diff --git a/app/components/post_list/post_list.tsx b/app/components/post_list/post_list.tsx
index 23644b902..f3cdf2e03 100644
--- a/app/components/post_list/post_list.tsx
+++ b/app/components/post_list/post_list.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import React, {type ReactElement, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useSt
 import {DeviceEventEmitter, type ListRenderItemInfo, Platform, type StyleProp, StyleSheet, type ViewStyle, type NativeSyntheticEvent, type NativeScrollEvent} from 'react-native';
 import Animated, {type AnimatedStyle} from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
+import {removePost} from '@actions/local/post';
 import {fetchPosts, fetchPostThread} from '@actions/remote/post';
 import CombinedUserActivity from '@components/post_list/combined_user_activity';
 import DateSeparator from '@components/post_list/date_separator';
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import NewMessagesLine from '@components/post_list/new_message_line';
 import Post from '@components/post_list/post';
 import ThreadOverview from '@components/post_list/thread_overview';
 import {Events, Screens} from '@constants';
+import {PostTypes} from '@constants/post';
 import {useServerUrl} from '@context/server';
 import {useTheme} from '@context/theme';
 import {getDateForDateLine, preparePostList} from '@utils/post_list';
@@ -172,6 +174,10 @@ const PostList = ({
             }
             await fetchPostThread(serverUrl, rootId, options);
         }
+        const removalPromises = posts.
+            filter((post) => post.type === PostTypes.EPHEMERAL).
+            map((post) => removePost(serverUrl, post));
+        await Promise.all(removalPromises);
         setRefreshing(false);
     }, [channelId, location, posts, rootId, disablePullToRefresh]);
 
diff --git a/app/init/launch.ts b/app/init/launch.ts
index 9db93c37a..2fee4a45d 100644
--- a/app/init/launch.ts
+++ b/app/init/launch.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,19 @@ import Emm from '@mattermost/react-native-emm';
 import {Alert, AppState, DeviceEventEmitter, Linking, Platform} from 'react-native';
 import {Notifications} from 'react-native-notifications';
 
+import {removePost} from '@actions/local/post';
 import {switchToChannelById} from '@actions/remote/channel';
 import {appEntry, pushNotificationEntry, upgradeEntry} from '@actions/remote/entry';
 import {fetchAndSwitchToThread} from '@actions/remote/thread';
 import LocalConfig from '@assets/config.json';
 import {DeepLink, Events, Launch, PushNotification} from '@constants';
+import {PostTypes} from '@constants/post';
 import DatabaseManager from '@database/manager';
 import {getActiveServerUrl, getServerCredentials, removeServerCredentials} from '@init/credentials';
 import PerformanceMetricsManager from '@managers/performance_metrics_manager';
 import {getLastViewedChannelIdAndServer, getOnboardingViewed, getLastViewedThreadIdAndServer} from '@queries/app/global';
+import {getAllServers} from '@queries/app/servers';
+import {queryPostsByType} from '@queries/servers/post';
 import {getThemeForCurrentTeam} from '@queries/servers/preference';
 import {getCurrentUserId} from '@queries/servers/system';
 import {queryMyTeams} from '@queries/servers/team';
@@ -113,6 +117,8 @@ const launchApp = async (props: LaunchProps) => {
         serverUrl = await getActiveServerUrl();
     }
 
+    cleanupEphemeralPosts();
+
     if (serverUrl) {
         const credentials = await getServerCredentials(serverUrl);
         if (credentials) {
@@ -252,3 +258,17 @@ export const getLaunchPropsFromNotification = async (notification: NotificationW
 
     return launchProps;
 };
+
+async function cleanupEphemeralPosts() {
+    const servers = await getAllServers();
+
+    for (const server of servers) {
+        const database = DatabaseManager.serverDatabases[server.url]?.database;
+        if (!database) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        /* eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop */
+        const posts = await queryPostsByType(database, PostTypes.EPHEMERAL).fetch();
+        posts.forEach((post) => removePost(server.url, post));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/queries/servers/post.ts b/app/queries/servers/post.ts
index f47b42402..e618cd567 100644
--- a/app/queries/servers/post.ts
+++ b/app/queries/servers/post.ts
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ export const queryPostsById = (database: Database, postIds: string[], sort?: Q.S
     return database.get<PostModel>(POST).query(...clauses);
 };
 
+export const queryPostsByType = (database: Database, type: string) => {
+    const clauses: Q.Clause[] = [Q.where('type', type)];
+    return database.get<PostModel>(POST).query(...clauses);
+};
+
 export const queryPostsBetween = (database: Database, earliest: number, latest: number, sort: Q.SortOrder | null, userId?: string, channelId?: string, rootId?: string) => {
     const andClauses = [Q.where('create_at', Q.between(earliest, latest))];
     if (channelId) {