diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
index ce61a023202..982d7d4b8f9 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ var SnippetEditor = Widget.extend({
                         return el.matches(this.layoutElementsSelector);
                     });
                 return isEmpty && !$el.hasClass('oe_structure') && !$el.hasClass('oe_unremovable')
+                    && !$el.parent().hasClass('carousel-item')
                     && (!editor || editor.isTargetParentEditable);
             };
 
diff --git a/addons/website/static/tests/tours/carousel_content_removal.js b/addons/website/static/tests/tours/carousel_content_removal.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1c7d3cff8a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/website/static/tests/tours/carousel_content_removal.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/** @odoo-module */
+
+import tour from 'web_tour.tour';
+
+tour.register("carousel_content_removal", {
+    url: "/",
+}, [{
+    trigger: "a[data-action=edit]",
+    content: "Click the Edit button.",
+    extra_trigger: ".homepage",
+}, {
+    trigger: "#snippet_structure .oe_snippet:has(span:contains('Carousel')) .oe_snippet_thumbnail",
+    content: "Drag the Carousel block and drop it in your page.",
+    run: "drag_and_drop #wrap",
+},
+{
+    trigger: ".carousel .carousel-item.active .carousel-content",
+    content: "Select the active carousel item.",
+}, {
+    trigger: ".oe_overlay.oe_active .oe_snippet_remove",
+    content: "Remove the active carousel item.",
+},
+{
+    trigger: ".carousel .carousel-item.active .container:not(:has(*))",
+    content: "Check for a carousel slide with an empty container tag",
+    run: function () {},
+}]);
diff --git a/addons/website/tests/test_ui.py b/addons/website/tests/test_ui.py
index ab5ad731e23..9d9f192d42f 100644
--- a/addons/website/tests/test_ui.py
+++ b/addons/website/tests/test_ui.py
@@ -272,3 +272,6 @@ class TestUi(odoo.tests.HttpCase):
         }])
 
         self.start_tour("/?enable_editor=1", "focus_blur_snippets", login="admin")
+
+    def test_14_carousel_snippet_content_removal(self):
+        self.start_tour("/", "carousel_content_removal", login='admin')
diff --git a/addons/website/views/snippets/s_carousel.xml b/addons/website/views/snippets/s_carousel.xml
index cc30313c4c8..be65e01c7f0 100644
--- a/addons/website/views/snippets/s_carousel.xml
+++ b/addons/website/views/snippets/s_carousel.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
             <div class="carousel-inner">
                 <!-- #01 -->
                 <div class="carousel-item active oe_img_bg o_bg_img_center pt152 pb152" style="background-image: url('/web/image/website.s_carousel_default_image_1');" data-name="Slide">
-                    <div class="container">
+                    <div class="container oe_unremovable">
                         <div class="row content">
                             <div class="carousel-content col-lg-6">
                                  <h2><font style="font-size: 62px;">Slide Title</font></h2>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
                 </div>
                 <!-- #02 -->
                 <div class="carousel-item oe_img_bg o_bg_img_center pt96 pb96" style="background-image: url('/web/image/website.s_carousel_default_image_2');" data-name="Slide">
-                    <div class="container">
+                    <div class="container oe_unremovable">
                         <div class="row content">
                             <div class="carousel-content col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 bg-black-50 text-center pt48 pb40">
                                 <h2 style="font-size: 62px;">Clever Slogan</h2>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
                 </div>
                 <!-- #03 -->
                 <div class="carousel-item oe_img_bg o_bg_img_center pt128 pb128" style="background-image: url('/web/image/website.s_carousel_default_image_3');" data-name="Slide">
-                    <div class="container">
+                    <div class="container oe_unremovable">
                         <div class="row content">
                             <div class="carousel-content col-lg-6 offset-lg-6">
                                 <h2><font style="font-size: 62px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Edit this title</font></h2>