diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/projects/components/shared/delete_button.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/projects/components/shared/delete_button.vue
index 525ea462847e18087c56db7b0f0068246cd71e04..2e46f437ace96759a97b17c5647c6e1339a9f7f4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/projects/components/shared/delete_button.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/projects/components/shared/delete_button.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script>
-import { GlModal, GlModalDirective, GlFormTextarea, GlButton } from '@gitlab/ui';
+import { GlModal, GlModalDirective, GlFormInput, GlButton } from '@gitlab/ui';
 import { uniqueId } from 'lodash';
 import csrf from '~/lib/utils/csrf';
 import { __ } from '~/locale';
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { __ } from '~/locale';
 export default {
   components: {
     GlModal,
-    GlFormTextarea,
+    GlFormInput,
     GlButton,
   },
   directives: {
@@ -88,7 +88,12 @@ export default {
         <p>
           <code class="gl-white-space-pre-wrap">{{ confirmPhrase }}</code>
         </p>
-        <gl-form-textarea id="confirm_name_input" v-model="userInput" name="confirm_name_input" />
+        <gl-form-input
+          id="confirm_name_input"
+          v-model="userInput"
+          name="confirm_name_input"
+          type="text"
+        />
         <slot name="modal-footer"></slot>
       </div>
     </gl-modal>
diff --git a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
index bee25e2a5693af97e859255c64f512790ababb1e..12bb9577fc197eee6e4f8c96533e2526f8a7e294 100644
--- a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
@@ -384,12 +384,11 @@ def project_classes(project)
 
   # Returns the confirm phrase the user needs to type in order to delete the project
   #
-  # Occasionally a user will delete one project, believing it is a different (similar) one.
-  # Specifically, a user might delete an original project, believing it is a fork.
-  # Thus the phrase should be the project full name to include the namespace.
+  # Thus the phrase should include the namespace to make it very clear to the
+  # user which project is subject to deletion.
   # Relevant issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/343591
   def delete_confirm_phrase(project)
-    s_('DeleteProject|Delete %{name}') % { name: project.full_name }
+    project.path_with_namespace
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/ee/app/views/projects/_remove.html.haml b/ee/app/views/projects/_remove.html.haml
index 5e4b95501a76503a322b0ab47b016bc5f0e69590..48013b35d91928dccb4b63d818b87ea9a2bfb799 100644
--- a/ee/app/views/projects/_remove.html.haml
+++ b/ee/app/views/projects/_remove.html.haml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       %strong= s_('Delayed Project Deletion (%{adjourned_deletion})') % { adjourned_deletion: adjourned_deletion ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled' }
     - if adjourned_deletion
       = render 'projects/settings/marked_for_removal'
-      #js-project-adjourned-delete-button{ data: { recovery_help_path: recovery_help_path, adjourned_removal_date: adjourned_date, form_path: project_path(project), confirm_phrase: project.path } }
+      #js-project-adjourned-delete-button{ data: { recovery_help_path: recovery_help_path, adjourned_removal_date: adjourned_date, form_path: project_path(project), confirm_phrase: delete_confirm_phrase(project) } }
     - else
       %p
         %span.gl-text-gray-500= _('Projects will be permanently deleted immediately.')
diff --git a/ee/app/views/projects/settings/_permanently_delete.html.haml b/ee/app/views/projects/settings/_permanently_delete.html.haml
index ac21cfcc8f1b1707cbbca40dc624956e08d7f5fe..698498aba0bd2e13cebc7960807c14090adff44f 100644
--- a/ee/app/views/projects/settings/_permanently_delete.html.haml
+++ b/ee/app/views/projects/settings/_permanently_delete.html.haml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
   %p= permanent_delete_message(project)
   %p
     %strong= _('Are you ABSOLUTELY SURE you wish to delete this project?')
-  #js-project-delete-button{ data: { form_path: project_path(project, permanently_delete: true), confirm_phrase: project.path } }
+  #js-project-delete-button{ data: { form_path: project_path(project, permanently_delete: true), confirm_phrase: delete_confirm_phrase(project) } }
diff --git a/ee/spec/features/projects_spec.rb b/ee/spec/features/projects_spec.rb
index 5fda75a06cc1f18d61efb184908216445838103d..ce407c5b149744d19e301636bd100bda10946dea 100644
--- a/ee/spec/features/projects_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/features/projects_spec.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     end
 
     it 'deletes the project immediately', :sidekiq_inline do
-      expect { remove_with_confirm('Delete project', project.path, 'Yes, delete project') }.to change { Project.count }.by(-1)
+      expect { remove_with_confirm('Delete project', project.path_with_namespace, 'Yes, delete project') }.to change { Project.count }.by(-1)
 
