diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/AdminScreen.h b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/AdminScreen.h
index 746b7189..f9be987c 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/AdminScreen.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/AdminScreen.h
@@ -238,10 +238,7 @@ class AdminScreen : public UIScreen {
     } else if (f.set_prefix == nullptr) {                            // Action
       if (!strcmp(f.get_cmd, "start ota")) {                         // see _confirm's comment
         _pending_confirm_field = &f;
-        _confirm.begin("Start OTA update?", 2);
-        _confirm.addItem("Start");
-        _confirm.addItem("Cancel");
-        _confirm.setSelected(1);   // default highlight = Cancel
+        _confirm.beginConfirm("Start OTA update?", "Start");
         return;
       }
       strncpy(_cmd_text, f.get_cmd, sizeof(_cmd_text) - 1);
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/MessagesScreen.h b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/MessagesScreen.h
index dafba392..601cbc62 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/MessagesScreen.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/MessagesScreen.h
@@ -2091,10 +2091,7 @@ public:
             ChannelDetails ch;
             if (the_mesh.getChannel(ch_idx, ch)) _ch_view.openEdit(ch_idx, ch.name);
           } else if (sel == 6) {              // Delete -- confirm first (destructive)
-            _ctx_menu.begin("Delete channel?", 2);
-            _ctx_menu.addItem("Delete");
-            _ctx_menu.addItem("Cancel");
-            _ctx_menu.setSelected(1);
+            _ctx_menu.beginConfirm("Delete channel?", "Delete");
             _ch_delete_confirm_active = true;
             return true;   // list rebuild below would close the submenu
           }
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/NearbyScreen.h b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/NearbyScreen.h
index 20712a54..f256d733 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/NearbyScreen.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/NearbyScreen.h
@@ -468,11 +468,7 @@ class NearbyScreen : public UIScreen {
   void startDeleteConfirm() {
     const Entry* e = selected();
     if (!e || !e->has_key || !entryIsContact(e)) return;
-    _confirm.begin("Delete contact?", 2);
-    _confirm.addItem("Delete");
-    _confirm.addItem("Cancel");
-    _confirm.setSelected(1);
-    _confirm.active = true;
+    _confirm.beginConfirm("Delete contact?", "Delete");
   }
 
   void doDeleteSelected() {
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/PopupMenu.h b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/PopupMenu.h
index 42ddc0cc..788762ba 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/PopupMenu.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/PopupMenu.h
@@ -49,6 +49,19 @@ struct PopupMenu {
     if (_count > i) _value_mask |= (1u << i);
   }
 
+  // A two-row Action/Cancel confirm for a destructive or hard-to-reverse
+  // action, defaulting the highlight to Cancel (row 1) so accepting it takes
+  // a deliberate move up. Same shape every such confirm in the UI uses --
+  // see NearbyScreen's contact-delete confirm, AdminScreen's OTA-start
+  // confirm, Trail's reset confirm, Messages' channel-delete confirm, and
+  // RadioPresetPicker's preset-delete confirm.
+  void beginConfirm(const char* title, const char* action_label, const char* cancel_label = "Cancel") {
+    begin(title, 2);
+    addItem(action_label);
+    addItem(cancel_label);
+    setSelected(1);
+  }
+
   int render(DisplayDriver& display) {
     // Everything is derived from the live font metrics so the box fits its
     // content on every display — including landscape e-ink, where the font (and
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/RadioPresetPicker.h b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/RadioPresetPicker.h
index d13cc677..5d504b64 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/RadioPresetPicker.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/RadioPresetPicker.h
@@ -131,12 +131,8 @@ struct RadioPresetPicker {
   // is picked, onSelected() below is terminal -- the whole picker closes,
   // same as it already does after a built-in/user preset pick.
   void openConfirm(uint8_t slot) {
-    menu.begin("Delete preset?", 2);
-    menu.addItem("Delete");
-    menu.addItem("Cancel");
-    menu.setSelected(1);
+    menu.beginConfirm("Delete preset?", "Delete");
     confirm_slot = slot;
-    deleting = false;
   }
 
   // Handle the index the popup reports as SELECTED. Mutates target fields on a
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/TrailScreen.h b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/TrailScreen.h
index f3f16bf9..7b2c7c1f 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/TrailScreen.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/TrailScreen.h
@@ -405,10 +405,7 @@ private:
   void buildResetConfirmMenu() {
     _menu_level = ML_CONFIRM_RESET;
     _act_count  = 0;
-    _action_menu.begin("Reset trail?", 2);
-    _action_menu.addItem("Reset");
-    _action_menu.addItem("Cancel");
-    _action_menu.setSelected(1);
+    _action_menu.beginConfirm("Reset trail?", "Reset");
   }
 
   // Trail-file submenu — only the operations that make sense right now.