diff --git a/frontend/src/metadata/store/operations/constants.js b/frontend/src/metadata/store/operations/constants.js
index 364e6cbe551..592432663b1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metadata/store/operations/constants.js
+++ b/frontend/src/metadata/store/operations/constants.js
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ export const LOCAL_APPLY_OPERATION_TYPE = [
   OPERATION_TYPE.MODIFY_COLUMN_WIDTH,
   OPERATION_TYPE.MODIFY_LOCAL_RECORD,
   OPERATION_TYPE.MODIFY_LOCAL_COLUMN_DATA,
+  OPERATION_TYPE.DELETE_PEOPLE_PHOTOS,
 ];
 
 // apply operation after exec operation on the server
diff --git a/frontend/src/metadata/views/gallery/context-menu/index.js b/frontend/src/metadata/views/gallery/context-menu/index.js
index f2490ba44f3..307d39d8c7c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metadata/views/gallery/context-menu/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/metadata/views/gallery/context-menu/index.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const GalleryContextMenu = ({ metadata, selectedImages, onDelete, onDuplicate, a
       validOptions.push({ value: CONTEXT_MENU_KEY.DUPLICATE, label: gettext('Duplicate') });
     }
     if (canRemovePhotoFromPeople) {
-      validOptions.push({ value: CONTEXT_MENU_KEY.REMOVE, label: 'Remove from this group' });
+      validOptions.push({ value: CONTEXT_MENU_KEY.REMOVE, label: gettext('Remove from this group') });
     }
     return validOptions;
   }, [checkCanDeleteRow, canDuplicateRow, canRemovePhotoFromPeople, selectedImages]);