diff --git a/app/helpers/groups_helper.rb b/app/helpers/groups_helper.rb
index af0b3e9c5bc0f351060183075191cd21d60da0ee..8cd61f738e1d56e74b38c7cc185aeaa6a6ebce5d 100644
--- a/app/helpers/groups_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/groups_helper.rb
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ module GroupsHelper
     IssuesFinder.new(current_user, group_id: group.id).execute
   end
 
+  def remove_group_message(group)
+    _("You are going to remove %{group_name}.\nRemoved groups CANNOT be restored!\nAre you ABSOLUTELY sure?") %
+      { group_name: group.name }
+  end
+
   private
 
   def group_title_link(group, hidable: false)
diff --git a/app/views/groups/edit.html.haml b/app/views/groups/edit.html.haml
index 7d5add3cc1ca0d344d39ce2818722e4da722c7ba..9ebb3894c55fbea0f97931919d105c6352eeb445 100644
--- a/app/views/groups/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/groups/edit.html.haml
@@ -45,10 +45,13 @@
 .panel.panel-danger
   .panel-heading Remove group
   .panel-body
-    %p
-      Removing group will cause all child projects and resources to be removed.
-      %br
-      %strong Removed group can not be restored!
+    = form_tag(@group, method: :delete) do
+      %p
+        Removing group will cause all child projects and resources to be removed.
+        %br
+        %strong Removed group can not be restored!
 
-    .form-actions
-      = link_to 'Remove group', @group, data: {confirm: 'Removed group can not be restored! Are you sure?'}, method: :delete, class: "btn btn-remove"
+      .form-actions
+        = button_to 'Remove group', '#', class: "btn btn-remove js-confirm-danger", data: { "confirm-danger-message" => remove_group_message(@group) }
+
+= render 'shared/confirm_modal', phrase: @group.path
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/33130-remove-group-modal.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/33130-remove-group-modal.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4672d41ded5f8dd79364aa8f92b2f51e8a03699f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/33130-remove-group-modal.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: "Remove group modal like remove project modal (requires typing + confirmation)"
+merge_request: 12569
+author: Diego Souza
diff --git a/spec/features/groups_spec.rb b/spec/features/groups_spec.rb
index ecacca00a61a3fc4a00f3aa75a995061759406af..c1dc7be70880986dfd44e3325988057a8cb7015f 100644
--- a/spec/features/groups_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/groups_spec.rb
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ feature 'Group', feature: true do
     expect(page).not_to have_content('secret-group')
   end
 
-  describe 'group edit' do
+  describe 'group edit', js: true do
     let(:group) { create(:group) }
     let(:path)  { edit_group_path(group) }
     let(:new_name) { 'new-name' }
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ feature 'Group', feature: true do
     end
 
     it 'removes group' do
-      click_link 'Remove group'
-
+      expect { remove_with_confirm('Remove group', group.path) }.to change {Group.count}.by(-1)
+      expect(group.members.all.count).to be_zero
       expect(page).to have_content "scheduled for deletion"
     end
   end
@@ -212,4 +212,10 @@ feature 'Group', feature: true do
       expect(page).to have_content(nested_group.name)
     end
   end
+
+  def remove_with_confirm(button_text, confirm_with)
+    click_button button_text
+    fill_in 'confirm_name_input', with: confirm_with
+    click_button 'Confirm'
+  end
 end