diff --git a/packages/lexical-playground/__tests__/e2e/Selection.spec.mjs b/packages/lexical-playground/__tests__/e2e/Selection.spec.mjs
index 22a15388f5e0..20ebff8f39c6 100644
--- a/packages/lexical-playground/__tests__/e2e/Selection.spec.mjs
+++ b/packages/lexical-playground/__tests__/e2e/Selection.spec.mjs
@@ -217,6 +217,52 @@ test.describe('Selection', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  test('can delete line which ends with element with CMD+delete', async ({
+    page,
+    isPlainText,
+  }) => {
+    test.skip(isPlainText || !IS_MAC);
+    await focusEditor(page);
+    await page.keyboard.type('One');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Enter');
+    await page.keyboard.type('Two');
+    // sample image
+    await pasteFromClipboard(page, {
+      'text/html': `
+          <span class="editor-image" data-lexical-decorator="true" contenteditable="false">
+            <div draggable="false">
+              <img src="/assets/yellow-flower-vav9Hsve.jpg" alt="Yellow flower in tilt shift lens" draggable="false" style="height: inherit; max-width: 500px; width: inherit;">
+            </div>
+          </span>
+        `,
+    });
+
+    const deleteLine = async () => {
+      await keyDownCtrlOrMeta(page);
+      await page.keyboard.press('Backspace');
+      await keyUpCtrlOrMeta(page);
+    };
+
+    await deleteLine();
+    await assertHTML(
+      page,
+      html`
+        <p
+          class="PlaygroundEditorTheme__paragraph PlaygroundEditorTheme__ltr"
+          dir="ltr">
+          <span data-lexical-text="true">One</span>
+        </p>
+      `,
+    );
+    await deleteLine();
+    await assertHTML(
+      page,
+      html`
+        <p class="PlaygroundEditorTheme__paragraph"><br /></p>
+      `,
+    );
+  });
+
   test('Can insert inline element within text and put selection after it', async ({
     page,
     isPlainText,
diff --git a/packages/lexical/src/LexicalSelection.ts b/packages/lexical/src/LexicalSelection.ts
index a62cb36e00b2..d6c76af0f201 100644
--- a/packages/lexical/src/LexicalSelection.ts
+++ b/packages/lexical/src/LexicalSelection.ts
@@ -1696,10 +1696,16 @@ export class RangeSelection implements BaseSelection {
    */
   deleteLine(isBackward: boolean): void {
     if (this.isCollapsed()) {
-      if (this.anchor.type === 'text') {
-        this.modify('extend', isBackward, 'lineboundary');
+      // Since `domSelection.modify('extend', ..., 'lineboundary')` works well for text selections
+      // but doesn't properly handle selections which end on elements, a space character is added
+      // for such selections transforming their anchor's type to 'text'
+      const anchorIsElement = this.anchor.type === 'element';
+      if (anchorIsElement) {
+        this.insertText(' ');
       }
 
+      this.modify('extend', isBackward, 'lineboundary');
+
       // If selection is extended to cover text edge then extend it one character more
       // to delete its parent element. Otherwise text content will be deleted but empty
       // parent node will remain
@@ -1707,6 +1713,12 @@ export class RangeSelection implements BaseSelection {
       if (endPoint.offset === 0) {
         this.modify('extend', isBackward, 'character');
       }
+
+      // Adjusts selection to include an extra character added for element anchors to remove it
+      if (anchorIsElement) {
+        const startPoint = isBackward ? this.anchor : this.focus;
+        startPoint.set(startPoint.key, startPoint.offset + 1, startPoint.type);
+      }
     }
     this.removeText();
   }