diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gridsuite/study/server/service/SupervisionService.java b/src/main/java/org/gridsuite/study/server/service/SupervisionService.java
index b0434d0f3..b187982bf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gridsuite/study/server/service/SupervisionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gridsuite/study/server/service/SupervisionService.java
@@ -456,7 +456,8 @@ public void deleteAllStashedElements(UUID studyId) {
         List<UUID> notStashedModificationGroupUuids = networkModificationNodeInfos.stream()
                 .map(NetworkModificationNodeInfoEntity::getModificationGroupUuid)
                 .toList();
-        networkModificationService.deleteStashedModificationsFromGroups(notStashedModificationGroupUuids, SUPERVISION_USER);
+        // the links of the remaining reference modifications to their shared modifications are kept
+        networkModificationService.deleteStashedModificationsFromGroups(notStashedModificationGroupUuids, false, SUPERVISION_USER);
 
         // remove stashed nodes and their modifications
         studyService.deleteNodes(studyId, stashedNodes.stream().map(NodeEntity::getIdNode).toList(), true, SUPERVISION_USER, false);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gridsuite/study/server/service/networkmodification/NetworkModificationRestService.java b/src/main/java/org/gridsuite/study/server/service/networkmodification/NetworkModificationRestService.java
index 498fa4b1d..b66276e0b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gridsuite/study/server/service/networkmodification/NetworkModificationRestService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gridsuite/study/server/service/networkmodification/NetworkModificationRestService.java
@@ -651,6 +651,10 @@ private String toJson(Object object) {
     }
 
     public void deleteStashedModificationsFromGroups(List<UUID> groupUuids, String userId) {
+        deleteStashedModificationsFromGroups(groupUuids, true, userId);
+    }
+
+    public void deleteStashedModificationsFromGroups(List<UUID> groupUuids, boolean removeElementReferences, String userId) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(groupUuids);
         if (groupUuids.isEmpty()) {
             return;
@@ -659,8 +663,11 @@ public void deleteStashedModificationsFromGroups(List<UUID> groupUuids, String u
         headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
         headers.set(HEADER_USER_ID, userId);
         HttpEntity<String> httpEntity = new HttpEntity<>(toJson(groupUuids), headers);
-        var path = UriComponentsBuilder.fromPath(GROUPS + "/stashed-modifications")
-                .toUriString();
+        var uriBuilder = UriComponentsBuilder.fromPath(GROUPS + "/stashed-modifications");
+        if (!removeElementReferences) {
+            uriBuilder.queryParam("removeElementReferences", false);
+        }
+        var path = uriBuilder.toUriString();
 
         restTemplate.exchange(getNetworkModificationServerURI(false) + path,
                 HttpMethod.DELETE,
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gridsuite/study/server/service/networkmodification/NetworkModificationServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/org/gridsuite/study/server/service/networkmodification/NetworkModificationServiceTest.java
index aebd7f1d6..ff55799c5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gridsuite/study/server/service/networkmodification/NetworkModificationServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gridsuite/study/server/service/networkmodification/NetworkModificationServiceTest.java
@@ -165,6 +165,19 @@ void testDeleteStashedModificationsGroups() {
         verify(restTemplate).exchange(expectedUrl, HttpMethod.DELETE, httpEntity, new ParameterizedTypeReference<Map<UUID, UUID>>() { });
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testDeleteStashedModificationsGroupsKeepingElementReferences() {
+        UUID groupUuid = UUID.randomUUID();
+        String expectedUrl = NETWORK_MODIFICATION_SERVER_URI + "/v1/groups/stashed-modifications?removeElementReferences=false";
+
+        HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
+        headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+        headers.set(HEADER_USER_ID, USER_ID);
+        networkModificationService.deleteStashedModificationsFromGroups(List.of(groupUuid), false, USER_ID);
+        HttpEntity<String> httpEntity = new HttpEntity<>("[\"" + groupUuid + "\"]", headers);
+        verify(restTemplate).exchange(expectedUrl, HttpMethod.DELETE, httpEntity, new ParameterizedTypeReference<Map<UUID, UUID>>() { });
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testGetReferences() {
         UUID firstUuid = UUID.randomUUID();