diff --git a/src/app/editor/items/item-editor/item-editor.component.html b/src/app/editor/items/item-editor/item-editor.component.html
index bdd70ac..e3b6fc9 100644
--- a/src/app/editor/items/item-editor/item-editor.component.html
+++ b/src/app/editor/items/item-editor/item-editor.component.html
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
           <mat-panel-title>{{itemgroup.componentName}}</mat-panel-title>
           <mat-panel-description>{{itemgroup.componentDescription}}</mat-panel-description>
         </mat-expansion-panel-header>
-        
+
         <div class="panel-actions">
-          <button mat-raised-button color="warn" (click)="deleteInheritedItemgroup(itemgroup)">Delete</button>
+          <button mat-raised-button color="warn" [disabled]="automaticallyInheritedItemgroups.includes(itemgroup)" (click)="deleteInheritedItemgroup(itemgroup)">Delete</button>
         </div>
       </mat-expansion-panel>
     </mat-accordion>
diff --git a/src/app/editor/items/item-editor/item-editor.component.ts b/src/app/editor/items/item-editor/item-editor.component.ts
index 553bc9a..d5a13fc 100644
--- a/src/app/editor/items/item-editor/item-editor.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/editor/items/item-editor/item-editor.component.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {ItemGroup} from "../../../project/game-model/inventory/ItemGroup";
 import {GameModel} from "../../../project/game-model/GameModel";
 import {MatDialog} from "@angular/material/dialog";
 import {ItemgroupInheritorComponent} from "./itemgroup-inheritor/itemgroup-inheritor.component";
+import {ItemgroupUtilities} from "../../../project/game-model/utils/ItemgroupUtilities";
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-item-editor',
@@ -35,4 +36,8 @@ export class ItemEditorComponent {
   deleteInheritedItemgroup(itemgroup: ItemGroup) {
     this.item!.inheritedGroups = this.item!.inheritedGroups.filter(group => group.componentName !== itemgroup.componentName);
   }
+
+  get automaticallyInheritedItemgroups() {
+    return ItemgroupUtilities.findItemgroupPathToItem(this.item!.componentName, this.gameModel!.itemgroups);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/project/game-model/utils/ItemgroupUtilities.ts b/src/app/project/game-model/utils/ItemgroupUtilities.ts
index cbd7745..25c9533 100644
--- a/src/app/project/game-model/utils/ItemgroupUtilities.ts
+++ b/src/app/project/game-model/utils/ItemgroupUtilities.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
 import {GameModel} from "../GameModel";
 import {ItemGroup} from "../inventory/ItemGroup";
 import {AbstractItemGroup} from "../inventory/AbstractItemGroup";
+import {ConcreteItemGroup} from "../inventory/ConcreteItemGroup";
 
 export class ItemgroupUtilities {
 
+  public static findItemgroupPathToItem(searchedItemName: string, itemgroups: ItemGroup[]): ItemGroup[] {
+    for(let i=0; i<itemgroups.length; i++) {
+      const found_path = this.findItemgroupPathToItemRecursive(itemgroups[i], searchedItemName, []);
+      if(found_path.length > 0) {
+        return found_path;
+      }
+    }
+    return [];
+  }
+
   public static findItemgroupPathToItemgroup(searchedItemgroupName: string, itemgroups: ItemGroup[]): ItemGroup[] {
     for(let i=0; i<itemgroups.length; i++) {
       const found_path = this.findItemgroupPathToItemgroupRecursive(itemgroups[i], searchedItemgroupName, []);
@@ -34,4 +45,23 @@ export class ItemgroupUtilities {
     }
   }
 
+  private static findItemgroupPathToItemRecursive(root: ItemGroup, searchedItemName: string, path: ItemGroup[]): ItemGroup[] {
+    path.push(root);
+
+    if(root instanceof ConcreteItemGroup) {
+      const searchedItem = root.items.find(item => item.componentName === searchedItemName)
+      if(searchedItem != undefined) {
+        return path;
+      }
+    } else if(root instanceof AbstractItemGroup) {
+      for(let i=0; i<root.children.length; i++) {
+        const found_path = this.findItemgroupPathToItemRecursive(root.children[i], searchedItemName, path.concat());
+        if(found_path.length > 0) {
+          return found_path;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return [];
+  }
+
 }