diff --git a/lib/actions/message-actions.js b/lib/actions/message-actions.js
--- a/lib/actions/message-actions.js
+++ b/lib/actions/message-actions.js
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
   FetchMessageInfosRequest,
   RawMessageInfo,
   MessageTruncationStatuses,
+  DeleteMessageRequest,
+  DeleteMessageResponse,
 } from '../types/message-types.js';
 import { defaultNumberPerThread } from '../types/message-types.js';
 import type { MediaMessageServerDBContent } from '../types/messages/media.js';
@@ -491,6 +493,36 @@
   return useKeyserverCall(toggleMessagePin);
 }
 
+const sendDeleteMessageActionTypes = Object.freeze({
+  started: 'SEND_DELETE_MESSAGE_STARTED',
+  success: 'SEND_DELETE_MESSAGE_SUCCESS',
+  failed: 'SEND_DELETE_MESSAGE_FAILED',
+});
+const sendDeleteMessage =
+  (
+    callKeyserverEndpoint: CallKeyserverEndpoint,
+  ): ((input: DeleteMessageRequest) => Promise<DeleteMessageResponse>) =>
+  async input => {
+    const keyserverID = extractKeyserverIDFromID(input.targetMessageID);
+    const requests = {
+      [keyserverID]: {
+        targetMessageID: input.targetMessageID,
+      },
+    };
+
+    const responses = await callKeyserverEndpoint('delete_message', requests);
+
+    return {
+      newMessageInfos: responses[keyserverID].newMessageInfos,
+    };
+  };
+
+function useSendDeleteMessage(): (
+  input: DeleteMessageRequest,
+) => Promise<DeleteMessageResponse> {
+  return useKeyserverCall(sendDeleteMessage);
+}
+
 export {
   fetchMessagesBeforeCursorActionTypes,
   useFetchMessagesBeforeCursor,
@@ -517,4 +549,6 @@
   fetchPinnedMessageActionTypes,
   toggleMessagePinActionTypes,
   useToggleMessagePin,
+  sendDeleteMessageActionTypes,
+  useSendDeleteMessage,
 };
diff --git a/lib/reducers/message-reducer.js b/lib/reducers/message-reducer.js
--- a/lib/reducers/message-reducer.js
+++ b/lib/reducers/message-reducer.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
   messageStorePruneActionType,
   createLocalMessageActionType,
   fetchSingleMostRecentMessagesFromThreadsActionTypes,
+  sendDeleteMessageActionTypes,
 } from '../actions/message-actions.js';
 import { sendMessageReportActionTypes } from '../actions/message-report-actions.js';
 import { legacySiweAuthActionTypes } from '../actions/siwe-actions.js';
@@ -1089,7 +1090,10 @@
       messagesResult.truncationStatuses,
       newThreadInfos,
     );
-  } else if (action.type === sendEditMessageActionTypes.success) {
+  } else if (
+    action.type === sendEditMessageActionTypes.success ||
+    action.type === sendDeleteMessageActionTypes.success
+  ) {
     const { newMessageInfos } = action.payload;
     const truncationStatuses: { [string]: MessageTruncationStatus } = {};
     for (const messageInfo of newMessageInfos) {
diff --git a/lib/types/redux-types.js b/lib/types/redux-types.js
--- a/lib/types/redux-types.js
+++ b/lib/types/redux-types.js
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
   SimpleMessagesPayload,
   FetchPinnedMessagesResult,
   SearchMessagesResponse,
+  DeleteMessageResponse,
 } from './message-types.js';
 import type { RawReactionMessageInfo } from './messages/reaction.js';
 import type { RawTextMessageInfo } from './messages/text.js';
@@ -1691,6 +1692,22 @@
     | {
         +type: 'REPORT_UNSHIMMING_OPERATION_COMPLETED',
         +payload: ReportUnshimmingOperationCompletedPayload,
+      }
+    | {
+        +type: 'SEND_DELETE_MESSAGE_STARTED',
+        +loadingInfo?: LoadingInfo,
+        +payload?: void,
+      }
+    | {
+        +type: 'SEND_DELETE_MESSAGE_SUCCESS',
+        +payload: DeleteMessageResponse,
+        +loadingInfo: LoadingInfo,
+      }
+    | {
+        +type: 'SEND_DELETE_MESSAGE_FAILED',
+        +error: true,
+        +payload: Error,
+        +loadingInfo: LoadingInfo,
       },
 }>;