diff --git a/src/chat.rs b/src/chat.rs
index c3faadff3..a74fe9c77 100644
--- a/src/chat.rs
+++ b/src/chat.rs
@@ -784,6 +784,7 @@ impl ChatId {
         );
 
         let chat = Chat::load_from_db(context, self).await?;
+        let delete_msgs_target = context.get_delete_msgs_target().await?;
         let sync_id = match sync {
             Nosync => None,
             Sync => chat.get_sync_id(context).await?,
@@ -792,6 +793,14 @@ impl ChatId {
         context
             .sql
             .transaction(|transaction| {
+                transaction.execute(
+                    "UPDATE imap SET target=? WHERE rfc724_mid IN (SELECT rfc724_mid FROM msgs WHERE chat_id=?)",
+                    (delete_msgs_target, self,),
+                )?;
+                transaction.execute(
+                    "DELETE FROM smtp WHERE msg_id IN (SELECT id FROM msgs WHERE chat_id=?)",
+                    (self,),
+                )?;
                 transaction.execute(
                     "DELETE FROM msgs_mdns WHERE msg_id IN (SELECT id FROM msgs WHERE chat_id=?)",
                     (self,),