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Large galaxies harbor massive central black holes and their feedback exerts a substantial impact on their evolution. Recently, observations have suggested that dwarf galaxies might host black holes in their centers, but with lower masses (intermediate-mass black holes-IMBHs). The impact of IMBHs on the evolution of dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs), however, has so far not been properly analyzed. In this work, we investigate the effects of an outflow from an IMBH on gas dynamics in dSphs by means of noncosmological, three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations, letting the galactic gas distribution evolve over 3 Gyr under the influence of the IMBH's outflow and supernova feedback. All simulations have a numerical resolution of 20.0 pc cell^–1. Two scenarios are considered to infer differences in the propagation of the outflow, one with a homogeneous interstellar medium (ISM) and another one with inhomogeneities caused by supernova feedback. A minimal initial speed and a minimal initial density are required for the outflow to propagate, with the values depending on the conditions of the medium. In an unperturbed medium, the outflow propagates freely in both directions with the same velocity (lower than the initial one), removing a small fraction of gas from the galaxy (the exact fraction depends on the initial physical conditions of the outflow). However, in an inhomogeneous ISM, the impact of the outflow is substantially reduced, and its contribution to the removal of gas from the galaxy is almost negligible.