diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/UploadMediaDetailAdapter.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/UploadMediaDetailAdapter.java
index fa99652a9..cb51ac4ff 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/UploadMediaDetailAdapter.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/UploadMediaDetailAdapter.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.widget.AdapterView;
 import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener;
+import android.widget.ImageView;
+import android.widget.Spinner;
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatEditText;
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ import androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatSpinner;
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView;
 import butterknife.BindView;
 import butterknife.ButterKnife;
+import com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText;
 import com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout;
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.R;
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.utils.AbstractTextWatcher;
@@ -72,24 +75,38 @@ public class UploadMediaDetailAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<UploadMediaDe
         notifyItemInserted(uploadMediaDetails.size());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Remove description based on position from the list and notifies the RecyclerView Adapter that
+     * data in adapter has been removed at that particular position.
+     * @param uploadMediaDetail
+     * @param position
+     */
+    public void removeDescription(final UploadMediaDetail uploadMediaDetail, final int position) {
+        this.uploadMediaDetails.remove(uploadMediaDetail);
+        notifyItemRemoved(position);
+    }
+
     public class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
 
         @Nullable
         @BindView(R.id.spinner_description_languages)
-        AppCompatSpinner spinnerDescriptionLanguages;
+        Spinner spinnerDescriptionLanguages;
 
         @BindView(R.id.description_item_edit_text)
-        AppCompatEditText descItemEditText;
+        TextInputEditText descItemEditText;
 
         @BindView(R.id.description_item_edit_text_input_layout)
         TextInputLayout descInputLayout;
 
         @BindView(R.id.caption_item_edit_text)
-        AppCompatEditText captionItemEditText;
+        TextInputEditText captionItemEditText;
 
         @BindView(R.id.caption_item_edit_text_input_layout)
         TextInputLayout captionInputLayout;
 
+        @BindView(R.id.btn_remove)
+        ImageView removeButton;
+
         public ViewHolder(View itemView) {
             super(itemView);
             ButterKnife.bind(this, itemView);
@@ -110,6 +127,7 @@ public class UploadMediaDetailAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<UploadMediaDe
             descItemEditText.setText(uploadMediaDetail.getDescriptionText());
 
             if (position == 0) {
+                removeButton.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                 captionInputLayout.setEndIconMode(TextInputLayout.END_ICON_CUSTOM);
                 captionInputLayout.setEndIconDrawable(R.drawable.mapbox_info_icon_default);
                 captionInputLayout.setEndIconOnClickListener(v ->
@@ -121,10 +139,13 @@ public class UploadMediaDetailAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<UploadMediaDe
                     callback.showAlert(R.string.media_detail_description, R.string.description_info));
 
             } else {
+                removeButton.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                 captionInputLayout.setEndIconDrawable(null);
                 descInputLayout.setEndIconDrawable(null);
             }
 
+            removeButton.setOnClickListener(v -> removeDescription(uploadMediaDetail, position));
+
             captionItemEditText.addTextChangedListener(new AbstractTextWatcher(
                     captionText -> uploadMediaDetails.get(position).setCaptionText(captionText)));
             initLanguageSpinner(position, uploadMediaDetail);
@@ -175,45 +196,36 @@ public class UploadMediaDetailAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<UploadMediaDe
             });
 
