diff --git a/lib/utils/delete-message-utils.js b/lib/utils/delete-message-utils.js
--- a/lib/utils/delete-message-utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils/delete-message-utils.js
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@
   type OutboundDMOperationSpecification,
 } from '../shared/dm-ops/dm-op-utils.js';
 import { useProcessAndSendDMOperation } from '../shared/dm-ops/process-dm-ops.js';
+import { useThreadHasPermission } from '../shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { DMSendDeleteMessageOperation } from '../types/dm-ops.js';
 import type { MessageInfo } from '../types/message-types.js';
+import { isComposableMessageType } from '../types/message-types.js';
+import type { ThreadInfo } from '../types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
+import { threadPermissions } from '../types/thread-permission-types.js';
 import { thickThreadTypes } from '../types/thread-types-enum.js';
 
 function useDeleteMessage(): (message: MessageInfo) => Promise<void> {
@@ -74,4 +78,39 @@
   );
 }
 
-export { useDeleteMessage };
+function useCanDeleteMessage(
+  threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
+  targetMessageInfo: ?MessageInfo,
+): boolean {
+  const currentUserInfo = useSelector(state => state.currentUserInfo);
+  const canDeleteOwnMessages = useThreadHasPermission(
+    threadInfo,
+    threadPermissions.DELETE_OWN_MESSAGES,
+  );
+  const canDeleteAllMessages = useThreadHasPermission(
+    threadInfo,
+    threadPermissions.DELETE_ALL_MESSAGES,
+  );
+
+  if (
+    !targetMessageInfo ||
+    !targetMessageInfo.id ||
+    !isComposableMessageType(targetMessageInfo.type)
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (!currentUserInfo || !currentUserInfo.id) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (canDeleteAllMessages) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    currentUserInfo.id === targetMessageInfo.creator.id && canDeleteOwnMessages
+  );
+}
+
+export { useDeleteMessage, useCanDeleteMessage };
diff --git a/native/chat/multimedia-message-tooltip-modal.react.js b/native/chat/multimedia-message-tooltip-modal.react.js
--- a/native/chat/multimedia-message-tooltip-modal.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/multimedia-message-tooltip-modal.react.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
+import { useDeleteMessage } from 'lib/utils/delete-message-utils.js';
+
 import { useOnPressReport } from './message-report-utils.js';
 import MultimediaMessageTooltipButton from './multimedia-message-tooltip-button.react.js';
 import { useAnimatedNavigateToSidebar } from './sidebar-navigation.js';
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@
 function TooltipMenu(
   props: TooltipMenuProps<'MultimediaMessageTooltipModal'>,
 ): React.Node {
-  const { route, tooltipItem: TooltipItem } = props;
+  const { route, tooltipItem: TooltipItem, navigation } = props;
 
   const overlayContext = React.useContext(OverlayContext);
 
@@ -62,6 +64,18 @@
     [],
   );
 
+  const deleteMessage = useDeleteMessage();
+  const onPressDelete = React.useCallback(async () => {
+    await deleteMessage(route.params.item.messageInfo);
+    navigation.goBackOnce();
+  }, [deleteMessage, navigation, route.params.item.messageInfo]);
+  const renderDeleteIcon = React.useCallback(
+    (style: TextStyle) => (
+      <SWMansionIcon name="trash-2" style={style} size={16} />
+    ),
+    [],
+  );
+
   return (
     <>
       <TooltipItem
@@ -92,6 +106,13 @@
         renderIcon={renderReportIcon}
         key="report"
       />
+      <TooltipItem
+        id="delete"
+        text="Delete"
+        onPress={onPressDelete}
+        renderIcon={renderDeleteIcon}
+        key="delete"
+      />
     </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/native/chat/multimedia-message.react.js b/native/chat/multimedia-message.react.js
--- a/native/chat/multimedia-message.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/multimedia-message.react.js
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 import { useCanCreateReactionFromMessage } from 'lib/shared/reaction-utils.js';
 import { useCanCreateSidebarFromMessage } from 'lib/shared/sidebar-utils.js';
 import type { MediaInfo } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
+import { useCanDeleteMessage } from 'lib/utils/delete-message-utils.js';
 
