diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatView.swift
index 3e056fa581..b3943eb066 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatView.swift
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ struct ChatView: View {
                     allowMenu: $allowMenu
                 )
                 .environment(\.showTimestamp, itemSeparation.timestamp)
-                .modifier(ChatItemClipped(ci, tailVisible: itemSeparation.largeGap))
+                .modifier(ChatItemClipped(ci, tailVisible: itemSeparation.largeGap && (ci.meta.itemDeleted == nil || revealed)))
                 .contextMenu { menu(ci, range, live: composeState.liveMessage != nil) }
                 .accessibilityLabel("")
                 if ci.content.msgContent != nil && (ci.meta.itemDeleted == nil || revealed) && ci.reactions.count > 0 {
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Helpers/ChatItemClipShape.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Helpers/ChatItemClipShape.swift
index e1e0911e4d..9aa6ac86cf 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Helpers/ChatItemClipShape.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Helpers/ChatItemClipShape.swift
@@ -36,12 +36,7 @@ struct ChatItemClipped: ViewModifier {
                     .sndMsgContent,
                     .rcvMsgContent,
                     .rcvDecryptionError,
-                    .sndDeleted,
-                    .rcvDeleted,
                     .rcvIntegrityError,
-                    .sndModerated,
-                    .rcvModerated,
-                    .rcvBlocked,
                     .invalidJSON:
                 let tail = if let mc = ci.content.msgContent, mc.isImageOrVideo && mc.text.isEmpty {
                     false