diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/multimedia/AudioRecordingFragment.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/multimedia/AudioRecordingFragment.kt
index dafd1733a07e..41c3c7510aa5 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/multimedia/AudioRecordingFragment.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/multimedia/AudioRecordingFragment.kt
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import android.os.Bundle
 import android.view.View
 import androidx.activity.result.contract.ActivityResultContracts
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
-import androidx.fragment.app.viewModels
 import androidx.lifecycle.lifecycleScope
 import com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
 import com.ichi2.anki.CrashReportService
@@ -42,8 +41,6 @@ class AudioRecordingFragment : MultimediaFragment(R.layout.fragment_audio_record
     override val title: String
         get() = resources.getString(R.string.multimedia_editor_field_editing_audio)
 
-    private val viewModel: MultimediaViewModel by viewModels()
-
     private var audioRecordingController: AudioRecordingController? = null
 
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/multimedia/AudioVideoFragment.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/multimedia/AudioVideoFragment.kt
index 4efd66a63076..f6348525e5b3 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/multimedia/AudioVideoFragment.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/multimedia/AudioVideoFragment.kt
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import androidx.annotation.OptIn
 import androidx.annotation.StringRes
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
 import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
-import androidx.fragment.app.viewModels
 import androidx.media3.common.AudioAttributes
 import androidx.media3.common.C
 import androidx.media3.common.MediaItem
@@ -62,8 +61,6 @@ class AudioVideoFragment : MultimediaFragment(R.layout.fragment_audio_video) {
     override val title: String
         get() = getTitleForFragment(selectedMediaOptions, requireContext())
 
-    private val viewModel: MultimediaViewModel by viewModels()
-
     /**
      * Launches an activity to pick audio or video file from the device
      */
diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/multimedia/MultimediaFragment.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/multimedia/MultimediaFragment.kt
index e86f4e5583f4..56259324bb2a 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/multimedia/MultimediaFragment.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/multimedia/MultimediaFragment.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import android.os.Bundle
 import android.text.format.Formatter
 import android.view.MenuItem
 import android.view.View
+import androidx.activity.OnBackPressedCallback
+import androidx.activity.addCallback
 import androidx.annotation.DrawableRes
 import androidx.annotation.LayoutRes
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AlertDialog
@@ -31,14 +33,20 @@ import androidx.core.content.FileProvider
 import androidx.core.view.MenuHost
 import androidx.core.view.MenuProvider
 import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment
+import androidx.fragment.app.viewModels
+import androidx.lifecycle.lifecycleScope
 import com.ichi2.anki.AnkiActivity
 import com.ichi2.anki.CrashReportService
 import com.ichi2.anki.R
+import com.ichi2.anki.dialogs.DiscardChangesDialog
 import com.ichi2.anki.multimediacard.IMultimediaEditableNote
 import com.ichi2.anki.multimediacard.fields.IField
 import com.ichi2.anki.snackbar.showSnackbar
+import com.ichi2.annotations.NeedsTest
 import com.ichi2.compat.CompatHelper.Companion.getSerializableCompat
 import com.ichi2.utils.show
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.collectLatest
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import timber.log.Timber
 import java.io.File
 
@@ -50,11 +58,12 @@ import java.io.File
  *
  * @param layout The layout resource ID to be inflated by this fragment.
  */
-// TODO: show discard dialog in case there are changes
 abstract class MultimediaFragment(@LayoutRes layout: Int) : Fragment(layout) {
 
     abstract val title: String
 
+    val viewModel: MultimediaViewModel by viewModels()
+
     protected var ankiCacheDirectory: String? = null
 
     protected var indexValue: Int = 0
@@ -62,6 +71,7 @@ abstract class MultimediaFragment(@LayoutRes layout: Int) : Fragment(layout) {
     protected lateinit var note: IMultimediaEditableNote
     protected var imageUri: Uri? = null
 
+    @NeedsTest("test discard dialog shown in case there are changes")
     override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
 
@@ -80,6 +90,26 @@ abstract class MultimediaFragment(@LayoutRes layout: Int) : Fragment(layout) {
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        val backCallback = object : OnBackPressedCallback(
+            enabled = viewModel.currentMultimediaPath.value != null
+        ) {
+            override fun handleOnBackPressed() {
+                DiscardChangesDialog.showDialog(requireContext()) {
+                    Timber.i("MultimediaFragment:: OK button pressed to confirm discard changes")
+                    isEnabled = false
+                    requireActivity().onBackPressedDispatcher.onBackPressed()
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        lifecycleScope.launch {
+            viewModel.currentMultimediaPath.collectLatest { value ->
+                backCallback.isEnabled = value != null
+            }
+        }
+
+        requireActivity().onBackPressedDispatcher.addCallback(viewLifecycleOwner, backCallback)
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/multimedia/MultimediaImageFragment.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/multimedia/MultimediaImageFragment.kt
index ee4cecad8f14..28f50e9880c7 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/multimedia/MultimediaImageFragment.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/multimedia/MultimediaImageFragment.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
 import androidx.core.content.FileProvider
 import androidx.core.content.IntentCompat
 import androidx.core.os.BundleCompat
-import androidx.fragment.app.viewModels
 import androidx.lifecycle.lifecycleScope
 import com.canhub.cropper.CropException
 import com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
@@ -77,8 +76,6 @@ class MultimediaImageFragment : MultimediaFragment(R.layout.fragment_multimedia_
     private lateinit var imagePreview: ImageView
     private lateinit var imageFileSize: TextView
 
-    private val viewModel: MultimediaViewModel by viewModels()
-
     private lateinit var selectedImageOptions: ImageOptions
 
     /**