diff --git a/client/modules/User/components/CollectionItemRow.jsx b/client/modules/User/components/CollectionItemRow.jsx
index e6f3e6d30e..6a6584ccd1 100644
--- a/client/modules/User/components/CollectionItemRow.jsx
+++ b/client/modules/User/components/CollectionItemRow.jsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 import { removeFromCollection } from '../../IDE/actions/collections';
 import { formatDateToString } from '../../../utils/formatDate';
 import RemoveIcon from '../../../images/close.svg';
+import { Tooltip } from '../../../common/Tooltip';
 
 const CollectionItemRow = ({ collection, item, isOwner }) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
@@ -48,13 +49,15 @@ const CollectionItemRow = ({ collection, item, isOwner }) => {
       <td>{sketchOwnerUsername}</td>
       <td className="collection-row__action-column">
         {isOwner && (
-          <button
-            className="collection-row__remove-button"
-            onClick={handleSketchRemove}
-            aria-label={t('Collection.SketchRemoveARIA')}
-          >
-            <RemoveIcon focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" />
-          </button>
+          <Tooltip content={t('Collection.SketchRemoveARIA')}>
+            <button
+              className="collection-row__remove-button"
+              onClick={handleSketchRemove}
+              aria-label={t('Collection.SketchRemoveARIA')}
+            >
+              <RemoveIcon focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" />
+            </button>
+          </Tooltip>
         )}
       </td>
     </tr>
diff --git a/client/modules/User/components/CollectionItemRow.unit.test.jsx b/client/modules/User/components/CollectionItemRow.unit.test.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..933a5e9d07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/modules/User/components/CollectionItemRow.unit.test.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import thunk from 'redux-thunk';
+import configureStore from 'redux-mock-store';
+import { reduxRender, screen, fireEvent, act } from '../../../test-utils';
+import { initialTestState } from '../../../testData/testReduxStore';
+import CollectionItemRow from './CollectionItemRow';
+
+jest.mock('../../../i18n');
+
+const mockStore = configureStore([thunk]);
+const store = mockStore(initialTestState);
+
+let subjectProps = {
+  collection: {
+    id: 'collection-123',
+    name: 'Test Collection'
+  },
+  item: {
+    createdAt: '2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z',
+    isDeleted: false,
+    project: {
+      id: 'project-456',
+      name: 'My Sketch',
+      user: { username: 'testuser' },
+      visibility: 'Public'
+    }
+  },
+  isOwner: true
+};
+
+const subject = () => {
+  reduxRender(
+    <table>
+      <tbody>
+        <CollectionItemRow {...subjectProps} />
+      </tbody>
+    </table>,
+    { store }
+  );
+};
+
+describe('<CollectionItemRow />', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    store.clearActions();
+  });
+
+  it('renders the sketch name as a link', () => {
+    subject();
+    const link = screen.getByRole('link', { name: 'My Sketch' });
+    expect(link).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(link).toHaveAttribute('href', '/testuser/sketches/project-456');
+  });
+
+  it('renders the owner username', () => {
+    subject();
+    expect(screen.getByText('testuser')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('shows the remove button when user is the owner', () => {
+    subject();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /remove/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  describe('when user is not the owner', () => {
+    beforeAll(() => {
+      subjectProps = { ...subjectProps, isOwner: false };
+    });
+
+    afterAll(() => {
+      subjectProps = { ...subjectProps, isOwner: true };
+    });
+
+    it('does not show the remove button', () => {
+      subject();
+      expect(
+        screen.queryByRole('button', { name: /remove/i })
+      ).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('wraps the remove button with a tooltip', async () => {
+    subject();
+
+    const button = screen.getByRole('button', { name: /remove/i });
+    await act(async () => {
+      fireEvent.mouseEnter(button);
+    });
+    expect(button).toHaveClass('tooltipped');
+  });
+
+  describe('when the project is deleted', () => {
+    beforeAll(() => {
+      subjectProps = {
+        ...subjectProps,
+        item: {
+          ...subjectProps.item,
+          isDeleted: true,
+          project: undefined
+        }
+      };
+    });
+
+    it('shows the deleted sketch label', () => {
+      subject();
+      expect(screen.getByText('Sketch deleted')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/client/styles/components/_collection.scss b/client/styles/components/_collection.scss
index bc5f9db5db..adfc1caa5c 100644
--- a/client/styles/components/_collection.scss
+++ b/client/styles/components/_collection.scss
@@ -148,6 +148,22 @@
 .collection-row__action-column {
   width: #{math.div(60, $base-font-size)}rem;
   position: relative;
+
+  .tooltip-wrapper {
+    display: inline-flex;
+    width: auto;
+
+    .tooltipped::after {
+      right: 0;
+      left: auto;
+    }
+
+    .tooltipped-n::before,
+    .tooltipped::before {
+      right: #{math.div(10, $base-font-size)}rem;
+      left: auto;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 .collection-row__remove-button {