diff --git a/src/components/create.vue b/src/components/create.vue
index 335e0a7..e54f7b0 100644
--- a/src/components/create.vue
+++ b/src/components/create.vue
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
             v-model="secret"
             class="form-control"
             :rows="2"
+            @pasteFile="handlePasteFile"
           />
         </div>
         <div
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@
             type="file"
             multiple
             :accept="$root.customize.acceptedFileTypes"
-            @change="updateFileMeta"
+            @change="handleSelectFiles"
           >
           <div class="form-text">
             {{ $t('text-max-filesize', { maxSize: bytesToHuman(maxFileSize) }) }}
@@ -67,6 +68,14 @@
           >
             {{ $t('text-max-filesize-exceeded', { curSize: bytesToHuman(fileSize), maxSize: bytesToHuman(maxFileSize) }) }}
           </div>
+          <FilesDisplay
+            v-if="attachedFiles.length > 0"
+            class="mt-3"
+            :can-delete="true"
+            :track-download="false"
+            :files="attachedFiles"
+            @fileClicked="deleteFile"
+          />
         </div>
         <div class="col-md-6 col-12 order-2 order-md-1">
           <button
@@ -117,6 +126,7 @@
 
 import appCrypto from '../crypto.js'
 import { bytesToHuman } from '../helpers'
+import FilesDisplay from './fileDisplay.vue'
 import GrowArea from './growarea.vue'
 import OTSMeta from '../ots-meta'
 
@@ -148,7 +158,7 @@ const passwordCharset = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS
 const passwordLength = 20
 
 export default {
-  components: { GrowArea },
+  components: { FilesDisplay, GrowArea },
 
   computed: {
     canCreate() {
@@ -222,6 +232,7 @@ export default {
 
   data() {
     return {
+      attachedFiles: [],
       canWrite: null,
       createRunning: false,
       fileSize: 0,
@@ -268,9 +279,9 @@ export default {
       const meta = new OTSMeta()
       meta.secret = this.secret
 
-      if (this.$refs.createSecretFiles) {
-        for (const f of [...this.$refs.createSecretFiles.files]) {
-          meta.files.push(f)
+      if (this.attachedFiles.length > 0) {
+        for (const f of this.attachedFiles) {
+          meta.files.push(f.fileObj)
         }
       }
 
@@ -317,6 +328,37 @@ export default {
       return false
     },
 
+    deleteFile(fileId) {
+      this.attachedFiles = [...this.attachedFiles].filter(file => file.id !== fileId)
+      this.updateFileMeta()
+    },
+
+    handlePasteFile(file) {
+      this.attachedFiles.push({
+        fileObj: file,
+        id: window.crypto.randomUUID(),
+        name: file.name,
+        size: file.size,
+        type: file.type,
+      })
+      this.updateFileMeta()
+    },
+
+    handleSelectFiles() {
+      for (const file of this.$refs.createSecretFiles.files) {
+        this.attachedFiles.push({
+          fileObj: file,
+          id: window.crypto.randomUUID(),
+          name: file.name,
+          size: file.size,
+          type: file.type,
+        })
+      }
+      this.updateFileMeta()
+
+      this.$refs.createSecretFiles.value = ''
+    },
+
     isAcceptedBy(fileMeta, accept) {
       if (/^(?:[a-z]+|\*)\/(?:[a-zA-Z0-9.+_-]+|\*)$/.test(accept)) {
         // That's likely supposed to be a mime-type
@@ -332,12 +374,12 @@ export default {
 
     updateFileMeta() {
       let cumSize = 0
-      for (const f of [...this.$refs.createSecretFiles.files]) {
+      for (const f of this.attachedFiles) {
         cumSize += f.size
       }
 
       this.fileSize = cumSize
-      this.selectedFileMeta = [...this.$refs.createSecretFiles.files].map(file => ({
+      this.selectedFileMeta = this.attachedFiles.map(file => ({
         name: file.name,
         type: file.type,
       }))
diff --git a/src/components/fileDisplay.vue b/src/components/fileDisplay.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bac295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/fileDisplay.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="list-group mb-3">
+    <a
+      v-for="file in files"
+      :key="file.id"
+      class="cursor-pointer list-group-item list-group-item-action font-monospace d-flex align-items-center"
+      :href="file.url"
+      :download="file.name"
+      @click="handleClick(file)"
+    >
+      <i :class="fasFileType(file.type)" />
+      <span>{{ file.name }}</span>
+      <span class="ms-auto">{{ bytesToHuman(file.size) }}</span>
+      <template v-if="trackDownload">
+        <i
+          v-if="!hasDownloaded[file.id]"
+          class="fas fa-fw fa-download ms-2 text-warning"
+        />
+        <i
+          v-else
+          class="fas fa-fw fa-circle-check ms-2 text-success"
+        />
+      </template>
+      <template v-if="canDelete">
+        <i
+          class="fas fa-fw fa-trash ms-2 text-danger"
+        />
+      </template>
+    </a>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import { bytesToHuman } from '../helpers'
+
+export default {
+  data() {
+    return {
+      hasDownloaded: {},
+    }
+  },
+
+  methods: {
+    bytesToHuman,
+
+    fasFileType(type) {
+      return [
+        'fas',
+        'fa-fw',
+        'me-2',
+        ...[
+          { icon: ['fa-file-pdf'], match: /application\/pdf/ },
+          { icon: ['fa-file-audio'], match: /^audio\// },
+          { icon: ['fa-file-image'], match: /^image\// },
+          { icon: ['fa-file-lines'], match: /^text\// },
+          { icon: ['fa-file-video'], match: /^video\// },
+          { icon: ['fa-file-zipper'], match: /^application\/(gzip|x-tar|zip)$/ },
+          { icon: ['fa-file-circle-question'], match: /.*/ },
+        ].filter(el => el.match.test(type))[0].icon,
+      ].join(' ')
+    },
+
+    handleClick(file) {
+      this.$set(this.hasDownloaded, file.id, true)
+      this.$emit('fileClicked', file.id)
+    },
+  },
+
+  name: 'AppFileDisplay',
+
+  props: {
+    canDelete: {
+      default: false,
+      required: false,
+      type: Boolean,
+    },
+
+    files: {
+      required: true,
+      type: Array,
+    },
+
+    trackDownload: {
+      default: true,
+      required: false,
+      type: Boolean,
+    },
+  },
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/src/components/growarea.vue b/src/components/growarea.vue
index 2048c69..a836602 100644
--- a/src/components/growarea.vue
+++ b/src/components/growarea.vue
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     ref="area"
     v-model="data"
     style="resize: none;"
+    @paste="handlePaste"
   />
 </template>
 
