diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/Message.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/Message.tsx
index 3dc0c81fc..92df95024 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/Message.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/Message.tsx
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class MessageInner extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
 
   public checkExpired() {
     const now = Date.now();
-    const { isExpired, expirationTimestamp, expirationLength } = this.props;
+    const { isExpired, expirationTimestamp, expirationLength, convoId, id } = this.props;
 
     if (!expirationTimestamp || !expirationLength) {
       return;
@@ -178,17 +178,23 @@ class MessageInner extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
         expiring: true,
       });
 
-      const setExpired = () => {
+      const setExpired = async () => {
         this.setState({
           expired: true,
         });
+        await window.Signal.Data.removeMessage(id);
         window.inboxStore?.dispatch(
-          messageExpired({ messageId: this.props.id, conversationKey: this.props.convoId })
+          messageExpired({
+            conversationKey: convoId,
+            messageId: id,
+          })
         );
-        getConversationController()
-          .get(this.props.convoId)
-          ?.updateLastMessage();
+        const convo = getConversationController().get(convoId);
+        convo?.updateLastMessage();
       };
+      // as 'checkExpired' is potentially called more than once (componentDidUpdate & componentDidMount),
+      //  we need to clear the timeout call to 'setExpired' first to avoid multiple calls to 'setExpired'.
+      global.clearTimeout(this.expiredTimeout);
       this.expiredTimeout = setTimeout(setExpired, EXPIRED_DELAY);
     }
   }
diff --git a/ts/data/data.ts b/ts/data/data.ts
index a6882607d..52c652fcf 100644
--- a/ts/data/data.ts
+++ b/ts/data/data.ts
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ export async function saveMessages(arrayOfMessages: Array<MessageAttributes>): P
 }
 
 export async function removeMessage(id: string): Promise<void> {
-  const message = await getMessageById(id);
+  const message = await getMessageById(id, true);
 
   // Note: It's important to have a fully database-hydrated model to delete here because
   //   it needs to delete all associated on-disk files along with the database delete.
@@ -647,11 +647,17 @@ export async function getMessageIdsFromServerIds(
   return channels.getMessageIdsFromServerIds(serverIds, conversationId);
 }
 
-export async function getMessageById(id: string): Promise<MessageModel | null> {
+export async function getMessageById(
+  id: string,
+  skipTimerInit: boolean = false
+): Promise<MessageModel | null> {
   const message = await channels.getMessageById(id);
   if (!message) {
     return null;
   }
+  if (skipTimerInit) {
+    message.skipTimerInit = skipTimerInit;
+  }
 
   return new MessageModel(message);
 }
@@ -725,13 +731,18 @@ export async function getUnreadCountByConversation(conversationId: string): Prom
 
 export async function getMessagesByConversation(
   conversationId: string,
-  { limit = 100, receivedAt = Number.MAX_VALUE, type = '%' }
+  { limit = 100, receivedAt = Number.MAX_VALUE, type = '%', skipTimerInit = false }
 ): Promise<MessageCollection> {
   const messages = await channels.getMessagesByConversation(conversationId, {
     limit,
     receivedAt,
     type,
   });
+  if (skipTimerInit) {
+    for (const message of messages) {
+      message.skipTimerInit = skipTimerInit;
+    }
+  }
   return new MessageCollection(messages);
 }
 
diff --git a/ts/interactions/conversationInteractions.ts b/ts/interactions/conversationInteractions.ts
index e9082230d..6a11be9e9 100644
--- a/ts/interactions/conversationInteractions.ts
+++ b/ts/interactions/conversationInteractions.ts
@@ -439,7 +439,9 @@ export async function deleteMessagesById(
   askUserForConfirmation: boolean
 ) {
   const conversationModel = getConversationController().getOrThrow(conversationId);
-  const selectedMessages = _.compact(await Promise.all(messageIds.map(getMessageById)));
+  const selectedMessages = _.compact(
+    await Promise.all(messageIds.map(m => getMessageById(m, false)))
+  );
 
   const moreThanOne = selectedMessages.length > 1;
 
diff --git a/ts/models/conversation.ts b/ts/models/conversation.ts
index 8d3edfab1..d28515b14 100644
--- a/ts/models/conversation.ts
+++ b/ts/models/conversation.ts
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ export class ConversationModel extends Backbone.Model<ConversationAttributes> {
     }
     const messages = await getMessagesByConversation(this.id, {
       limit: 1,
+      skipTimerInit: true,
     });
     const lastMessageModel = messages.at(0);
     const lastMessageJSON = lastMessageModel ? lastMessageModel.toJSON() : null;
diff --git a/ts/models/message.ts b/ts/models/message.ts
index b5fd0c501..405fc0180 100644
--- a/ts/models/message.ts
+++ b/ts/models/message.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import { perfEnd, perfStart } from '../session/utils/Performance';
 import { AttachmentTypeWithPath } from '../types/Attachment';
 
 export class MessageModel extends Backbone.Model<MessageAttributes> {
-  constructor(attributes: MessageAttributesOptionals) {
+  constructor(attributes: MessageAttributesOptionals & { skipTimerInit?: boolean }) {
     const filledAttrs = fillMessageAttributesWithDefaults(attributes);
     super(filledAttrs);
 
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ export class MessageModel extends Backbone.Model<MessageAttributes> {
     }
 
     // this.on('expired', this.onExpired);
-    void this.setToExpire();
+    if (!attributes.skipTimerInit) {
+      void this.setToExpire();
+    }
     autoBind(this);
 
     this.dispatchMessageUpdate = _.throttle(this.dispatchMessageUpdate, 300);