diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index 05c70903..aeef19ab 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@
         "There are some errors while creating project": "There are some errors while creating project",
         "This currently only supports SPDX RDF/XML files with a uniq described top level node": "This currently only supports SPDX RDF/XML files with a uniq described top level node",
         "This function is meant to be followed by a new license import": "This function is meant to be followed by a new license import.",
+        "This project contains": "This project <strong>{name}</strong> contains",
         "This release contains": "This release <strong>{name}</strong> contains: ",
         "Title": "Title",
         "To": "To",
diff --git a/src/app/[locale]/projects/components/DeleteProjectDialog.tsx b/src/app/[locale]/projects/components/DeleteProjectDialog.tsx
index 80159006..61ac63b8 100644
--- a/src/app/[locale]/projects/components/DeleteProjectDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/app/[locale]/projects/components/DeleteProjectDialog.tsx
@@ -24,9 +24,17 @@ const DEFAULT_PROJECT_DATA: Project = {
         'sw360:releases': [],
         'sw360:projects': [],
         'sw360:attachments': [],
+        'sw360:packages': [],
     },
 }
 
+interface Data {
+    attachment?: number
+    project?: number
+    release?: number
+    package?: number
+}
+
 interface Props {
     projectId?: string
     show?: boolean
@@ -38,10 +46,12 @@ const DeleteProjectDialog = ({ projectId, show, setShow }: Props) => {
     const t = useTranslations('default')
     const router = useRouter()
     const [project, setProject] = useState<Project>(DEFAULT_PROJECT_DATA)
+    const [internalData, setInternalData] = useState<Data>({ attachment: 0, project: 0, release: 0, package: 0 })
     const [variant, setVariant] = useState('success')
     const [message, setMessage] = useState('')
     const [showMessage, setShowMessage] = useState(false)
     const [reloadPage, setReloadPage] = useState(false)
+    const [visuallyHideLinkedData, setVisuallyHideLinkedData] = useState(true)
     const [comment, setComment] = useState('')
 
     const displayMessage = (variant: string, message: string) => {
@@ -76,35 +86,27 @@ const DeleteProjectDialog = ({ projectId, show, setShow }: Props) => {
         }
     }
 
-    const fetchData = useCallback(
-        async (signal: AbortSignal) => {
-            if (session) {
-                const projectsResponse = await ApiUtils.GET(`projects/${projectId}`, session.user.access_token, signal)
-                if (projectsResponse.status == HttpStatus.OK) {
-                    const project = (await projectsResponse.json()) as Project
-                    setProject(project)
-                } else if (projectsResponse.status == HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED) {
-                    await signOut()
-                } else {
-                    setProject(DEFAULT_PROJECT_DATA)
-                    handleError()
-                }
+    const fetchData = async (projectId: string) => {
+        if (session) {
+            const projectsResponse = await ApiUtils.GET(`projects/${projectId}`, session.user.access_token)
+            if (projectsResponse.status == HttpStatus.OK) {
+                const projectData = (await projectsResponse.json()) as Project
+                setProject(projectData)
+                handleInternalDataCount(projectData)
+            } else if (projectsResponse.status == HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED) {
+                await signOut()
+            } else {
+                setProject(DEFAULT_PROJECT_DATA)
+                handleError()
             }
-        },
-        [projectId, handleError, session]
-    )
+        }
+    }
 
     useEffect(() => {
-        const controller = new AbortController()
-        const signal = controller.signal
-        fetchData(signal).catch((err) => {
+        fetchData(projectId).catch((err) => {
             console.error(err)
         })
-
-        return () => {
-            controller.abort()
-        }
-    }, [show, projectId, fetchData])
+    }, [show, projectId])
 
     const handleSubmit = () => {
         deleteProject().catch((err) => {
@@ -116,11 +118,33 @@ const DeleteProjectDialog = ({ projectId, show, setShow }: Props) => {
         setShow(!show)
         setShowMessage(false)
         setComment('')
+        setVisuallyHideLinkedData(!visuallyHideLinkedData)
         if (reloadPage === true) {
             window.location.reload()
         }
     }
 
