diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ConfirmModal/ConfirmModal.test.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ConfirmModal/ConfirmModal.test.tsx
index 553714c16a3..1bcdc6a4a81 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ConfirmModal/ConfirmModal.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ConfirmModal/ConfirmModal.test.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
-import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import React from 'react';
 
 import { ConfirmModal } from './ConfirmModal';
 
 describe('ConfirmModal', () => {
+  const mockOnConfirm = jest.fn();
+
+  let user: ReturnType<typeof userEvent.setup>;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.useFakeTimers();
+    user = userEvent.setup({ delay: null });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
   it('should render correct title, body, dismiss-, alternative- and confirm-text', () => {
     render(
       <ConfirmModal
@@ -76,7 +89,7 @@ describe('ConfirmModal', () => {
         dismissText="Dismiss Text"
         isOpen={true}
         confirmationText="My confirmation text"
-        onConfirm={() => {}}
+        onConfirm={mockOnConfirm}
         onDismiss={() => {}}
         onAlternative={() => {}}
       />
@@ -85,7 +98,49 @@ describe('ConfirmModal', () => {
     expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Please Confirm' })).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Please Confirm' })).toBeDisabled();
 
-    await userEvent.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText('Type "My confirmation text" to confirm'), 'mY CoNfIrMaTiOn TeXt');
-    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Please Confirm' })).not.toBeDisabled();
+    await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText('Type "My confirmation text" to confirm'), 'mY CoNfIrMaTiOn TeXt');
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Please Confirm' })).toBeEnabled();
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Please Confirm' }));
+    expect(mockOnConfirm).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('returning a promise in the onConfirm callback disables the button whilst the callback is in progress', async () => {
+    mockOnConfirm.mockImplementation(() => {
+      return new Promise((resolve) => {
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          resolve('');
+        }, 1000);
+      });
+    });
+    render(
+      <ConfirmModal
+        title="Some Title"
+        body="Some Body"
+        confirmText="Please Confirm"
+        alternativeText="Alternative Text"
+        dismissText="Dismiss Text"
+        isOpen={true}
+        confirmationText="My confirmation text"
+        onConfirm={mockOnConfirm}
+        onDismiss={() => {}}
+        onAlternative={() => {}}
+      />
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Please Confirm' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Please Confirm' })).toBeDisabled();
+
+    await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText('Type "My confirmation text" to confirm'), 'My confirmation text');
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Please Confirm' })).toBeEnabled();
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Please Confirm' }));
+    expect(mockOnConfirm).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Please Confirm' })).toBeDisabled();
+
+    jest.runAllTimers();
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      return expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Please Confirm' })).toBeEnabled();
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ConfirmModal/ConfirmModal.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ConfirmModal/ConfirmModal.tsx
index d4c4bc995dd..ea077012a61 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ConfirmModal/ConfirmModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ConfirmModal/ConfirmModal.tsx
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ export interface ConfirmModalProps {
   alternativeText?: string;
   /** Confirm button variant */
   confirmButtonVariant?: ButtonVariant;
-  /** Confirm action callback */
-  onConfirm(): void;
+  /** Confirm action callback
+   * Return a promise to disable the confirm button until the promise is resolved
+   */
+  onConfirm(): void | Promise<void>;
   /** Dismiss action callback */
   onDismiss(): void;
   /** Alternative action callback */
@@ -83,6 +85,15 @@ export const ConfirmModal = ({
     }
   }, [isOpen, confirmationText]);
 
