diff --git a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/chat/ChatView.kt b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/chat/ChatView.kt
index f875f31ae7..9558f6254f 100644
--- a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/chat/ChatView.kt
+++ b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/chat/ChatView.kt
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ fun ChatView(chatId: String, chatModel: ChatModel, onComposed: () -> Unit) {
           val groupMember = toModerate?.second
           val deletedChatItem: ChatItem?
           val toChatItem: ChatItem?
-          if (groupInfo != null && groupMember != null) {
+          if (mode == CIDeleteMode.cidmBroadcast && groupInfo != null && groupMember != null) {
             val r = chatModel.controller.apiDeleteMemberChatItem(
               groupId = groupInfo.groupId,
               groupMemberId = groupMember.groupMemberId,
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatView.swift
index 21fcb66ddd..8d189bd4d8 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatView.swift
@@ -667,7 +667,8 @@ struct ChatView: View {
                 if let di = deletingItem {
                     var deletedItem: ChatItem
                     var toItem: ChatItem?
-                    if let (groupInfo, groupMember) = di.memberToModerate(chat.chatInfo) {
+                    if case .cidmBroadcast = mode,
+                       let (groupInfo, groupMember) = di.memberToModerate(chat.chatInfo) {
                         (deletedItem, toItem) = try await apiDeleteMemberChatItem(
                             groupId: groupInfo.apiId,
                             groupMemberId: groupMember.groupMemberId,