diff --git a/js/id/ui/inspector.js b/js/id/ui/inspector.js
index 1105e6730..79adeef94 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/inspector.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/inspector.js
@@ -105,11 +105,13 @@ iD.Inspector = function() {
                     event.changeTags(entity, update());
                 });
 
+            selection.append('button')
+                .attr('class', 'cancel').text('Cancel')
+                .on('click', function() { event.close(entity); });
+
             selection.append('button')
                 .attr('class', 'delete').text('Delete')
-                .on('click', function() {
-                    event.remove(entity);
-                });
+                .on('click', function() { event.remove(entity); });
         });
     }