diff --git a/src/inc/routes/admin.mjs b/src/inc/routes/admin.mjs
index 04d903d..a9c797b 100644
--- a/src/inc/routes/admin.mjs
+++ b/src/inc/routes/admin.mjs
@@ -161,17 +161,30 @@ export default (router, tpl) => {
       }).end();
     }
 
+    const page = +req.url.qs.page || 1;
+    const limit = 50;
+    const offset = (page - 1) * limit;
+
+    const total = (await db`select count(*) as c from "items" where active = 'false'`)[0].c;
+    const pages = Math.ceil(total / limit);
+
     const _posts = await db`
       select id, mime, username, dest
       from "items"
       where
         active = 'false'
       order by id desc
+      limit ${limit} offset ${offset}
     `;
 
+    if (_posts.length === 0 && page > 1) {
+      // if page empty, maybe redirect to last page or page 1?
+      // Just render empty for now
+    }
+
     if (_posts.length === 0) {
       return res.reply({
-        body: tpl.render('admin/approve', { posts: [], tmp: null }, req)
+        body: tpl.render('admin/approve', { posts: [], pages: 0, page: 1, tmp: null }, req)
       });
     }
 
@@ -197,6 +210,8 @@ export default (router, tpl) => {
     res.reply({
       body: tpl.render('admin/approve', {
         posts,
+        page,
+        pages,
         tmp: null
       }, req)
     });
diff --git a/views/admin/approve.html b/views/admin/approve.html
index 12cd843..d771d02 100644
--- a/views/admin/approve.html
+++ b/views/admin/approve.html
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
                     <td>{{ post.mime }}</td>
                     <td>
                         <a href="/admin/approve/?id={{ post.id }}" class="badge badge-success">Approve</a>
-                        <a href="/admin/deny/?id={{ post.id }}" class="badge badge-danger">Deny / Delete</a>
+                        <a href="/admin/deny/?id={{ post.id }}" class="badge badge-danger btn-deny-async">Deny /
+                            Delete</a>
                     </td>
                 </tr>
                 @endeach
@@ -38,7 +39,46 @@
             </tbody>
         </table>
         <br>
+        @if(typeof pages !== 'undefined' && pages > 1)
+        <div class="pagination" style="display: flex; gap: 10px; align-items: center; justify-content: center;">
+            @if(page > 1)
+            <a href="/admin/approve?page={{ page - 1 }}" class="badge badge-secondary">&laquo; Prev</a>
+            @endif
+            <span>Page {{ page }} of {{ pages }}</span>
+            @if(page < pages) <a href="/admin/approve?page={{ page + 1 }}" class="badge badge-secondary">Next
+                &raquo;</a>
+                @endif
+        </div>
+        <br>
+        @endif
         <a href="/admin">Back to Admin</a>
     </div>
 </div>
+<script>
+    document.querySelectorAll('.btn-deny-async').forEach(btn => {
+        btn.addEventListener('click', async e => {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            if (!confirm('Permanently delete this item?')) return;
+
+            const url = btn.href;
+            const row = btn.closest('tr');
+            const originalText = btn.innerText;
+            btn.innerText = 'Deleting...';
+
+            try {
+                const res = await fetch(url);
+                if (res.ok) {
+                    row.style.opacity = '0';
+                    setTimeout(() => row.remove(), 500);
+                } else {
+                    alert('Delete request failed');
+                    btn.innerText = originalText;
+                }
+            } catch (err) {
+                alert('Error: ' + err);
+                btn.innerText = originalText;
+            }
+        });
+    });
+</script>
 @include(snippets/footer)
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