 
-            if(description.getCaptionText().isEmpty() == false
-                && languagesAdapter.getIndexOfLanguageCode(description.getLanguageCode()) != -1){
-                // If the user selects a nearby pin or location bookmark to upload a picture and language is present in spinner we set the language.
-                spinnerDescriptionLanguages.setSelection(languagesAdapter.getIndexOfLanguageCode(description.getLanguageCode()));
-            }
-            else {
-                // This is a contribution upload or the language from description is not present in spinner.
-                if (description.getSelectedLanguageIndex() == -1) {
-                    if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(savedLanguageValue)) {
-                        // If user has chosen a default language from settings activity savedLanguageValue is not null
-                        spinnerDescriptionLanguages
-                            .setSelection(
-                                languagesAdapter.getIndexOfLanguageCode(savedLanguageValue));
+            if (description.getSelectedLanguageIndex() == -1) {
+                if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(savedLanguageValue)) {
+                    // If user has chosen a default language from settings activity
+                    // savedLanguageValue is not null
+                    spinnerDescriptionLanguages.setSelection(languagesAdapter
+                        .getIndexOfLanguageCode(savedLanguageValue));
+                } else {
+                    //Checking whether Language Code attribute is null or not.
+                    if (uploadMediaDetails.get(position).getLanguageCode() != null) {
+                        //If it is not null that means it is fetching details from the previous
+                        // upload (i.e. when user has pressed copy previous caption & description)
+                        //hence providing same language code for the current upload.
+                        spinnerDescriptionLanguages.setSelection(languagesAdapter
+                            .getIndexOfLanguageCode(uploadMediaDetails.get(position)
+                            .getLanguageCode()), true);
                     } else {
-                        //Checking whether Language Code attribute is null or not.
-                        if (uploadMediaDetails.get(position).getLanguageCode() != null) {
-                            //If it is not null that means it is fetching details from the previous upload (i.e. when user has pressed copy previous caption & description)
-                            //hence providing same language code for the current upload.
-                            spinnerDescriptionLanguages.setSelection(languagesAdapter
-                                .getIndexOfLanguageCode(
-                                    uploadMediaDetails.get(position).getLanguageCode()), true);
+                        if (position == 0) {
+                            final int defaultLocaleIndex = languagesAdapter
+                                .getIndexOfUserDefaultLocale(spinnerDescriptionLanguages
+                                .getContext());
+                            spinnerDescriptionLanguages.setSelection(defaultLocaleIndex, true);
                         } else {
-                            if (position == 0) {
-                                int defaultLocaleIndex = languagesAdapter
-                                    .getIndexOfUserDefaultLocale(
-                                        spinnerDescriptionLanguages.getContext());
-                                spinnerDescriptionLanguages.setSelection(defaultLocaleIndex, true);
-                            } else {
-                                spinnerDescriptionLanguages.setSelection(0, true);
-                            }
+                            spinnerDescriptionLanguages.setSelection(0, true);
                         }
                     }
-
-                } else {
-                    spinnerDescriptionLanguages
-                        .setSelection(description.getSelectedLanguageIndex());
-                    selectedLanguages
-                        .put(spinnerDescriptionLanguages, description.getLanguageCode());
                 }
+
+            } else {
+                spinnerDescriptionLanguages.setSelection(description.getSelectedLanguageIndex());
+                selectedLanguages.put(spinnerDescriptionLanguages, description.getLanguageCode());
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/mediaDetails/UploadMediaDetailFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/mediaDetails/UploadMediaDetailFragment.java
index a029db761..b67ecb80b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/mediaDetails/UploadMediaDetailFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/mediaDetails/UploadMediaDetailFragment.java
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public class UploadMediaDetailFragment extends UploadBaseFragment implements
         UploadMediaDetail uploadMediaDetail = new UploadMediaDetail();
         uploadMediaDetail.setManuallyAdded(true);//This was manually added by the user
         uploadMediaDetailAdapter.addDescription(uploadMediaDetail);
-        rvDescriptions.scrollToPosition(uploadMediaDetailAdapter.getItemCount()-1);
+        rvDescriptions.smoothScrollToPosition(uploadMediaDetailAdapter.getItemCount()-1);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_remove.xml b/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_remove.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..718c7c061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_remove.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<vector android:height="24dp" android:tint="?attr/editTextColor"
+  android:viewportHeight="24.0" android:viewportWidth="24.0"
+  android:width="24dp" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+  <path android:fillColor="#8F000000" android:pathData="M19,6.41L17.59,5 12,10.59 6.41,5 5,6.41 10.59,12 5,17.59 6.41,19 12,13.41 17.59,19 19,17.59 13.41,12z"/>
+</vector>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/row_item_description.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/row_item_description.xml
index 11f7f3534..dfba75863 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/row_item_description.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/row_item_description.xml
@@ -1,53 +1,69 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    android:layout_width="match_parent"
-    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-    android:orientation="horizontal"
-    android:weightSum="8">
+<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+  xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
+  android:layout_width="match_parent"
+  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+  android:layout_marginHorizontal="8dp"
+  android:layout_marginVertical="8dp"
+  app:elevation="6dp">
 
