         
         for readingList in readingLists {
             readingList.isDeletedLocally = true
+            for entry in readingList.entries ?? [] {
+                entry.isDeletedLocally = true
+                entry.article?.updateReadingListEntries()
+                entry.article = nil
+            }
         }
         
         if moc.hasChanges {

                                remoteEntriesToCreateLocally[entry.id] = (entry, readingList)
                            }
                            for localEntry in localEntries {
                                guard let article = localEntry.article, let articleURL = article.url, let articleSite = articleURL.wmf_site, let articleTitle = articleURL.wmf_title else {
                                    moc.delete(localEntry)
                                    continue
                                }
                                
                                guard !localEntry.isDeletedLocally else {
                                    // the entry has been deleted locally
                                    guard let entryID = localEntry.readingListEntryID?.int64Value else {
                                        localEntriesToDelete.append(localEntry)  // the entry has been deleted locally but doesn't have an entry ID, so just delete it
                                        continue
                                    }
                                    
                                    remoteEntriesToCreateLocally.removeValue(forKey: entryID)
                                    
                                    group.enter()
                                    self.apiController.removeEntry(withEntryID: entryID, fromListWithListID: readingListID, completion: { (error) in
                                        defer {

            return (entry.list?.isDefault?.boolValue ?? false) && !entry.isDeletedLocally
        })
    }

    func updateReadingListEntries() {
        guard let articleEntries = readingListEntries else {
            savedDate = nil
            return
        }
        if articleEntries.filter({ !$0.isDeletedLocally }).count == 0 {
            savedDate = nil
        }
    }
    
    func addToDefaultReadingList() {
        guard let moc = self.managedObjectContext else {
