diff --git a/briar-api/src/org/briarproject/api/db/DatabaseComponent.java b/briar-api/src/org/briarproject/api/db/DatabaseComponent.java
index 80fd14a7e69c84255a396f7e5d75b9d19d5b8f17..5609844f42a6c8337dbdc0b30d07b894c2b93773 100644
--- a/briar-api/src/org/briarproject/api/db/DatabaseComponent.java
+++ b/briar-api/src/org/briarproject/api/db/DatabaseComponent.java
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ public interface DatabaseComponent {
 	 */
 	void deleteMessage(MessageId m) throws DbException;
 
+	/** Deletes any metadata associated with the given message. */
+	void deleteMessageMetadata(MessageId m) throws DbException;
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns an acknowledgement for the given contact, or null if there are
 	 * no messages to acknowledge.
diff --git a/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/db/Database.java b/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/db/Database.java
index d21e6c349523b9fed572cc31409fcee03129308b..934156308b6b53ef99322206b16f0f642ce41bad 100644
--- a/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/db/Database.java
+++ b/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/db/Database.java
@@ -225,6 +225,13 @@ interface Database<T> {
 	 */
 	void deleteMessage(T txn, MessageId m) throws DbException;
 
+	/**
+	 * Deletes any metadata associated with the given message.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Locking: write.
+	 */
+	void deleteMessageMetadata(T txn, MessageId m) throws DbException;
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the contact with the given ID.
 	 * <p>
diff --git a/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/db/DatabaseComponentImpl.java b/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/db/DatabaseComponentImpl.java
index d55501a101d6bfa2417a528775fd96a291af7a49..0a974ed8edb9095e56ea94fabdf635df4258f617 100644
--- a/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/db/DatabaseComponentImpl.java
+++ b/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/db/DatabaseComponentImpl.java
@@ -310,6 +310,23 @@ class DatabaseComponentImpl<T> implements DatabaseComponent {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public void deleteMessageMetadata(MessageId m) throws DbException {
+		lock.writeLock().lock();
+		try {
+			T txn = db.startTransaction();
+			try {
+				if (!db.containsMessage(txn, m))
+					throw new NoSuchMessageException();
+				db.deleteMessageMetadata(txn, m);
+			} catch (DbException e) {
+				db.abortTransaction(txn);
+				throw e;
+			}
+		} finally {
+			lock.writeLock().unlock();
+		}
+	}
+
 	public Ack generateAck(ContactId c, int maxMessages) throws DbException {
 		Collection<MessageId> ids;
 		lock.writeLock().lock();
diff --git a/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/db/JdbcDatabase.java b/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/db/JdbcDatabase.java
index 2f32e8fd8b1e3079394702718986af4a2f480f95..ac583594bd27844440519e3c9256cab770b06409 100644
--- a/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/db/JdbcDatabase.java
+++ b/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/db/JdbcDatabase.java
@@ -949,6 +949,22 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public void deleteMessageMetadata(Connection txn, MessageId m)
+			throws DbException {
+		PreparedStatement ps = null;
+		try {
+			String sql = "DELETE FROM messageMetadata WHERE messageId = ?";
+			ps = txn.prepareStatement(sql);
+			ps.setBytes(1, m.getBytes());
+			int affected = ps.executeUpdate();
+			if (affected < 0) throw new DbStateException();
+			ps.close();
+		} catch (SQLException e) {
+			tryToClose(ps);
+			throw new DbException(e);
+		}
+	}
+
 	public Contact getContact(Connection txn, ContactId c) throws DbException {
 		PreparedStatement ps = null;
 		ResultSet rs = null;
diff --git a/briar-tests/src/org/briarproject/db/DatabaseComponentImplTest.java b/briar-tests/src/org/briarproject/db/DatabaseComponentImplTest.java
index b0930805f3613372bff049863e98c2ac5bf43015..70a9113f23c5de966476e7efbb867f0d94236bc7 100644
--- a/briar-tests/src/org/briarproject/db/DatabaseComponentImplTest.java
+++ b/briar-tests/src/org/briarproject/db/DatabaseComponentImplTest.java
@@ -543,11 +543,11 @@ public class DatabaseComponentImplTest extends BriarTestCase {
 		final EventBus eventBus = context.mock(EventBus.class);
 		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// Check whether the message is in the DB (which it's not)
-			exactly(6).of(database).startTransaction();
+			exactly(8).of(database).startTransaction();
 			will(returnValue(txn));
-			exactly(6).of(database).containsMessage(txn, messageId);
+			exactly(8).of(database).containsMessage(txn, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(false));
-			exactly(6).of(database).abortTransaction(txn);
+			exactly(8).of(database).abortTransaction(txn);
 			// This is needed for getMessageStatus() to proceed
 			exactly(1).of(database).containsContact(txn, contactId);
 			will(returnValue(true));
@@ -555,6 +555,20 @@ public class DatabaseComponentImplTest extends BriarTestCase {
 		DatabaseComponent db = createDatabaseComponent(database, eventBus,
 				shutdown);
 
+		try {
+			db.deleteMessage(messageId);
+			fail();
+		} catch (NoSuchMessageException expected) {
+			// Expected
+		}
+
+		try {
+			db.deleteMessageMetadata(messageId);
+			fail();
+		} catch (NoSuchMessageException expected) {
+			// Expected
+		}
+
 		try {
 			db.getRawMessage(messageId);
 			fail();
diff --git a/briar-tests/src/org/briarproject/db/H2DatabaseTest.java b/briar-tests/src/org/briarproject/db/H2DatabaseTest.java
index ec0674e03faf047578599b04395254a9082623cb..1e880356b2adddadf63a084acb8b6a7223f5c4a8 100644
--- a/briar-tests/src/org/briarproject/db/H2DatabaseTest.java
+++ b/briar-tests/src/org/briarproject/db/H2DatabaseTest.java
@@ -939,6 +939,17 @@ public class H2DatabaseTest extends BriarTestCase {
 		assertTrue(retrieved.containsKey("baz"));
 		assertArrayEquals(metadata.get("baz"), retrieved.get("baz"));
 
+		// Delete the metadata
+		db.deleteMessageMetadata(txn, messageId);
+
+		// Retrieve the metadata again
+		retrieved = db.getMessageMetadata(txn, messageId);
+		assertTrue(retrieved.isEmpty());
+
+		// Retrieve the metadata for the group again
+		all = db.getMessageMetadata(txn, groupId);
+		assertTrue(all.isEmpty());
+
 		db.commitTransaction(txn);
 		db.close();
 	}