+  const onConfirmClick = async () => {
+    setDisabled(true);
+    try {
+      await onConfirm();
+    } finally {
+      setDisabled(false);
+    }
+  };
+
   return (
     <Modal className={cx(styles.modal, modalClass)} title={title} icon={icon} isOpen={isOpen} onDismiss={onDismiss}>
       <div className={styles.modalText}>
@@ -102,7 +113,7 @@ export const ConfirmModal = ({
         </Button>
         <Button
           variant={confirmButtonVariant}
-          onClick={onConfirm}
+          onClick={onConfirmClick}
           disabled={disabled}
           ref={buttonRef}
           data-testid={selectors.pages.ConfirmModal.delete}
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/CloneRuleButton.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/CloneRuleButton.tsx
index 19384afdc9f..18995c4aa20 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/CloneRuleButton.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/CloneRuleButton.tsx
@@ -56,7 +56,11 @@ export const CloneRuleButton = React.forwardRef<HTMLAnchorElement, CloneRuleButt
             </div>
           }
           confirmText="Copy"
-          onConfirm={() => provRuleCloneUrl && locationService.push(provRuleCloneUrl)}
+          onConfirm={() => {
+            if (provRuleCloneUrl) {
+              locationService.push(provRuleCloneUrl);
+            }
+          }}
           onDismiss={() => setProvRuleCloneUrl(undefined)}
         />
       </>
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseActions/DeleteModal.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseActions/DeleteModal.tsx
index b52ec4a488e..bd8af238f28 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseActions/DeleteModal.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseActions/DeleteModal.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
 
 import { Space } from '@grafana/experimental';
 import { ConfirmModal } from '@grafana/ui';
@@ -10,15 +10,22 @@ import { DescendantCount } from './DescendantCount';
 
 export interface Props {
   isOpen: boolean;
-  onConfirm: () => void;
+  onConfirm: () => Promise<void>;
   onDismiss: () => void;
   selectedItems: DashboardTreeSelection;
 }
 
 export const DeleteModal = ({ onConfirm, onDismiss, selectedItems, ...props }: Props) => {
-  const onDelete = () => {
-    onConfirm();
-    onDismiss();
+  const [isDeleting, setIsDeleting] = useState(false);
+  const onDelete = async () => {
+    setIsDeleting(true);
+    try {
+      await onConfirm();
+      setIsDeleting(false);
+      onDismiss();
+    } catch {
+      setIsDeleting(false);
+    }
   };
 
   return (
@@ -31,7 +38,7 @@ export const DeleteModal = ({ onConfirm, onDismiss, selectedItems, ...props }: P
         </>
       }
       confirmationText="Delete"
-      confirmText="Delete"
+      confirmText={isDeleting ? 'Deleting...' : 'Delete'}
       onDismiss={onDismiss}
       onConfirm={onDelete}
       title="Delete"
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseActions/MoveModal.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseActions/MoveModal.tsx
index 679cf7f1153..68ad11f64b7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseActions/MoveModal.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/BrowseActions/MoveModal.tsx
@@ -11,20 +11,27 @@ import { DescendantCount } from './DescendantCount';
 
 export interface Props {
   isOpen: boolean;
-  onConfirm: (targetFolderUid: string) => void;
+  onConfirm: (targetFolderUid: string) => Promise<void>;
   onDismiss: () => void;
   selectedItems: DashboardTreeSelection;
 }
 
 export const MoveModal = ({ onConfirm, onDismiss, selectedItems, ...props }: Props) => {
   const [moveTarget, setMoveTarget] = useState<string>();
+  const [isMoving, setIsMoving] = useState(false);
   const selectedFolders = Object.keys(selectedItems.folder).filter((uid) => selectedItems.folder[uid]);
 
-  const onMove = () => {
+  const onMove = async () => {
     if (moveTarget !== undefined) {
-      onConfirm(moveTarget);
+      setIsMoving(true);
+      try {
+        await onConfirm(moveTarget);
+        setIsMoving(false);
+        onDismiss();
+      } catch {
+        setIsMoving(false);
+      }
     }
-    onDismiss();
   };
 
   return (
@@ -45,8 +52,8 @@ export const MoveModal = ({ onConfirm, onDismiss, selectedItems, ...props }: Pro
         <Button onClick={onDismiss} variant="secondary" fill="outline">
           Cancel
         </Button>
-        <Button disabled={moveTarget === undefined} onClick={onMove} variant="primary">
-          Move
+        <Button disabled={moveTarget === undefined || isMoving} onClick={onMove} variant="primary">
+          {isMoving ? 'Moving...' : 'Move'}
         </Button>
       </Modal.ButtonRow>
     </Modal>