diff --git a/gui/include/Visualization/VisualizationWidget.h b/gui/include/Visualization/VisualizationWidget.h
index ca05116..378b3e3 100644
--- a/gui/include/Visualization/VisualizationWidget.h
+++ b/gui/include/Visualization/VisualizationWidget.h
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ public slots:
     void attachVariableMenu(QMenu *menu,
                             const QVector<std::shared_ptr<Variable> > &variables) noexcept;
 
+    /// Slot called when a variable is about to be deleted from SciQlop
+    void onVariableAboutToBeDeleted(std::shared_ptr<Variable> variable) noexcept;
+
 private:
     Ui::VisualizationWidget *ui;
 };
diff --git a/gui/src/Visualization/VisualizationWidget.cpp b/gui/src/Visualization/VisualizationWidget.cpp
index 315e12f..2b29114 100644
--- a/gui/src/Visualization/VisualizationWidget.cpp
+++ b/gui/src/Visualization/VisualizationWidget.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "Visualization/VisualizationTabWidget.h"
 #include "Visualization/VisualizationZoneWidget.h"
 #include "Visualization/operations/GenerateVariableMenuOperation.h"
+#include "Visualization/operations/RemoveVariableOperation.h"
 #include "Visualization/qcustomplot.h"
 
 #include "ui_VisualizationWidget.h"
@@ -133,3 +134,10 @@ void VisualizationWidget::attachVariableMenu(
                   "selected");
     }
 }
+
+void VisualizationWidget::onVariableAboutToBeDeleted(std::shared_ptr<Variable> variable) noexcept
+{
+    // Calls the operation of removing all references to the variable in the visualization
+    auto removeVariableOperation = RemoveVariableOperation{variable};
+    accept(&removeVariableOperation);
+}