diff --git a/app/components/Sidebar/components/DocumentLink.tsx b/app/components/Sidebar/components/DocumentLink.tsx
index 3106d6fed1..2c23d03f50 100644
--- a/app/components/Sidebar/components/DocumentLink.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Sidebar/components/DocumentLink.tsx
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ function InnerDocumentLink(
           { publish: true }
         );
         collection?.addDocument(newDocument, node.id);
+        membership?.addDocument(newDocument, node.id);
 
         closeAddingNewChild();
         history.push({
diff --git a/app/models/GroupMembership.ts b/app/models/GroupMembership.ts
index 3d9b14cc31..389f6e9405 100644
--- a/app/models/GroupMembership.ts
+++ b/app/models/GroupMembership.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ class GroupMembership extends NavigableModel {
   @Relation(() => Group, { onDelete: "cascade" })
   group: Group;
 
-  /** The document ID that this membership grants the group access to. */
-  documentId: string | undefined;
-
   /** The document that this membership grants the group access to. */
   @Relation(() => Document, { onDelete: "cascade" })
   document: Document | undefined;
@@ -46,7 +43,6 @@ class GroupMembership extends NavigableModel {
   permission: CollectionPermission | DocumentPermission;
 
   // methods
-
   /**
    * Fetches the child documents structure from the server.
    */
diff --git a/app/models/UserMembership.ts b/app/models/UserMembership.ts
index 0ab32181e6..832c4e8e52 100644
--- a/app/models/UserMembership.ts
+++ b/app/models/UserMembership.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ class UserMembership extends NavigableModel {
   @observable
   permission: DocumentPermission;
 
-  /** The document ID that this membership grants the user access to. */
-  documentId?: string;
-
   /** The document that this membership grants the user access to. */
   @Relation(() => Document, { onDelete: "cascade" })
   document?: Document;
diff --git a/app/models/base/NavigableModel.ts b/app/models/base/NavigableModel.ts
index 1244c74cd6..259097b28c 100644
--- a/app/models/base/NavigableModel.ts
+++ b/app/models/base/NavigableModel.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-import { computed, observable, runInAction } from "mobx";
+import { action, computed, observable, runInAction } from "mobx";
 import { JSONObject, type NavigationNode } from "@shared/types";
 import { client } from "~/utils/ApiClient";
 import ParanoidModel from "./ParanoidModel";
+import type Document from "../Document";
 
 export default abstract class NavigableModel extends ParanoidModel {
   private isFetching = false;
 
+  /** The document ID associated with this model. */
+  documentId?: string;
+
   @observable
   node?: NavigationNode;
 
@@ -45,6 +49,13 @@ export default abstract class NavigableModel extends ParanoidModel {
     return this.node?.children;
   }
 
+  @action
+  setDocuments(value: NavigationNode[] | undefined) {
+    if (this.node && value) {
+      this.node.children = value;
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the document path from the original document shared with this membership.
    */
@@ -109,4 +120,60 @@ export default abstract class NavigableModel extends ParanoidModel {
 
     return result;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Adds the document identified by the given id to the model in
+   * memory. Does not add the document to the database or store.
+   *
+   * @param document The document to add.
+   * @param parentDocumentId The id of the document to add the new document to.
+   */
+  @action
+  addDocument(document: Document, parentDocumentId: string) {
+    if (!this.documents || !document || !parentDocumentId?.trim()) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this.documentId && parentDocumentId === this.documentId) {
+      this.setDocuments([document.asNavigationNode, ...(this.documents ?? [])]);
+    }
+
+    const travelNodes = (nodes: NavigationNode[]) =>
+      nodes.forEach((node) => {
+        if (node.id === parentDocumentId) {
+          node.children = [document.asNavigationNode, ...(node.children ?? [])];
+        } else {
+          travelNodes(node.children);
+        }
+      });
+
+    travelNodes(this.documents);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Removes the document identified by the given id from the model in
+   * memory. Does not remove the document from the database.
+   *
+   * @param documentId The id of the document to remove.
+   */
+  @action
+  removeDocument(documentId: string) {
+    if (!this.documents) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.setDocuments(
+      this.documents.filter(function f(node): boolean {
+        if (node.id === documentId) {
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        if (node.children) {
+          node.children = node.children.filter(f);
+        }
+
+        return true;
+      })
+    );
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/scenes/DocumentDelete.tsx b/app/scenes/DocumentDelete.tsx
index f5a75cc599..e0e899cb41 100644
--- a/app/scenes/DocumentDelete.tsx
+++ b/app/scenes/DocumentDelete.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ type Props = {
 
 function DocumentDelete({ document, onSubmit }: Props) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const { ui, documents, collections } = useStores();
+  const { ui, documents, collections, userMemberships, groupMemberships } =
+    useStores();
   const history = useHistory();
   const [isDeleting, setDeleting] = React.useState(false);
   const [isArchiving, setArchiving] = React.useState(false);
@@ -41,6 +42,13 @@ function DocumentDelete({ document, onSubmit }: Props) {
       try {
         await document.delete();
 
+        userMemberships
+          .getByDocumentId(document.id)
+          ?.removeDocument(document.id);
+        groupMemberships
+          .getByDocumentId(document.id)
+          ?.removeDocument(document.id);
+
         // only redirect if we're currently viewing the document that's deleted
         if (ui.activeDocumentId === document.id) {
           // If the document has a parent and it's available in the store then
diff --git a/app/scenes/DocumentNew.tsx b/app/scenes/DocumentNew.tsx
index debc416d89..04669154d8 100644
--- a/app/scenes/DocumentNew.tsx
+++ b/app/scenes/DocumentNew.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ function DocumentNew({ template }: Props) {
   const user = useCurrentUser();
   const match = useRouteMatch<{ id?: string }>();
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const { documents, collections } = useStores();
+  const { documents, collections, userMemberships, groupMemberships } =
+    useStores();
   const id = match.params.id || query.get("collectionId");
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -55,6 +56,16 @@ function DocumentNew({ template }: Props) {
           { publish: collection?.id || parentDocumentId ? true : undefined }
         );
 
+        if (parentDocumentId) {
+          userMemberships
+            .getByDocumentId(document.id)
+            ?.addDocument(document, parentDocumentId);
+
+          groupMemberships
+            .getByDocumentId(document.id)
+            ?.addDocument(document, parentDocumentId);
+        }
+
         history.replace(
           template || !user.separateEditMode
             ? documentPath(document)