diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 305fc5e2..f5b7eb54 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ In this release, the schema version has changed from 20 to 21.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- The blocklists can now be deleted properly ([#5700]).
 - Queries with the question-section target `.`, for example `NS .`, are now
   counted in the statistics and correctly shown in the query log ([#5910]).
 - Safe Search not working with `AAAA` queries for domains that don't have `AAAA`
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ In this release, the schema version has changed from 20 to 21.
 
 [#951]:  https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/issues/951
 [#1577]: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/issues/1577
+[#5700]: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/issues/5700
 [#5910]: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/issues/5910
 [#5913]: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/issues/5913
 
diff --git a/internal/filtering/http.go b/internal/filtering/http.go
index 41964965..4aef0409 100644
--- a/internal/filtering/http.go
+++ b/internal/filtering/http.go
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func (d *DNSFilter) handleFilteringRemoveURL(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 		deleted = (*filters)[delIdx]
 		p := deleted.Path(d.DataDir)
 		err = os.Rename(p, p+".old")
-		if err != nil {
+		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 			log.Error("deleting filter %d: renaming file %q: %s", deleted.ID, p, err)
 
 			return