide}
+            hide={() => {
+              // closing the confirmation without deleting => track as aborted deletion
+              void getConnectService().recordEventManageDeleteExplicitAbort();
+              hide();
+            }}
           />,
         );
       }}
diff --git a/packages/web-core/openapi/spec_v2.yaml b/packages/web-core/openapi/spec_v2.yaml
index b82b2cca..bd498249 100644
--- a/packages/web-core/openapi/spec_v2.yaml
+++ b/packages/web-core/openapi/spec_v2.yaml
@@ -2121,6 +2121,7 @@ components:
           manage-error,
           manage-learn-more,
           manage-credential-exists,
+          manage-delete-explicit-abort,
           local-unlock
         ]
 
diff --git a/packages/web-core/src/api/v2/api.ts b/packages/web-core/src/api/v2/api.ts
index 06463221..fcf2ba18 100644
--- a/packages/web-core/src/api/v2/api.ts
+++ b/packages/web-core/src/api/v2/api.ts
@@ -2602,6 +2602,7 @@ export const PasskeyEventType = {
     ManageError: 'manage-error',
     ManageLearnMore: 'manage-learn-more',
     ManageCredentialExists: 'manage-credential-exists',
+    ManageDeleteExplicitAbort: 'manage-delete-explicit-abort',
     LocalUnlock: 'local-unlock'
 } as const;
 
diff --git a/packages/web-core/src/services/ConnectService.ts b/packages/web-core/src/services/ConnectService.ts
index 9c416f12..2f2b517f 100644
--- a/packages/web-core/src/services/ConnectService.ts
+++ b/packages/web-core/src/services/ConnectService.ts
@@ -768,6 +768,11 @@ export class ConnectService {
     return this.#recordEvent(PasskeyEventType.ManageErrorUnexpected, messageCode);
   }
 
+  // user opened the delete confirmation in the passkey list but did not confirm the deletion
+  recordEventManageDeleteExplicitAbort() {
+    return this.#recordEvent(PasskeyEventType.ManageDeleteExplicitAbort);
+  }
+
   recordEventAppendExplicitAbort(attestationOptions?: string) {
     let challenge;
     if (attestationOptions) {