+import { ChatContext, type ChatContextType } from './chat-context.js';
 import ComposedMessage from './composed-message.react.js';
 import { InnerMultimediaMessage } from './inner-multimedia-message.react.js';
 import {
@@ -21,7 +23,6 @@
   multimediaMessageSendFailed,
 } from './multimedia-message-utils.js';
 import { getMessageTooltipKey } from './utils.js';
-import { ChatContext, type ChatContextType } from '../chat/chat-context.js';
 import { OverlayContext } from '../navigation/overlay-context.js';
 import type { OverlayContextType } from '../navigation/overlay-context.js';
 import {
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
   +chatContext: ?ChatContextType,
   +canCreateSidebarFromMessage: boolean,
   +canCreateReactionFromMessage: boolean,
+  +canDeleteMessage: boolean,
 };
 type State = {
   +clickable: boolean,
@@ -106,6 +108,10 @@
       result.push('report');
     }
 
+    if (this.props.canDeleteMessage) {
+      result.push('delete');
+    }
+
     return result;
   }
 
@@ -208,6 +214,7 @@
       canCreateSidebarFromMessage,
       canTogglePins,
       canCreateReactionFromMessage,
+      canDeleteMessage,
       ...viewProps
     } = this.props;
     return (
@@ -248,6 +255,10 @@
       props.item.threadInfo,
       props.item.messageInfo,
     );
+    const canDeleteMessage = useCanDeleteMessage(
+      props.item.threadInfo,
+      props.item.messageInfo,
+    );
     return (
       <MultimediaMessage
         {...props}
@@ -257,6 +268,7 @@
         chatContext={chatContext}
         canCreateSidebarFromMessage={canCreateSidebarFromMessage}
         canCreateReactionFromMessage={canCreateReactionFromMessage}
+        canDeleteMessage={canDeleteMessage}
       />
     );
   });
diff --git a/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-modal.react.js b/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-modal.react.js
--- a/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-modal.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-modal.react.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { createMessageReply } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
+import { useDeleteMessage } from 'lib/utils/delete-message-utils.js';
 
 import { MessageEditingContext } from './message-editing-context.react.js';
 import { useNavigateToThread } from './message-list-types.js';
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@
 function TooltipMenu(
   props: TooltipMenuProps<'TextMessageTooltipModal'>,
 ): React.Node {
-  const { route, tooltipItem: TooltipItem } = props;
+  const { route, tooltipItem: TooltipItem, navigation } = props;
   const { threadInfo } = route.params.item;
 
   const overlayContext = React.useContext(OverlayContext);
@@ -135,6 +136,18 @@
     [],
   );
 
+  const deleteMessage = useDeleteMessage();
+  const onPressDelete = React.useCallback(async () => {
+    await deleteMessage(messageInfo);
+    navigation.goBackOnce();
+  }, [deleteMessage, messageInfo, navigation]);
+  const renderDeleteIcon = React.useCallback(
+    (style: TextStyle) => (
+      <SWMansionIcon name="trash-2" style={style} size={16} />
+    ),
+    [],
+  );
+
   return (
     <>
       <TooltipItem
@@ -186,6 +199,13 @@
         renderIcon={renderReportIcon}
         key="report"
       />
+      <TooltipItem
+        id="delete"
+        text="Delete"
+        onPress={onPressDelete}
+        renderIcon={renderDeleteIcon}
+        key="delete"
+      />
     </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/native/chat/text-message.react.js b/native/chat/text-message.react.js
--- a/native/chat/text-message.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/text-message.react.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import { useCanCreateSidebarFromMessage } from 'lib/shared/sidebar-utils.js';
 import { useThreadHasPermission } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import { threadPermissions } from 'lib/types/thread-permission-types.js';
+import { useCanDeleteMessage } from 'lib/utils/delete-message-utils.js';
 
