diff --git a/src/runtime/shell/builtin/rm.rs b/src/runtime/shell/builtin/rm.rs
index 8c4cde84e18d..f3afaa846181 100644
--- a/src/runtime/shell/builtin/rm.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/shell/builtin/rm.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ use bun_sys::{E, FdExt, dir_iterator};
 use crate::shell::ExitCode;
 use crate::shell::builtin::{Builtin, IoKind, Kind};
 use crate::shell::interpreter::{
-    EventLoopHandle, Interpreter, NodeId, ShellTask, WorkPoolTask, shell_openat,
+    EventLoopHandle, Interpreter, NodeId, ParseError, ShellTask, WorkPoolTask, shell_openat,
+    unsupported_flag,
 };
 use crate::shell::io_writer::{ChildPtr, WriterTag};
 use crate::shell::yield_::Yield;
@@ -80,13 +81,11 @@ impl Default for Opts {
 
 #[derive(Default, Clone, Copy)]
 pub enum PromptBehaviour {
-    /// `--interactive=never` (default)
+    /// `-f`, `--interactive=never` (default)
     #[default]
     Never,
-    /// `-I`, `--interactive=once`
-    Once { removed_count: u32 },
-    /// `-i`, `--interactive=always`
-    Always,
+    /// `-i`, `-I`, `--interactive=once|always`, spelled as given so the rejection can name it.
+    Prompt { flag: &'static [u8] },
 }
 
 enum RmParseFlag {
@@ -158,12 +157,22 @@ impl Rm {
                                     opts.remove_empty_dirs = true;
                                 }
                             }
-                            if !matches!(
-                                Self::state_mut(interp, cmd).opts.prompt_behaviour,
-                                PromptBehaviour::Never
-                            ) {
-                                let buf: &[u8] = b"rm: \"-i\" is not supported yet";
-                                return Self::write_err_literal(interp, cmd, idx, buf);
+                            // After all flags, so a later `-f` cancels an earlier `-i`.
+                            if let PromptBehaviour::Prompt { flag } =
+                                Self::state_mut(interp, cmd).opts.prompt_behaviour
+                            {
+                                return Builtin::fail_parse(
+                                    interp,
+                                    cmd,
+                                    Kind::Rm,
+                                    &ParseError::Unsupported(unsupported_flag(flag)),
+                                    || {
+                                        Self::state_mut(interp, cmd).state = RmState::ParseOpts {
+                                            idx,
+                                            wait_write_err: true,
+                                        }
+                                    },
+                                );
                             }
 
                             let args_start = idx as usize;
@@ -511,11 +520,15 @@ impl Rm {
                     RmParseFlag::ContinueParsing
                 }
                 b"--interactive=once" => {
-                    opts.prompt_behaviour = PromptBehaviour::Once { removed_count: 0 };
+                    opts.prompt_behaviour = PromptBehaviour::Prompt {
+                        flag: b"--interactive=once",
+                    };
                     RmParseFlag::ContinueParsing
                 }
                 b"--interactive=always" => {
-                    opts.prompt_behaviour = PromptBehaviour::Always;
+                    opts.prompt_behaviour = PromptBehaviour::Prompt {
+                        flag: b"--interactive=always",
+                    };
                     RmParseFlag::ContinueParsing
                 }
                 _ => RmParseFlag::IllegalOption,
@@ -530,8 +543,8 @@ impl Rm {
                 b'r' | b'R' => opts.recursive = true,
                 b'v' => opts.verbose = true,
                 b'd' => opts.remove_empty_dirs = true,
-                b'i' => opts.prompt_behaviour = PromptBehaviour::Once { removed_count: 0 },
-                b'I' => opts.prompt_behaviour = PromptBehaviour::Always,
+                b'i' => opts.prompt_behaviour = PromptBehaviour::Prompt { flag: b"-i" },
+                b'I' => opts.prompt_behaviour = PromptBehaviour::Prompt { flag: b"-I" },
                 _ => return RmParseFlag::IllegalOptionWithFlag,
             }
         }
diff --git a/test/js/bun/shell/commands/rm.test.ts b/test/js/bun/shell/commands/rm.test.ts
index d442eb197773..5b1d09f9150e 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/shell/commands/rm.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/bun/shell/commands/rm.test.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,77 @@ foo/
     }
   });
 
+  // Prompting is not implemented. A prompting option still in effect after all
+  // flags are parsed is rejected under the name it was given and the operand is
+  // left alone; a later -f or --interactive=never cancels it, as in GNU rm.
+  describe("interactive flags", () => {
+    const unsupported = (flag: string) => `rm: unsupported option, please open a GitHub issue -- ${flag}\n`;
+
+    // flags as given -> the option the message names (the last prompting option given)
+    const rejected: [flags: string[], reported: string][] = [
+      [["-i"], "-i"],
+      [["-I"], "-I"],
+      [["--interactive=always"], "--interactive=always"],
+      [["--interactive=once"], "--interactive=once"],
+      [["-ri"], "-i"],
+      [["-rfI"], "-I"],
+      [["-fi"], "-i"],
+      [["-iI"], "-I"],
+      [["-I", "-i"], "-i"],
+      [["--interactive=once", "-i"], "-i"],
+      [["-i", "--interactive=once"], "--interactive=once"],
+      [["--interactive=always", "-I"], "-I"],
+      [["-I", "--interactive=always"], "--interactive=always"],
+    ];
+    for (const [flags, reported] of rejected) {
+      const name = `rm ${flags.join(" ")} file`;
+      // Not quiet: stderr is a real fd and the message is written asynchronously.
+      TestBuilder.command`rm ${flags} file`
+        .file("file", "keep")
+        .stdout("")
+        .stderr(unsupported(reported))
+        .exitCode(1)
+        .fileEquals("file", "keep")
+        .runAsTest(name);
+      // Quiet: stderr is captured into a buffer and written synchronously.
+      TestBuilder.command`rm ${flags} file`
+        .quiet()
+        .file("file", "keep")
+        .stdout("")
+        .stderr(unsupported(reported))
+        .exitCode(1)
+        .fileEquals("file", "keep")
+        .runAsTest(`${name} (quiet)`);
+    }
+
+    const cancelled: string[][] = [
+      ["-if"],
+      ["-i", "-f"],
+      ["-I", "-f"],
+      ["-Irf"],
+      ["--interactive=once", "-f"],
+      ["--interactive=always", "-f"],
+      ["-i", "--interactive=never"],
+      ["-I", "--interactive=never"],
+    ];
+    for (const flags of cancelled) {
+      TestBuilder.command`rm ${flags} file`
+        .file("file", "")
+        .stdout("")
+        .stderr("")
+        .exitCode(0)
+        .doesNotExist("file")
+        .runAsTest(`rm ${flags.join(" ")} file removes the file`);
+    }
+
+    // With no operand the usage error comes first, as for any other flags.
+    TestBuilder.command`rm -i`
+      .stdout("")
+      .stderr("usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dIPRrvWx] file ...\n       unlink [--] file\n")
+      .exitCode(1)
+      .runAsTest("rm -i without an operand prints usage");
+  });
+
   // The DirTask parent/child hand-off had a lost-wakeup window between
   // `subtask_count.load() > 1` and `need_to_wait.store(true)`: the last
   // child could decrement and read `need_to_wait == false` in between,