diff --git a/src/registrar/assets/js/get-gov.js b/src/registrar/assets/js/get-gov.js
index 85b427901..8f598b3f1 100644
--- a/src/registrar/assets/js/get-gov.js
+++ b/src/registrar/assets/js/get-gov.js
@@ -463,9 +463,26 @@ function prepareDeleteButtons(formLabel) {
     }
   });
 
-  
+}
 
+/**
+ * On form load, hide deleted forms, ie. those forms with hidden input of class 'deletion'
+ * with value='on'
+ */
+function hideDeletedForms() {
+  let hiddenDeleteButtonsWithValueOn = document.querySelectorAll('input[type="hidden"].deletion[value="on"]');
+
+  // Iterating over the NodeList of hidden inputs
+  hiddenDeleteButtonsWithValueOn.forEach(function(hiddenInput) {
+      // Finding the closest parent element with class "repeatable-form" for each hidden input
+      var repeatableFormToHide = hiddenInput.closest('.repeatable-form');
   
+      // Checking if a matching parent element is found for each hidden input
+      if (repeatableFormToHide) {
+          // Setting the display property to "none" for each matching parent element
+          repeatableFormToHide.style.display = 'none';
+      }
+  });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -500,6 +517,9 @@ function prepareDeleteButtons(formLabel) {
     addButton.setAttribute("disabled", "true");
   }
 
+  // Hide forms which have previously been deleted
+  hideDeletedForms()
+
   // Attach click event listener on the delete buttons of the existing forms
   prepareDeleteButtons(formLabel);
 
diff --git a/src/registrar/forms/application_wizard.py b/src/registrar/forms/application_wizard.py
index 85f69f0f3..63ad48a95 100644
--- a/src/registrar/forms/application_wizard.py
+++ b/src/registrar/forms/application_wizard.py
@@ -780,12 +780,12 @@ class OtherContactsForm(RegistrarForm):
         """
         This method overrides the default behavior for forms.
         This cleans the form after field validation has already taken place.
-        In this override, allow for a form which is empty to be considered
-        valid even though certain required fields have not passed field
-        validation
+        In this override, allow for a form which is empty, or one marked for 
+        deletion to be considered valid even though certain required fields have 
+        not passed field validation
         """
 
-        if self.form_data_marked_for_deletion:
+        if self.form_data_marked_for_deletion or self.cleaned_data["DELETE"]:
             # clear any errors raised by the form fields
             # (before this clean() method is run, each field
             # performs its own clean, which could result in
@@ -810,6 +810,19 @@ class OtherContactsForm(RegistrarForm):
 
 
 class BaseOtherContactsFormSet(RegistrarFormSet):
+    """
+    FormSet for Other Contacts
+    
+    There are two conditions by which a form in the formset can be marked for deletion.
+    One is if the user clicks 'DELETE' button, and this is submitted in the form. The 
+    other is if the YesNo form, which is submitted with this formset, is set to No; in
+    this case, all forms in formset are marked for deletion. Both of these conditions
+    must co-exist.
+    Also, other_contacts have db relationships to multiple db objects. When attempting
+    to delete an other_contact from an application, those db relationships must be
+    tested and handled; this is configured with REVERSE_JOINS, which is an array of
+    strings representing the relationships between contact model and other models.
+    """
     JOIN = "other_contacts"
     REVERSE_JOINS = [
         "user",