diff --git a/src/Messages/TSMessagesManager+attachments.h b/src/Messages/TSMessagesManager+attachments.h
index 7e36ad86f..f500fbf97 100644
--- a/src/Messages/TSMessagesManager+attachments.h
+++ b/src/Messages/TSMessagesManager+attachments.h
@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@
                success:(successSendingCompletionBlock)successCompletionBlock
                failure:(failedSendingCompletionBlock)failedCompletionBlock;
 
+/**
+ * Delete the local copy of the attachment after sending. Used for sending sync request data, not for user visible
+ * attachments.
+ */
+- (void)sendTemporaryAttachment:(NSData *)attachmentData
+                    contentType:(NSString *)contentType
+                      inMessage:(TSOutgoingMessage *)outgoingMessage
+                         thread:(TSThread *)thread
+                        success:(successSendingCompletionBlock)successCompletionBlock
+                        failure:(failedSendingCompletionBlock)failedCompletionBlock;
+
 - (void)retrieveAttachment:(TSAttachmentPointer *)attachment messageId:(NSString *)messageId;
 
 @end
diff --git a/src/Messages/TSMessagesManager+attachments.m b/src/Messages/TSMessagesManager+attachments.m
index 7ef0871fc..6b4259c32 100644
--- a/src/Messages/TSMessagesManager+attachments.m
+++ b/src/Messages/TSMessagesManager+attachments.m
@@ -68,6 +68,37 @@ dispatch_queue_t attachmentsQueue() {
     }
 }
 
+- (void)sendTemporaryAttachment:(NSData *)attachmentData
+                    contentType:(NSString *)contentType
+                      inMessage:(TSOutgoingMessage *)outgoingMessage
+                         thread:(TSThread *)thread
+                        success:(successSendingCompletionBlock)successCompletionBlock
+                        failure:(failedSendingCompletionBlock)failedCompletionBlock
+{
+    void (^successBlockWithDelete)() = ^{
+        if (successCompletionBlock) {
+            successCompletionBlock();
+        }
+        DDLogDebug(@"Removing temporary attachment message.");
+        [outgoingMessage remove];
+    };
+
+    void (^failureBlockWithDelete)() = ^{
+        if (failedCompletionBlock) {
+            failedCompletionBlock();
+        }
+        DDLogDebug(@"Removing temporary attachment message.");
+        [outgoingMessage remove];
+    };
+
+    [self sendAttachment:attachmentData
+             contentType:contentType
+               inMessage:outgoingMessage
+                  thread:thread
+                 success:successBlockWithDelete
+                 failure:failureBlockWithDelete];
+}
+
 - (void)sendAttachment:(NSData *)attachmentData
            contentType:(NSString *)contentType
              inMessage:(TSOutgoingMessage *)outgoingMessage
diff --git a/src/Messages/TSMessagesManager.m b/src/Messages/TSMessagesManager.m
index 5dac400d0..a78c6c6d6 100644
--- a/src/Messages/TSMessagesManager.m
+++ b/src/Messages/TSMessagesManager.m
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
             OWSSyncContactsMessage *syncContactsMessage =
                 [[OWSSyncContactsMessage alloc] initWithContactsManager:[TextSecureKitEnv sharedEnv].contactsManager];
 
-            [self sendAttachment:[syncContactsMessage buildPlainTextAttachmentData]
+            [self sendTemporaryAttachment:[syncContactsMessage buildPlainTextAttachmentData]
                 contentType:OWSMimeTypeApplicationOctetStream
                 inMessage:syncContactsMessage
                 thread:nil
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 
             OWSSyncGroupsMessage *syncGroupsMessage = [[OWSSyncGroupsMessage alloc] init];
 
-            [self sendAttachment:[syncGroupsMessage buildPlainTextAttachmentData]
+            [self sendTemporaryAttachment:[syncGroupsMessage buildPlainTextAttachmentData]
                 contentType:OWSMimeTypeApplicationOctetStream
                 inMessage:syncGroupsMessage
                 thread:nil