diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/apps/core/js/apps-manager.js b/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/apps/core/js/apps-manager.js
index a897ac7..806187b 100755
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/apps/core/js/apps-manager.js
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/apps/core/js/apps-manager.js
@@ -155,6 +155,22 @@ class AppsManager {
           } catch (e) { console.error('post-uninstall task cleanup failed:', e); }
         }
 
+        // Instance family membership, read BEFORE the reload. `libreportal
+        // instance remove` deletes the instance's definition outright, so once
+        // apps.json is refreshed there is nothing left to say which type it
+        // belonged to — and the page on screen may be a SIBLING whose Instances
+        // bar lists the app that just came or went.
+        const _currentAppPreReload = decodeURIComponent((window.location.pathname.match(/^\/app\/([^/?]+)/) || [])[1] || '')
+          || new URL(window.location.href).searchParams.get('app') || '';
+        const familyOf = (slug) => {
+          if (!slug) return '';
+          const a = (window.apps || []).find(x => (x.command || '').split(' ').pop() === slug);
+          const cfg = (a && a.config) || {};
+          return cfg[`CFG_${String(slug).toUpperCase()}_INSTANCE_OF`] || slug;
+        };
+        const completedFamilyPre = familyOf(appName);
+        const currentFamily = familyOf(_currentAppPreReload);
+
         this.clearCache();
         await this.reloadAppsData();
         if (window.serviceButtons) {
@@ -166,11 +182,36 @@ class AppsManager {
         const pathname = window.location.pathname;
         const isAppsPage = pathname === '/apps' || pathname.startsWith('/apps/');
         const isAppDetailPage = pathname === '/app' || pathname.startsWith('/app/');
+        const stillListed = (slug) => !!slug && (window.apps || []).some(a => (a.command || '').split(' ').pop() === slug);
+        // A CREATED instance only gains its INSTANCE_OF after the reload, a
+        // REMOVED one only had it before — take whichever read still has data.
+        const completedFamily = stillListed(appName) ? familyOf(appName) : completedFamilyPre;
+
+        // The app this page is showing can be GONE: an instance removal deletes
+        // it, where a plain uninstall only flips it to not-installed. Rendering
+        // it would print "App not found", so land on the type it was an instance
+        // of — its Instances bar is where the removal reads as a result.
+        if (isAppDetailPage && currentAppFromUrl === appName && !stillListed(appName)) {
+          const dest = (completedFamily !== appName && stillListed(completedFamily))
+            ? (typeof window.appPath === 'function' ? window.appPath(completedFamily, 'config') : `/app/${completedFamily}/config`)
+            : '/apps';
+          if (window.librePortalSPA?.navigateTo) window.librePortalSPA.navigateTo(dest);
+          else if (window.navigateToRoute) window.navigateToRoute(dest.replace(/^\//, ''));
+          else window.location.href = dest;
+          if (typeof window.renderInstalledApps === 'function') window.renderInstalledApps();
+          return;
+        }
 
         if (isAppsPage && !isAppDetailPage) {
           const category = window.appsCategory || 'all';
           this.renderApps(category);
-        } else if (isAppDetailPage && currentAppFromUrl === appName) {
+        } else if (isAppDetailPage && currentAppFromUrl
+                   && (currentAppFromUrl === appName
+                       || (currentFamily && currentFamily === completedFamily))) {
+          // Repaint the app ON SCREEN, which is not always the one the task ran
+          // for: a sibling instance created or removed changes this page's
+          // Instances bar and nothing else would redraw it.
+          //
           // Defer + isolate the heavy re-render so a throw inside
           // displayConfigForm / port-manager init can't lock up the
           // post-task UI cleanup. Fires on the next tick — gives the
@@ -178,7 +219,7 @@ class AppsManager {
           setTimeout(() => {
             // _skipReload flag tells renderAppDetail not to re-fetch
             // apps.json again (we already just did, line above).
-            this.renderAppDetail(appName, null, true, { skipReload: true })
+            this.renderAppDetail(currentAppFromUrl, null, true, { skipReload: true })
               .catch(err => console.error('renderAppDetail failed:', err));
           }, 0);
         }