       expect(page).to have_content "Project '#{project.full_name}' is in the process of being deleted."
       expect(Project.all.count).to be_zero
diff --git a/ee/spec/frontend/projects/components/__snapshots__/project_adjourned_delete_button_spec.js.snap b/ee/spec/frontend/projects/components/__snapshots__/project_adjourned_delete_button_spec.js.snap
index 4a98de472e04146da7125c783d88047986c05c58..e0ac0ee6e5f5e25b36208c42ab948fad5976a63f 100644
--- a/ee/spec/frontend/projects/components/__snapshots__/project_adjourned_delete_button_spec.js.snap
+++ b/ee/spec/frontend/projects/components/__snapshots__/project_adjourned_delete_button_spec.js.snap
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ exports[`Project remove modal initialized matches the snapshot 1`] = `
         </code>
       </p>
        
-      <gl-form-textarea-stub
+      <gl-form-input-stub
         id="confirm_name_input"
         name="confirm_name_input"
-        noresize="true"
+        type="text"
       />
        
       <p
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 555fe7664df75899b87a096116dcf6a6bd3a26c1..118f06639453c41d7b065ee418b2d97f72610d20 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -11113,9 +11113,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Delete variable"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "DeleteProject|Delete %{name}"
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "DeleteProject|Failed to remove project repository. Please try again or contact administrator."
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/spec/features/projects_spec.rb b/spec/features/projects_spec.rb
index fec2873e4fdaf9336463edea595ded2014a84bbf..c4619b5498e9420e1e3f3dc0bc4d48ff8d5861d4 100644
--- a/spec/features/projects_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/projects_spec.rb
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
     end
 
     it 'deletes a project', :sidekiq_inline do
-      expect { remove_with_confirm('Delete project', "Delete #{project.full_name}", 'Yes, delete project') }.to change { Project.count }.by(-1)
+      expect { remove_with_confirm('Delete project', project.path_with_namespace, 'Yes, delete project') }.to change { Project.count }.by(-1)
       expect(page).to have_content "Project '#{project.full_name}' is in the process of being deleted."
       expect(Project.all.count).to be_zero
       expect(project.issues).to be_empty
diff --git a/spec/frontend/projects/components/__snapshots__/project_delete_button_spec.js.snap b/spec/frontend/projects/components/__snapshots__/project_delete_button_spec.js.snap
index 492a40458e2a3a695d15f7b9128b52b12a4b6edf..c255fcce321b1fb9b27c96f41d0c1b08cbab4e8f 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/projects/components/__snapshots__/project_delete_button_spec.js.snap
+++ b/spec/frontend/projects/components/__snapshots__/project_delete_button_spec.js.snap
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ exports[`Project remove modal initialized matches the snapshot 1`] = `
         </code>
       </p>
        
-      <gl-form-textarea-stub
+      <gl-form-input-stub
         id="confirm_name_input"
         name="confirm_name_input"
-        noresize="true"
+        type="text"
       />
        
     </div>
diff --git a/spec/frontend/projects/components/shared/__snapshots__/delete_button_spec.js.snap b/spec/frontend/projects/components/shared/__snapshots__/delete_button_spec.js.snap
index a34507e9199f07d36736b7643d4990198ea10158..dd54db7dc0a4d11d3c98b8e5d00c242b1239cdb6 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/projects/components/shared/__snapshots__/delete_button_spec.js.snap
+++ b/spec/frontend/projects/components/shared/__snapshots__/delete_button_spec.js.snap
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ exports[`Project remove modal intialized matches the snapshot 1`] = `
         </code>
       </p>
        
-      <gl-form-textarea-stub
+      <gl-form-input-stub
         id="confirm_name_input"
         name="confirm_name_input"
-        noresize="true"
+        type="text"
       />
        
     </div>
diff --git a/spec/helpers/projects_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/projects_helper_spec.rb
index 661d9ac2821e28717f429611eb4279e949545bba..393054c320b940f630d13590abfb7757d9045dbe 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/projects_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/projects_helper_spec.rb
@@ -987,8 +987,8 @@ def license_name
   describe "#delete_confirm_phrase" do
     subject { helper.delete_confirm_phrase(project) }
 
-    it 'includes the project full name' do
-      expect(subject).to eq("Delete #{project.full_name}")
+    it 'includes the project path with namespace' do
+      expect(subject).to eq(project.path_with_namespace)
     end
   end
 end