diff --git a/src/neochatroom.cpp b/src/neochatroom.cpp
index a4c767252..effebcec1 100644
--- a/src/neochatroom.cpp
+++ b/src/neochatroom.cpp
@@ -864,9 +864,9 @@ QString NeoChatRoom::htmlSafeDisplayName() const
     return displayName().toHtmlEscaped();
 }
 
-void NeoChatRoom::deleteMessagesByUser(const QString &user)
+void NeoChatRoom::deleteMessagesByUser(const QString &user, const QString &reason)
 {
-    doDeleteMessagesByUser(user);
+    doDeleteMessagesByUser(user, reason);
 }
 
 QString NeoChatRoom::joinRule() const
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ void NeoChatRoom::setJoinRule(const QString &joinRule)
     // Not emitting joinRuleChanged() here, since that would override the change in the UI with the *current* value, which is not the *new* value.
 }
 
-QCoro::Task<void> NeoChatRoom::doDeleteMessagesByUser(const QString &user)
+QCoro::Task<void> NeoChatRoom::doDeleteMessagesByUser(const QString &user, QString reason)
 {
     QStringList events;
     for (const auto &event : messageEvents()) {
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ QCoro::Task<void> NeoChatRoom::doDeleteMessagesByUser(const QString &user)
         }
     }
     for (const auto &e : events) {
-        auto job = connection()->callApi<RedactEventJob>(id(), QUrl::toPercentEncoding(e), connection()->generateTxnId());
+        auto job = connection()->callApi<RedactEventJob>(id(), QUrl::toPercentEncoding(e), connection()->generateTxnId(), reason);
         co_await qCoro(job, &BaseJob::finished);
         if (job->error() != BaseJob::Success) {
             qWarning() << "Error: \"" << job->error() << "\" while deleting messages. Aborting";
diff --git a/src/neochatroom.h b/src/neochatroom.h
index 0b755ec6f..b21cdfd08 100644
--- a/src/neochatroom.h
+++ b/src/neochatroom.h
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ private:
     void onAddHistoricalTimelineEvents(rev_iter_t from) override;
     void onRedaction(const Quotient::RoomEvent &prevEvent, const Quotient::RoomEvent &after) override;
 
-    QCoro::Task<void> doDeleteMessagesByUser(const QString &user);
+    QCoro::Task<void> doDeleteMessagesByUser(const QString &user, QString reason);
     QCoro::Task<void> doUploadFile(QUrl url, QString body = QString());
 
     QString m_chatBoxText;
@@ -279,5 +279,5 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
     void addLocalAlias(const QString &alias);
     void removeLocalAlias(const QString &alias);
     void toggleReaction(const QString &eventId, const QString &reaction);
-    void deleteMessagesByUser(const QString &user);
+    void deleteMessagesByUser(const QString &user, const QString &reason);
 };
diff --git a/src/qml/Dialog/UserDetailDialog.qml b/src/qml/Dialog/UserDetailDialog.qml
index a863ee096..88f2d2baa 100644
--- a/src/qml/Dialog/UserDetailDialog.qml
+++ b/src/qml/Dialog/UserDetailDialog.qml
@@ -134,11 +134,15 @@ Kirigami.OverlaySheet {
             visible: user === room.localUser || room.canSendState("redact")
 