 import type { ChatNavigationProp } from './chat.react.js';
 import ComposedMessage from './composed-message.react.js';
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
   +isUserProfileBottomSheetActive: boolean,
   +canEditMessage: boolean,
   +currentUserIsVoiced: boolean,
+  +canDeleteMessage: boolean,
 };
 class TextMessage extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   message: ?React.ElementRef<typeof View>;
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@
       canEditMessage,
       canTogglePins,
       currentUserIsVoiced,
+      canDeleteMessage,
       ...viewProps
     } = this.props;
 
@@ -173,6 +176,10 @@
       result.push('report');
     }
 
+    if (this.props.canDeleteMessage) {
+      result.push('delete');
+    }
+
     return result;
   }
 
@@ -292,6 +299,11 @@
       threadPermissions.VOICED,
     );
 
+    const canDeleteMessage = useCanDeleteMessage(
+      props.item.threadInfo,
+      props.item.messageInfo,
+    );
+
     return (
       <TextMessage
         {...props}
@@ -302,6 +314,7 @@
         isUserProfileBottomSheetActive={isUserProfileBottomSheetActive}
         canEditMessage={canEditMessage}
         currentUserIsVoiced={currentUserCanReply}
+        canDeleteMessage={canDeleteMessage}
       />
     );
   });
diff --git a/web/tooltips/tooltip-action-utils.js b/web/tooltips/tooltip-action-utils.js
--- a/web/tooltips/tooltip-action-utils.js
+++ b/web/tooltips/tooltip-action-utils.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 
+import { faTrash } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
+import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
@@ -22,6 +24,10 @@
 import { messageTypes } from 'lib/types/message-types-enum.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import { threadPermissions } from 'lib/types/thread-permission-types.js';
+import {
+  useCanDeleteMessage,
+  useDeleteMessage,
+} from 'lib/utils/delete-message-utils.js';
 import { useCanToggleMessagePin } from 'lib/utils/message-pinning-utils.js';
 
 import LabelTooltip from './label-toolitp.react.js';
@@ -381,6 +387,35 @@
   ]);
 }
 
+function useMessageDeleteAction(
+  item: ChatMessageInfoItem,
+  threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
+): ?MessageTooltipAction {
+  const { messageInfo } = item;
+
+  const canDeleteMessage = useCanDeleteMessage(threadInfo, messageInfo);
+  const deleteMessage = useDeleteMessage();
+  const { clearTooltip } = useTooltipContext();
+
+  return React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (!canDeleteMessage) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const buttonContent = <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faTrash} />;
+    const onClickDelete = async () => {
+      if (messageInfo) {
+        await deleteMessage(messageInfo);
+      }
+      clearTooltip();
+    };
+    return {
+      actionButtonContent: buttonContent,
+      onClick: onClickDelete,
+      label: 'Delete',
+    };
+  }, [canDeleteMessage, clearTooltip, deleteMessage, messageInfo]);
+}
+
 function useMessageTooltipActions(
   item: ChatMessageInfoItem,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
@@ -391,6 +426,7 @@
   const reactAction = useMessageReactAction(item, threadInfo);
   const togglePinAction = useMessageTogglePinAction(item, threadInfo);
   const editAction = useMessageEditAction(item, threadInfo);
+  const deleteAction = useMessageDeleteAction(item, threadInfo);
   return React.useMemo(
     () =>
       [
@@ -400,6 +436,7 @@
         reactAction,
         togglePinAction,
         editAction,
+        deleteAction,
       ].filter(Boolean),
     [
       replyAction,
@@ -408,6 +445,7 @@
       reactAction,
       togglePinAction,
       editAction,
+      deleteAction,
     ],
   );
 }