diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard.d.ts b/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard.d.ts
index 72665eb9c60..e807870d961 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard.d.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard.d.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,17 @@ export type DashboardItemResizedEvent<TItem extends DashboardItem> = CustomEvent
   items: Array<TItem | DashboardSectionItem<TItem>>;
 }>;
 
+/**
+ * Fired before an item is removed. Calling preventDefault() on the event will cancel the removal.
+ */
+export type DashboardItemBeforeRemoveEvent<TItem extends DashboardItem> = CustomEvent<{
+  item: TItem | DashboardSectionItem<TItem>;
+
+  items: Array<TItem | DashboardSectionItem<TItem>>;
+
+  section: DashboardSectionItem<TItem> | undefined;
+}>;
+
 /**
  * Fired when an item was removed
  */
@@ -92,6 +103,8 @@ export type DashboardItemRemovedEvent<TItem extends DashboardItem> = CustomEvent
   item: TItem | DashboardSectionItem<TItem>;
 
   items: Array<TItem | DashboardSectionItem<TItem>>;
+
+  section: DashboardSectionItem<TItem> | undefined;
 }>;
 
 /**
@@ -123,6 +136,8 @@ export interface DashboardCustomEventMap<TItem extends DashboardItem> {
 
   'dashboard-item-resized': DashboardItemResizedEvent<TItem>;
 
+  'dashboard-item-before-remove': DashboardItemBeforeRemoveEvent<TItem>;
+
   'dashboard-item-removed': DashboardItemRemovedEvent<TItem>;
 
   'dashboard-item-selected-changed': DashboardItemSelectedChangedEvent<TItem>;
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard.js b/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard.js
index a1bff9a5888..b98b1dcf8c7 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard.js
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard.js
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ import { WidgetResizeController } from './widget-resize-controller.js';
  *
  * @fires {CustomEvent} dashboard-item-moved - Fired when an item was moved
  * @fires {CustomEvent} dashboard-item-resized - Fired when an item was resized
+ * @fires {CustomEvent} dashboard-item-before-remove - Fired before an item is removed. Calling preventDefault() on the event will cancel the removal.
  * @fires {CustomEvent} dashboard-item-removed - Fired when an item was removed
  * @fires {CustomEvent} dashboard-item-selected-changed - Fired when an item selected state changed
  * @fires {CustomEvent} dashboard-item-move-mode-changed - Fired when an item move mode changed
@@ -427,12 +428,25 @@ class Dashboard extends DashboardLayoutMixin(
     e.stopImmediatePropagation();
     const item = getElementItem(e.target);
     const items = getItemsArrayOfItem(item, this.items);
+    const section = this.items.find((i) => i.items && i.items.includes(item));
+
+    // Fire before-remove event
+    const beforeRemoveEvent = new CustomEvent('dashboard-item-before-remove', {
+      cancelable: true,
+      detail: { item, items: this.items, section },
+    });
+    this.dispatchEvent(beforeRemoveEvent);
+
+    // Check if removal was prevented
+    if (beforeRemoveEvent.defaultPrevented) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Proceed with removal
     items.splice(items.indexOf(item), 1);
     this.items = [...this.items];
     this.toggleAttribute('item-selected', false);
-    this.dispatchEvent(
-      new CustomEvent('dashboard-item-removed', { cancelable: true, detail: { item, items: this.items } }),
-    );
+    this.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('dashboard-item-removed', { detail: { item, items: this.items, section } }));
   }
 
   /** @private */
@@ -516,6 +530,12 @@ class Dashboard extends DashboardLayoutMixin(
    * @event dashboard-item-resized
    */
 
+  /**
+   * Fired before an item is removed
+   *
+   * @event dashboard-item-before-remove
+   */
+
   /**
    * Fired when an item was removed
    *
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/test/dashboard.test.ts b/packages/dashboard/test/dashboard.test.ts
index f449ab9ce12..fd4d26aa9af 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/test/dashboard.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/test/dashboard.test.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,74 @@ describe('dashboard', () => {
     expect(dashboard.items).to.eql([{ id: '0' }]);
   });
 