+    const handleInternalDataCount = (projectData: Project) => {
+        const dataCount: Data = {}
+        if (projectData._embedded['sw360:attachments']) {
+            dataCount.attachment = projectData._embedded['sw360:attachments'].length
+            setVisuallyHideLinkedData(false)
+        }
+        if (projectData._embedded['sw360:projects']) {
+            dataCount.project = projectData._embedded['sw360:projects'].length
+            setVisuallyHideLinkedData(false)
+        }
+        if (projectData._embedded['sw360:releases']) {
+            dataCount.release = projectData._embedded['sw360:releases'].length
+            setVisuallyHideLinkedData(false)
+        }
+        if (projectData._embedded['sw360:packages']) {
+            dataCount.package = projectData._embedded['sw360:packages'].length
+            setVisuallyHideLinkedData(false)
+        }
+        setInternalData(dataCount)
+    }
+
     const handleUserComment = (e: any) => {
         setComment(e.target.value)
     }
@@ -145,6 +169,19 @@ const DeleteProjectDialog = ({ projectId, show, setShow }: Props) => {
                                 strong: (data) => <b>{data}</b>,
                             })}
                         </Form.Label>
+                        <br />
+                        <Form.Label className='mb-1' visuallyHidden={visuallyHideLinkedData}>
+                            {t.rich('This project contains', {
+                                name: project.name,
+                                strong: (data) => <b>{data}</b>,
+                                visuallyHideLinkedData,
+                            })}
+                            <ul>
+                                {Object.entries(internalData).map(([key, value]) => (
+                                    <li key={key}>{`${value} linked ${key}`}</li>
+                                ))}
+                            </ul>
+                        </Form.Label>
                     </Form.Group>
                     <hr />
                     <Form.Group className='mb-3'>
diff --git a/src/object-types/Package.ts b/src/object-types/Package.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c5f9e72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/object-types/Package.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright (C) Siemens AG, 2023. Part of the SW360 Frontend Project.
+
+// This program and the accompanying materials are made
+// available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+// which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+// License-Filename: LICENSE
+
+interface Package {
+    id?: string
+    rev?: string
+    type?: string
+    name: string
+    version?: string
+    purl?: string
+    packageType?: string
+    releaseId?: string
+    licenseIds?: Array<string>
+    description?: string
+    homepageUrl?: string
+    vcs?: string
+    createdOn?: string
+    createdBy?: string
+    packageManager?: string
+}
+
+export default Package
diff --git a/src/object-types/Project.ts b/src/object-types/Project.ts
index a3f57c78..b5e2ab61 100644
--- a/src/object-types/Project.ts
+++ b/src/object-types/Project.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 // License-Filename: LICENSE
 
-import { Attachment, Links, Release, User } from '@/object-types'
+import { Attachment, Links, Package, Release, User } from '@/object-types'
 
 interface Project {
-    id: string
+    id?: string
     name: string
     considerReleasesFromExternalList?: boolean
     additionalData?: object
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ interface Project {
         'sw360:releases'?: Array<Release>
         'sw360:attachments'?: Array<Attachment>
         'sw360:projects'?: Array<Project>
+        'sw360:packages'?: Array<Package>
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/object-types/index.ts b/src/object-types/index.ts
index 92f4be5a..23a1e3a9 100644
--- a/src/object-types/index.ts
+++ b/src/object-types/index.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import Moderators from './Moderators'
 import ModeratorsType from './ModeratorsType'
 import NodeData from './NodeData'
 import OAuthClient from './OAuthClient'
+import Package from './Package'
 import Project from './Project'
 import ProjectReleaseEcc from './ProjectReleaseEcc'
 import Release from './Release'
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ export type {
     ModeratorsType,
     NodeData,
     OAuthClient,
+    Package,
     Project,
     ProjectReleaseEcc,
     Release,