@@ -33,8 +34,32 @@ export default {
     getStyle(name) {
       return parseInt(getComputedStyle(this.$refs.area, null)[name])
     },
+
+    handlePaste(evt) {
+      if ([...evt.clipboardData.items]
+        .filter(item => item.kind !== 'string')
+        .length === 0) {
+        return
+      }
+
+      /*
+       * We have something else than text, prevent using clipboard and
+       * pasting and emit an event containing the file data
+       */
+      evt.stopPropagation()
+      evt.preventDefault()
+
+      for (const item of evt.clipboardData.items) {
+        if (item.kind === 'string') {
+          continue
+        }
+
+        this.$emit('pasteFile', item.getAsFile())
+      }
+    },
   },
 
+
   mounted() {
     this.changeSize()
   },
diff --git a/src/components/secret-display.vue b/src/components/secret-display.vue
index 48be857..e26b321 100644
--- a/src/components/secret-display.vue
+++ b/src/components/secret-display.vue
@@ -56,28 +56,7 @@
         </div>
         <template v-if="files.length > 0">
           <p v-html="$t('text-attached-files')" />
-          <div class="list-group mb-3">
-            <a
-              v-for="file in files"
-              :key="file.name"
-              class="list-group-item list-group-item-action font-monospace d-flex align-items-center"
-              :href="file.url"
-              :download="file.name"
-              @click="$set(hasDownloaded, file.name, true)"
-            >
-              <i :class="fasFileType(file.type)" />
-              <span>{{ file.name }}</span>
-              <span class="ms-auto">{{ bytesToHuman(file.size) }}</span>
-              <i
-                v-if="!hasDownloaded[file.name]"
-                class="fas fa-fw fa-download ms-2 text-warning"
-              />
-              <i
-                v-else
-                class="fas fa-fw fa-circle-check ms-2 text-success"
-              />
-            </a>
-          </div>
+          <FilesDisplay :files="files" />
         </template>
         <p v-html="$t('text-hint-burned')" />
       </template>
@@ -88,17 +67,16 @@
 import appClipboardButton from './clipboard-button.vue'
 import appCrypto from '../crypto.js'
 import appQrButton from './qr-button.vue'
-import { bytesToHuman } from '../helpers'
+import FilesDisplay from './fileDisplay.vue'
 import GrowArea from './growarea.vue'
 import OTSMeta from '../ots-meta'
 
 export default {
-  components: { GrowArea, appClipboardButton, appQrButton },
+  components: { FilesDisplay, GrowArea, appClipboardButton, appQrButton },
 
   data() {
     return {
       files: [],
-      hasDownloaded: {},
       popover: null,
       secret: null,
       secretContentBlobURL: null,
@@ -107,25 +85,6 @@ export default {
   },
 
   methods: {
-    bytesToHuman,
-
-    fasFileType(type) {
-      return [
-        'fas',
-        'fa-fw',
-        'me-2',
-        ...[
-          { icon: ['fa-file-pdf'], match: /application\/pdf/ },
-          { icon: ['fa-file-audio'], match: /^audio\// },
-          { icon: ['fa-file-image'], match: /^image\// },
-          { icon: ['fa-file-lines'], match: /^text\// },
-          { icon: ['fa-file-video'], match: /^video\// },
-          { icon: ['fa-file-zipper'], match: /^application\/(gzip|x-tar|zip)$/ },
-          { icon: ['fa-file-circle-question'], match: /.*/ },
-        ].filter(el => el.match.test(type))[0].icon,
-      ].join(' ')
-    },
-
     // requestSecret requests the encrypted secret from the backend
     requestSecret() {
       this.secretLoading = true
@@ -161,7 +120,13 @@ export default {
                     file.arrayBuffer()
                       .then(ab => {
                         const blobURL = window.URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([ab], { type: file.type }))
-                        this.files.push({ name: file.name, size: ab.byteLength, type: file.type, url: blobURL })
+                        this.files.push({
+                          id: window.crypto.randomUUID(),
+                          name: file.name,
+                          size: ab.byteLength,
+                          type: file.type,
+                          url: blobURL,
+                        })
                       })
                   })
                   this.secretLoading = false
diff --git a/src/style.scss b/src/style.scss
index 794e1f5..11a4be3 100644
--- a/src/style.scss
+++ b/src/style.scss
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ $web-font-path: '';
   textarea {
     font-family: monospace !important;
   }
+
+  .cursor-pointer {
+    cursor: pointer;
+  }
 }
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