diff --git a/src/api/integrations/channel/whatsapp/whatsapp.baileys.service.ts b/src/api/integrations/channel/whatsapp/whatsapp.baileys.service.ts
index 22839fd451..6994934ab3 100644
--- a/src/api/integrations/channel/whatsapp/whatsapp.baileys.service.ts
+++ b/src/api/integrations/channel/whatsapp/whatsapp.baileys.service.ts
@@ -656,6 +656,16 @@ export class BaileysStartupService extends ChannelStartupService {
       if (full) {
         return webMessageInfo[0];
       }
+
+      // Baileys answers retry receipts with whatever getMessage returns. A message revoked with
+      // "delete for everyone" keeps its content in the Message table, so returning it here makes
+      // the deleted text reappear for the members whose devices ask for a retry.
+      if (await this.isMessageDeleted(key.id, webMessageInfo[0])) {
+        this.logger.verbose(`getMessage: message ${key.id} was deleted, skipping retry resend`);
+
+        return undefined;
+      }
+
       if (webMessageInfo[0].message?.pollCreationMessage) {
         const messageSecretBase64 = webMessageInfo[0].message?.messageContextInfo?.messageSecret;
 
@@ -677,6 +687,27 @@ export class BaileysStartupService extends ChannelStartupService {
     }
   }
 
+  // deleteMessage marks the row (status/key.deleted); both it and the messages.update revoke record a
+  // 'DELETED' MessageUpdate. The row lookup in deleteMessage is not scoped to the instance, so in a group
+  // shared by several instances the mark can land on another instance's copy; matching the MessageUpdate
+  // by instance + key id still finds it.
+  private async isMessageDeleted(keyId: string, row: any): Promise<boolean> {
+    if (!row) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    if (row.status === 'DELETED' || row.key?.deleted === true) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    const deletion = await this.prismaRepository.messageUpdate.findFirst({
+      where: { instanceId: this.instanceId, keyId, status: 'DELETED' },
+      select: { id: true },
+    });
+
+    return !!deletion;
+  }
+
   private async defineAuthState() {
     const db = this.configService.get<Database>('DATABASE');
     const cache = this.configService.get<CacheConf>('CACHE');
@@ -1889,8 +1920,9 @@ export class BaileysStartupService extends ChannelStartupService {
           if (update.message === null && update.status === undefined) {
             this.sendDataWebhook(Events.MESSAGES_DELETE, { ...key, status: 'DELETED' });
 
+            // Recorded as DELETED (not the SERVER_ACK fallback) so getMessage can refuse to resend it.
             if (this.configService.get<Database>('DATABASE').SAVE_DATA.MESSAGE_UPDATE)
-              await this.prismaRepository.messageUpdate.create({ data: message });
+              await this.prismaRepository.messageUpdate.create({ data: { ...message, status: 'DELETED' } });
 
             if (this.configService.get<Chatwoot>('CHATWOOT').ENABLED && this.localChatwoot?.enabled) {
               this.chatwootService.eventWhatsapp(