-    <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatSpinner
-        android:id="@+id/spinner_description_languages"
-        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_weight="0"
-        android:minWidth="@dimen/tiny_height"
-        android:padding="@dimen/dimen_0"
-        android:spinnerMode="dialog" />
-    <LinearLayout
-        android:layout_width="match_parent"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:orientation="vertical"
-        android:layout_weight="8">
-    <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
-        android:id="@+id/caption_item_edit_text_input_layout"
-        android:layout_width="match_parent"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        >
+    <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
+      android:layout_width="match_parent"
+      android:layout_height="match_parent"
+      android:layout_marginHorizontal="20dp"
+      android:layout_marginVertical="20dp">
 
-        <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatEditText
-            android:id="@+id/caption_item_edit_text"
-            android:layout_width="match_parent"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:hint="@string/share_caption_hint"
-            android:imeOptions="actionNext|flagNoExtractUi"
-            android:inputType="textMultiLine"
-            android:maxLength="255" />
-    </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
+        <ImageView
+          android:id="@+id/btn_remove"
+          android:layout_width="24dp"
+          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+          android:contentDescription="@string/remove"
+          android:visibility="visible"
+          app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/caption_item_edit_text_input_layout"
+          app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+          app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_remove" />
 
-    <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
-        android:id="@+id/description_item_edit_text_input_layout"
-        android:layout_width="match_parent"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        >
+        <Spinner
+          android:id="@+id/spinner_description_languages"
+          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+          android:spinnerMode="dialog"
+          app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/caption_item_edit_text_input_layout"
+          app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />
 
-        <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatEditText
-            android:id="@+id/description_item_edit_text"
-            android:layout_width="match_parent"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:hint="@string/share_description_hint"
-            android:imeOptions="actionNext|flagNoExtractUi"
-            android:inputType="textMultiLine" />
-    </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
+        <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
+          android:id="@+id/caption_item_edit_text_input_layout"
+          android:layout_width="match_parent"
+          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+          app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@id/description_item_edit_text_input_layout"
+          app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+          app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent">
 
-    </LinearLayout>
-</LinearLayout>
+            <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
+              android:id="@+id/caption_item_edit_text"
+              android:layout_width="match_parent"
+              android:layout_height="match_parent"
+              android:hint="@string/share_caption_hint"
+              android:imeOptions="actionNext|flagNoExtractUi"
+              android:inputType="textMultiLine" />
+        </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
+
+        <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
+          android:id="@+id/description_item_edit_text_input_layout"
+          android:layout_width="match_parent"
+          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+          app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
+          app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+          app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent">
+
+            <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
+              android:id="@+id/description_item_edit_text"
+              android:layout_width="match_parent"
+              android:layout_height="match_parent"
+              android:hint="@string/share_description_hint"
+              android:imeOptions="actionNext|flagNoExtractUi"
+              android:inputType="textMultiLine" />
+        </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
+
+    </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
+</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 7cecad345..3ee598016 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ Upload your first media by tapping on the add button.</string>
   <string name="media_detail_step_title">Media Details</string>
   <string name="menu_view_category_page">View category page</string>
   <string name="menu_view_item_page">View item page</string>
+  <string name="remove">Removes a caption and description</string>
   <string name="read_help_link">Read more</string>
 
 </resources>