diff --git a/modules/gui/qt/medialibrary/mlbasemodel.cpp b/modules/gui/qt/medialibrary/mlbasemodel.cpp
index 997bc3a0fa..54237b6a8c 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt/medialibrary/mlbasemodel.cpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt/medialibrary/mlbasemodel.cpp
@@ -502,6 +502,62 @@ MLItem *MLBaseModel::findInCache(const MLItemId& id, int *index) const
     return item ? item->get() : nullptr;
 }
 
+void MLBaseModel::updateItemInCache(const MLItemId& mlid)
+{
+    if (!m_cache)
+    {
+        emit resetRequested();
+        return;
+    }
+    MLItem* item = findInCache(mlid, nullptr);
+    if (!item) // items isn't loaded
+        return;
+
+    if (!m_itemLoader)
+        m_itemLoader = createLoader();
+    struct Ctx {
+        std::unique_ptr<MLItem> item;
+    };
+    m_mediaLib->runOnMLThread<Ctx>(this,
+    //ML thread
+    [mlid, itemLoader = m_itemLoader](vlc_medialibrary_t* ml, Ctx& ctx){
+        ctx.item = itemLoader->loadItemById(ml, mlid);
+    },
+    //UI thread
+    [this](qint64, Ctx& ctx) {
+        if (!ctx.item)
+            return;
+
+        int row = m_cache->updateItem(std::move(ctx.item));
+        if (row != -1)
+        {
+            //notify every roles
+            emit dataChanged(index(row), index(row));
+        }
+        //otherwise don't notify, it will be updated when the cache reload the corresponding segment
+    });
+}
+
+void MLBaseModel::deleteItemInCache(const MLItemId& mlid)
+{
+    if (!m_cache)
+    {
+        emit resetRequested();
+        return;
+    }
+    int row = m_cache->deleteItem(mlid);
+    if (row < 0)
+    {
+        // items isn't in cache, we don't know if it's before or after our cache, request a reset
+        emit resetRequested();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        beginRemoveRows({}, row, row);
+        endRemoveRows();
+    }
+}
+
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 MLBaseModel::BaseLoader::BaseLoader(MLItemId parent, QString searchPattern,
diff --git a/modules/gui/qt/medialibrary/mlbasemodel.hpp b/modules/gui/qt/medialibrary/mlbasemodel.hpp
index 81ed7764f8..df0ae28784 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt/medialibrary/mlbasemodel.hpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt/medialibrary/mlbasemodel.hpp
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ protected:
 
     MLItem *findInCache(const MLItemId& id, int *index) const;
 
+    //update and notify changes on an item if this item is in the cache
+    void updateItemInCache(const MLItemId& id);
+
+    //delete and notify deletion of an item if this item is in the cache
+    //this is only to reflect changes from the ML, it won't alter the database
+    void deleteItemInCache(const MLItemId& mlid);
+
     virtual void onVlcMlEvent( const MLEvent &event );
 
 
@@ -177,6 +184,9 @@ protected:
 
     mutable std::unique_ptr<MLListCache> m_cache;
 
+    //loader used to load single items
+    std::shared_ptr<BaseLoader> m_itemLoader;
+
 private: // Friends
     friend QString getVideoListCover(const MLBaseModel*, MLItemCover*, int, int, int);
 };
diff --git a/modules/gui/qt/medialibrary/mllistcache.cpp b/modules/gui/qt/medialibrary/mllistcache.cpp
index e0a9b865cf..78c7a7ff09 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt/medialibrary/mllistcache.cpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt/medialibrary/mllistcache.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,35 @@ const MLListCache::ItemType* MLListCache::find(const std::function<bool (const M
     return nullptr;
 }
 
+int MLListCache::updateItem(std::unique_ptr<MLItem>&& newItem)
+{
+    MLItemId mlid = newItem->getId();
+    auto it = std::find_if(m_list.begin(), m_list.end(), [mlid](const ItemType& item) {
+        return (item->getId() == mlid);
+    });
+    //item not found
+    if (it == m_list.end())
+        return -1;
+
+    int pos = m_offset + std::distance(m_list.begin(), it);
+    *it = std::move(newItem);
+    return pos;
+}
+
+int MLListCache::deleteItem(const MLItemId& mlid)
+{
+    auto it = std::find_if(m_list.begin(), m_list.end(), [mlid](const ItemType& item) {
+        return (item->getId() == mlid);
+    });
+    //item not found
+    if (it == m_list.end())
+        return -1;
+    int pos = m_offset + std::distance(m_list.begin(), it);
+    m_list.erase(it, it);
+    m_total_count -= 1;
+    return pos;
+}
+
 ssize_t MLListCache::count() const
 {
     return m_total_count;
diff --git a/modules/gui/qt/medialibrary/mllistcache.hpp b/modules/gui/qt/medialibrary/mllistcache.hpp
index fcd022d96c..96e23a2286 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt/medialibrary/mllistcache.hpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt/medialibrary/mllistcache.hpp
@@ -112,6 +112,19 @@ public:
      */
     const ItemType *find(const std::function<bool (const ItemType&)> &&f, int *index = nullptr) const;
 
+    /**
+     * replace item in the cache with the one provided. replacement is based on newItem MLItemId
+     *
+     * this returns the index of the replaced item, or -1 if the item is not in the cache
+     */
+    int updateItem(std::unique_ptr<MLItem>&& newItem);
+
+    /**
+     * Removes from the cache list given its item id
+     *
+     * it returns the index row when the id is found and removed, -1 otherwise
+     */
+    int deleteItem(const MLItemId& mlid);
 
     /**
      * Return the number of items or `COUNT_UNINITIALIZED`