diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 0390730fd..cb998c0fd 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -385,6 +385,9 @@ class Item
 			Post\ThreadUser::update($item['uri-id'], $item['uid'], ['hidden' => true]);
 		}
 
+		DI::notify()->deleteForItem($item['uri-id']);
+		DI::notification()->deleteForItem($item['uri-id']);
+
 		Logger::info('Item has been marked for deletion.', ['id' => $item_id]);
 
 		return true;
diff --git a/src/Navigation/Notifications/Repository/Notification.php b/src/Navigation/Notifications/Repository/Notification.php
index a9630464a..6a513c5dc 100644
--- a/src/Navigation/Notifications/Repository/Notification.php
+++ b/src/Navigation/Notifications/Repository/Notification.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use Friendica\Navigation\Notifications\Collection;
 use Friendica\Navigation\Notifications\Entity;
 use Friendica\Navigation\Notifications\Factory;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException\NotFoundException;
+use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
@@ -268,4 +269,23 @@ class Notification extends BaseRepository
 
 		return $this->db->delete(self::$table_name, $condition);
 	}
+
+	public function deleteForItem(int $itemUriId): bool
+	{
+		$conditionTarget = [
+			'vid' => Verb::getID(Activity::POST),
+			'target-uri-id' => $itemUriId,
+		];
+
+		$conditionParent = [
+			'vid' => Verb::getID(Activity::POST),
+			'parent-uri-id' => $itemUriId,
+		];
+
+		$this->logger->notice('deleteForItem', ['conditionTarget' => $conditionTarget, 'conditionParent' => $conditionParent]);
+
+		return
+			$this->db->delete(self::$table_name, $conditionTarget)
+			&& $this->db->delete(self::$table_name, $conditionParent);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Navigation/Notifications/Repository/Notify.php b/src/Navigation/Notifications/Repository/Notify.php
index 3891a6e25..75aff6b87 100644
--- a/src/Navigation/Notifications/Repository/Notify.php
+++ b/src/Navigation/Notifications/Repository/Notify.php
@@ -807,4 +807,10 @@ class Notify extends BaseRepository
 
 		return $this->storeAndSend($params, $sitelink, $tsitelink, $hsitelink, $title, $subject, $preamble, $epreamble, $item['body'], $itemlink, true);
 	}
+
+	public function deleteForItem(int $itemUriId): void
+	{
+		$this->db->delete('notify', ['otype' => 'item', 'uri-id' => $itemUriId]);
+		$this->db->delete('notify', ['otype' => 'item', 'parent-uri-id' => $itemUriId]);
+	}
 }