diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h b/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
index 3842a505c..caf95e2c6 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
@@ -4990,6 +4990,7 @@ void dc_event_unref(dc_event_t* event);
 #define DC_STR_PROTECTION_ENABLED         88
 #define DC_STR_PROTECTION_DISABLED        89
 #define DC_STR_REPLY_NOUN                 90 /* eg. "Reply", used in summaries, a noun, not a verb (not: "to reply") */
+#define DC_STR_SELF_DELETED_MSG_BODY      91
 
 /*
  * @}
diff --git a/src/chat.rs b/src/chat.rs
index 86bae829a..10f375041 100644
--- a/src/chat.rs
+++ b/src/chat.rs
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ impl ChatId {
         );
         /* Up to 2017-11-02 deleting a group also implied leaving it, see above why we have changed this. */
 
-        let _chat = Chat::load_from_db(context, self).await?;
+        let chat = Chat::load_from_db(context, self).await?;
         context
             .sql
             .execute(
@@ -373,6 +373,17 @@ impl ChatId {
         let j = job::Job::new(Action::Housekeeping, 0, Params::new(), 10);
         job::add(context, j).await;
 
+        if chat.is_self_talk() {
+            let mut msg = Message::new(Viewtype::Text);
+            msg.text = Some(
+                context
+                    .stock_str(StockMessage::SelfDeletedMsgBody)
+                    .await
+                    .into(),
+            );
+            add_device_msg(&context, None, Some(&mut msg)).await?;
+        }
+
         Ok(())
     }
 
diff --git a/src/stock.rs b/src/stock.rs
index 29ee70c35..77b2bdb3c 100644
--- a/src/stock.rs
+++ b/src/stock.rs
@@ -244,6 +244,10 @@ pub enum StockMessage {
     // used in summaries, a noun, not a verb (not: "to reply")
     #[strum(props(fallback = "Reply"))]
     ReplyNoun = 90,
+
+    #[strum(props(fallback = "You deleted the \"Saved messages\" chat.\n\n\
+                    To use the \"Saved messages\" feature again, create a new chat with yourself."))]
+    SelfDeletedMsgBody = 91,
 }
 
 /*
@@ -463,6 +467,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     use crate::constants::DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF;
 
+    use crate::chat::Chat;
     use crate::chatlist::Chatlist;
     use num_traits::ToPrimitive;
 
@@ -654,8 +659,31 @@ mod tests {
         let chats = Chatlist::try_load(&t.ctx, 0, None, None).await.unwrap();
         assert_eq!(chats.len(), 2);
 
-        chats.get_chat_id(0).delete(&t.ctx).await.ok();
-        chats.get_chat_id(1).delete(&t.ctx).await.ok();
+        let chat0 = Chat::load_from_db(&t.ctx, chats.get_chat_id(0))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let (self_talk_id, device_chat_id) = if chat0.is_self_talk() {
+            (chats.get_chat_id(0), chats.get_chat_id(1))
+        } else {
+            (chats.get_chat_id(1), chats.get_chat_id(0))
+        };
+
+        // delete self-talk first; this adds a message to device-chat about how self-talk can be restored
+        let device_chat_msgs_before = chat::get_chat_msgs(&t.ctx, device_chat_id, 0, None)
+            .await
+            .len();
+        self_talk_id.delete(&t.ctx).await.ok();
+        assert_eq!(
+            chat::get_chat_msgs(&t.ctx, device_chat_id, 0, None)
+                .await
+                .len(),
+            device_chat_msgs_before + 1
+        );
+
+        // delete device chat
+        device_chat_id.delete(&t.ctx).await.ok();
+
+        // check, that the chatlist is empty
         let chats = Chatlist::try_load(&t.ctx, 0, None, None).await.unwrap();
         assert_eq!(chats.len(), 0);