             action: Kirigami.Action {
-                text: i18n("Delete recent messages by this user")
+                text: i18n("Remove recent messages by this user")
                 icon.name: "delete"
                 icon.color: Kirigami.Theme.negativeTextColor
                 onTriggered: {
-                    room.deleteMessagesByUser(user.id)
+                    applicationWindow().pageStack.pushDialogLayer("qrc:/RemoveSheet.qml", {room: root.room, userId: user.id}, {
+                        title: i18nc("@title", "Remove Messages"),
+                        width: Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 25
+                    })
+                    root.close()
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/qml/Menu/Timeline/FileDelegateContextMenu.qml b/src/qml/Menu/Timeline/FileDelegateContextMenu.qml
index 00597c49d..3e97a05b4 100644
--- a/src/qml/Menu/Timeline/FileDelegateContextMenu.qml
+++ b/src/qml/Menu/Timeline/FileDelegateContextMenu.qml
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ MessageDelegateContextMenu {
             text: i18n("Remove")
             icon.name: "edit-delete-remove"
             icon.color: "red"
-            onTriggered: {
-                currentRoom.redactEvent(eventId);
-                root.closeFullscreen()
-            }
+            onTriggered: applicationWindow().pageStack.pushDialogLayer("qrc:/RemoveSheet.qml", {room: currentRoom, eventId: eventId}, {
+                title: i18nc("@title", "Remove Message"),
+                width: Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 25
+            })
         },
         Kirigami.Action {
             text: i18nc("@action:button 'Report' as in 'Report this event to the administrators'", "Report")
diff --git a/src/qml/Menu/Timeline/MessageDelegateContextMenu.qml b/src/qml/Menu/Timeline/MessageDelegateContextMenu.qml
index 75a1be3ca..8b4f2e973 100644
--- a/src/qml/Menu/Timeline/MessageDelegateContextMenu.qml
+++ b/src/qml/Menu/Timeline/MessageDelegateContextMenu.qml
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ Loader {
             text: i18n("Remove")
             icon.name: "edit-delete-remove"
             icon.color: "red"
-            onTriggered: currentRoom.redactEvent(eventId);
+            onTriggered: applicationWindow().pageStack.pushDialogLayer("qrc:/RemoveSheet.qml", {room: currentRoom, eventId: eventId}, {
+                title: i18nc("@title", "Remove Message"),
+                width: Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 25
+            })
         },
         Kirigami.Action {
             text: i18n("Copy")
diff --git a/src/qml/Menu/Timeline/RemoveSheet.qml b/src/qml/Menu/Timeline/RemoveSheet.qml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bcf199f9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qml/Menu/Timeline/RemoveSheet.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Tobias Fella <fella@posteo.de>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+import QtQuick 2.15
+import QtQuick.Controls 2.15 as QQC2
+import QtQuick.Layouts 1.15
+
+import org.kde.kirigami 2.20 as Kirigami
+
+Kirigami.Page {
+    id: deleteSheet
+
+    property var room
+    property string eventId
+
+    property string userId: ""
+
+    title: userId.length > 0 ? i18n("Remove Messages") : i18n("Remove Message")
+
+    QQC2.TextArea {
+        id: reason
+        placeholderText: userId.length > 0 ? i18n("Reason for removing this user's recent messages") : i18n("Reason for removing this message")
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        wrapMode: TextEdit.Wrap
+    }
+
+    footer: QQC2.ToolBar {
+        QQC2.DialogButtonBox {
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            Item {
+                Layout.fillWidth: true
+            }
+            QQC2.Button {
+                text: i18nc("@action:button 'Remove' as in 'Remove this message'", "Remove")
+                icon.name: "delete"
+                QQC2.DialogButtonBox.buttonRole: QQC2.DialogButtonBox.AcceptRole
+                onClicked: {
+                    if (deleteSheet.userId.length > 0) {
+                        deleteSheet.room.deleteMessagesByUser(deleteSheet.userId, reason.text)
+                    } else {
+                        deleteSheet.room.redactEvent(deleteSheet.eventId, reason.text);
+                    }
+                    deleteSheet.closeDialog()
+                }
+            }
+            QQC2.Button {
+                text: i18nc("@action", "Cancel")
+                QQC2.DialogButtonBox.buttonRole: QQC2.DialogButtonBox.RejectRole
+                onClicked: deleteSheet.closeDialog()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/res.qrc b/src/res.qrc
index 42ffa9737..d849d1154 100644
--- a/src/res.qrc
+++ b/src/res.qrc
@@ -91,5 +91,6 @@
         <file alias="NetworkProxyPage.qml">qml/Settings/NetworkProxyPage.qml</file>
         <file alias="DevtoolsPage.qml">qml/Page/DevtoolsPage.qml</file>
         <file alias="ConfirmEncryptionDialog.qml">qml/Dialog/ConfirmEncryptionDialog.qml</file>
+        <file alias="RemoveSheet.qml">qml/Menu/Timeline/RemoveSheet.qml</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>