+  it('should dispatch a dashboard-item-before-remove event before removal', () => {
+    const spy = sinon.spy();
+    dashboard.addEventListener('dashboard-item-before-remove', spy);
+    const widget = getElementFromCell(dashboard, 0, 1);
+    getRemoveButton(widget as DashboardWidget).click();
+    expect(spy).to.be.calledOnce;
+    expect(spy.firstCall.args[0].detail.item).to.eql({ id: '1' });
+    expect(spy.firstCall.args[0].detail.items).to.eql([{ id: '0' }]); // contains the state after removal
+    expect(spy.firstCall.args[0].detail.section).to.be.undefined;
+  });
+
+  it('should include section in dashboard-item-before-remove event for nested items', async () => {
+    const sectionItem: DashboardSectionItem<TestDashboardItem> = {
+      title: 'Section',
+      items: [{ id: '2' }, { id: '3' }],
+    };
+    dashboard.items = [{ id: '0' }, { id: '1' }, sectionItem];
+    await updateComplete(dashboard);
+
+    const spy = sinon.spy();
+    dashboard.addEventListener('dashboard-item-before-remove', spy);
+    const widget = getElementFromCell(dashboard, 1, 0);
+    const section = widget?.closest('vaadin-dashboard-section');
+    expect(section).to.be.ok;
+    getRemoveButton(widget as DashboardWidget).click();
+
+    expect(spy).to.be.calledOnce;
+    expect(spy.firstCall.args[0].detail.item).to.eql({ id: '2' });
+    expect(spy.firstCall.args[0].detail.section).to.equal(sectionItem);
+  });
+
+  it('should cancel removal when preventDefault is called on dashboard-item-before-remove', () => {
+    const originalItems = dashboard.items;
+    dashboard.addEventListener('dashboard-item-before-remove', (e) => {
+      e.preventDefault();
+    });
+    const widget = getElementFromCell(dashboard, 0, 1);
+    getRemoveButton(widget as DashboardWidget).click();
+    expect(dashboard.items).to.equal(originalItems);
+    expect(dashboard.items).to.eql([{ id: '0' }, { id: '1' }]);
+  });
+
+  it('should not fire dashboard-item-removed when dashboard-item-before-remove is prevented', () => {
+    const beforeRemoveSpy = sinon.spy();
+    const removedSpy = sinon.spy();
+    dashboard.addEventListener('dashboard-item-before-remove', (e) => {
+      beforeRemoveSpy();
+      e.preventDefault();
+    });
+    dashboard.addEventListener('dashboard-item-removed', removedSpy);
+    const widget = getElementFromCell(dashboard, 0, 1);
+    getRemoveButton(widget as DashboardWidget).click();
+    expect(beforeRemoveSpy).to.be.calledOnce;
+    expect(removedSpy).to.not.be.called;
+  });
+
+  it('should fire both events in correct order when not prevented', () => {
+    const beforeRemoveSpy = sinon.spy();
+    const removedSpy = sinon.spy();
+    dashboard.addEventListener('dashboard-item-before-remove', beforeRemoveSpy);
+    dashboard.addEventListener('dashboard-item-removed', removedSpy);
+    const widget = getElementFromCell(dashboard, 0, 1);
+    getRemoveButton(widget as DashboardWidget).click();
+    expect(beforeRemoveSpy).to.be.calledOnce;
+    expect(removedSpy).to.be.calledOnce;
+    expect(beforeRemoveSpy).to.have.been.calledBefore(removedSpy);
+  });
+
   it('should dispatch an dashboard-item-removed event', () => {
     const spy = sinon.spy();
     dashboard.addEventListener('dashboard-item-removed', spy);
@@ -115,6 +183,27 @@ describe('dashboard', () => {
     expect(spy).to.be.calledOnce;
     expect(spy.firstCall.args[0].detail.item).to.eql({ id: '1' });
     expect(spy.firstCall.args[0].detail.items).to.eql([{ id: '0' }]);
+    expect(spy.firstCall.args[0].detail.section).to.be.undefined;
+  });
+
+  it('should include section in dashboard-item-removed event for nested items', async () => {
+    const sectionItem: DashboardSectionItem<TestDashboardItem> = {
+      title: 'Section',
+      items: [{ id: '2' }, { id: '3' }],
+    };
+    dashboard.items = [{ id: '0' }, { id: '1' }, sectionItem];
+    await updateComplete(dashboard);
+
+    const spy = sinon.spy();
+    dashboard.addEventListener('dashboard-item-removed', spy);
+    const widget = getElementFromCell(dashboard, 1, 0);
+    const section = widget?.closest('vaadin-dashboard-section');
+    expect(section).to.be.ok;
+    getRemoveButton(widget as DashboardWidget).click();
+
+    expect(spy).to.be.calledOnce;
+    expect(spy.firstCall.args[0].detail.item).to.eql({ id: '2' });
+    expect(spy.firstCall.args[0].detail.section).to.equal(sectionItem);
   });
 
   it('should not dispatch an item-remove event', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/test/typings/dashboard.types.ts b/packages/dashboard/test/typings/dashboard.types.ts
index c1ef28f99c3..e300eeb26d8 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/test/typings/dashboard.types.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/test/typings/dashboard.types.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type {
   Dashboard,
   DashboardI18n,
   DashboardItem,
+  DashboardItemBeforeRemoveEvent,
   DashboardItemMovedEvent,
   DashboardItemMoveModeChangedEvent,
   DashboardItemRemovedEvent,
@@ -90,11 +91,20 @@ narrowedDashboard.addEventListener('dashboard-item-resized', (event) => {
   assertType<Array<TestDashboardItem | DashboardSectionItem<TestDashboardItem>>>(event.detail.items);
 });
 
+narrowedDashboard.addEventListener('dashboard-item-before-remove', (event) => {
+  assertType<DashboardItemBeforeRemoveEvent<TestDashboardItem>>(event);
+  assertType<TestDashboardItem>(event.detail.item as TestDashboardItem);
+  assertType<DashboardSectionItem<TestDashboardItem>>(event.detail.item as DashboardSectionItem<TestDashboardItem>);
+  assertType<Array<TestDashboardItem | DashboardSectionItem<TestDashboardItem>>>(event.detail.items);
+  assertType<DashboardSectionItem<TestDashboardItem> | undefined>(event.detail.section);
+});
+
 narrowedDashboard.addEventListener('dashboard-item-removed', (event) => {
   assertType<DashboardItemRemovedEvent<TestDashboardItem>>(event);
   assertType<TestDashboardItem>(event.detail.item as TestDashboardItem);
   assertType<DashboardSectionItem<TestDashboardItem>>(event.detail.item as DashboardSectionItem<TestDashboardItem>);
   assertType<Array<TestDashboardItem | DashboardSectionItem<TestDashboardItem>>>(event.detail.items);
+  assertType<DashboardSectionItem<TestDashboardItem> | undefined>(event.detail.section);
 });
 
 narrowedDashboard.addEventListener('dashboard-item-selected-changed', (event) => {