diff --git a/src/Cache.cpp b/src/Cache.cpp
index fb2ded7..bdca76f 100644
--- a/src/Cache.cpp
+++ b/src/Cache.cpp
@@ -829,6 +829,7 @@ Cache::filterReadEvents(const QString &room_id,
 void
 Cache::updateReadReceipt(lmdb::txn &txn, const std::string &room_id, const Receipts &receipts)
 {
+        auto user_id = this->localUserId_.toStdString();
         for (const auto &receipt : receipts) {
                 const auto event_id = receipt.first;
                 auto event_receipts = receipt.second;
@@ -857,8 +858,13 @@ Cache::updateReadReceipt(lmdb::txn &txn, const std::string &room_id, const Recei
                         }
 
                         // Append the new ones.
-                        for (const auto &event_receipt : event_receipts)
-                                saved_receipts.emplace(event_receipt.first, event_receipt.second);
+                        for (const auto &[read_by, timestamp] : event_receipts) {
+                                if (read_by == user_id) {
+                                        emit removeNotification(QString::fromStdString(room_id),
+                                                                QString::fromStdString(event_id));
+                                }
+                                saved_receipts.emplace(read_by, timestamp);
+                        }
 
                         // Save back the merged (or only the new) receipts.
                         nlohmann::json json_updated_value = saved_receipts;
diff --git a/src/Cache_p.h b/src/Cache_p.h
index 14ceafe..6eae45a 100644
--- a/src/Cache_p.h
+++ b/src/Cache_p.h
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ public:
 signals:
         void newReadReceipts(const QString &room_id, const std::vector<QString> &event_ids);
         void roomReadStatus(const std::map<QString, bool> &status);
+        void removeNotification(const QString &room_id, const QString &event_id);
 
 private:
         //! Save an invited room.
diff --git a/src/ChatPage.cpp b/src/ChatPage.cpp
index 5312ea4..d7d11a1 100644
--- a/src/ChatPage.cpp
+++ b/src/ChatPage.cpp
@@ -645,6 +645,11 @@ ChatPage::bootstrap(QString userid, QString homeserver, QString token)
                 connect(
                   cache::client(), &Cache::roomReadStatus, room_list_, &RoomList::updateReadStatus);
 
+                connect(cache::client(),
+                        &Cache::removeNotification,
+                        &notificationsManager,
+                        &NotificationsManager::removeNotification);
+
                 const bool isInitialized = cache::isInitialized();
                 const bool isValid       = cache::isFormatValid();
 
diff --git a/src/notifications/Manager.h b/src/notifications/Manager.h
index 56541ec..6cbecbc 100644
--- a/src/notifications/Manager.h
+++ b/src/notifications/Manager.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <QHash>
 #include <QImage>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QString>
@@ -15,6 +16,27 @@ struct roomEventId
         QString eventId;
 };
 
+inline bool
+operator<(const roomEventId &a, const roomEventId &b)
+{
+        if (a.roomId == b.roomId)
+                return a.eventId < b.eventId;
+        else
+                return a.roomId < b.roomId;
+}
+
+inline bool
+operator==(const roomEventId &a, const roomEventId &b)
+{
+        return a.roomId == b.roomId && a.eventId == b.eventId;
+}
+
+inline uint
+qHash(const roomEventId &v, uint seed)
+{
+        return qHash(v.roomId, seed) ^ qHash(v.eventId, seed);
+}
+
 class NotificationsManager : public QObject
 {
         Q_OBJECT
@@ -31,13 +53,21 @@ public:
 signals:
         void notificationClicked(const QString roomId, const QString eventId);
 
+public slots:
+        void removeNotification(const QString &roomId, const QString &eventId);
+
 #if defined(Q_OS_LINUX) || defined(Q_OS_FREEBSD)
+public:
+        void closeNotifications(QString roomId);
+
 private:
         QDBusInterface dbus;
         uint showNotification(const QString summary, const QString text, const QImage image);
+        void closeNotification(uint id);
 
         // notification ID to (room ID, event ID)
         QMap<uint, roomEventId> notificationIds;
+        QHash<roomEventId, uint> eventToNotificationId;
 #endif
 
         // these slots are platform specific (D-Bus only)
diff --git a/src/notifications/ManagerLinux.cpp b/src/notifications/ManagerLinux.cpp
index 1914f61..33fcb41 100644
--- a/src/notifications/ManagerLinux.cpp
+++ b/src/notifications/ManagerLinux.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ NotificationsManager::postNotification(const QString &roomid,
 {
         uint id             = showNotification(roomname, sender + ": " + text, icon);
         notificationIds[id] = roomEventId{roomid, eventid};
+        eventToNotificationId[roomEventId{roomid, eventid}] = id;
 }
 /**
  * This function is based on code from
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ NotificationsManager::showNotification(const QString summary,
 {
         QVariantMap hints;
         hints["image-data"] = image;
+        hints["sound-name"] = "message-new-instant";
         QList<QVariant> argumentList;
         argumentList << "nheko";                             // app_name
         argumentList << (uint)0;                             // replace_id
@@ -78,6 +80,44 @@ NotificationsManager::showNotification(const QString summary,
         return true;
 }
 
+void
+NotificationsManager::closeNotification(uint id)
+{
+        QList<QVariant> argumentList;
+        argumentList << (uint)id; // replace_id
+
+        static QDBusInterface closeCall("org.freedesktop.Notifications",
+                                        "/org/freedesktop/Notifications",
+                                        "org.freedesktop.Notifications");
+        QDBusMessage reply =
+          closeCall.callWithArgumentList(QDBus::AutoDetect, "CloseNotification", argumentList);
+        if (reply.type() == QDBusMessage::ErrorMessage) {
+                qDebug() << "D-Bus Error:" << reply.errorMessage();
+        }
+}
+
+void
+NotificationsManager::removeNotification(const QString &roomId, const QString &eventId)
+{
+        roomEventId reId = {roomId, eventId};
+        if (eventToNotificationId.contains(reId)) {
+                for (auto elem = notificationIds.begin(); elem != notificationIds.end(); ++elem) {
+                        if (elem.value().roomId != roomId)
+                                continue;
+
+                        // close all notifications matching the eventId or having a lower
+                        // notificationId
+                        // This relies on the notificationId not wrapping around. This allows for
+                        // approximately 2,147,483,647 notifications, so it is a bit unlikely.
+                        // Otherwise we would need to store a 64bit counter instead.
+                        closeNotification(elem.key());
+
+                        if (elem.value() == reId)
+                                break;
+                }
+        }
+}
+
 void
 NotificationsManager::actionInvoked(uint id, QString action)
 {
@@ -91,7 +131,7 @@ void
 NotificationsManager::notificationClosed(uint id, uint reason)
 {
         Q_UNUSED(reason);
-        notificationIds.remove(id);
+        eventToNotificationId.remove(notificationIds.take(id));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/notifications/ManagerMac.mm b/src/notifications/ManagerMac.mm
index 66ef713..e46b0b8 100644
--- a/src/notifications/ManagerMac.mm
+++ b/src/notifications/ManagerMac.mm
@@ -46,3 +46,8 @@ void
 NotificationsManager::notificationClosed(uint, uint)
 {
 }
+
+void
+NotificationsManager::removeNotification(const QString &roomId, const QString &eventId)
+{}
+
diff --git a/src/notifications/ManagerWin.cpp b/src/notifications/ManagerWin.cpp
index 9cc4da9..b00bac2 100644
--- a/src/notifications/ManagerWin.cpp
+++ b/src/notifications/ManagerWin.cpp
@@ -63,3 +63,8 @@ NotificationsManager::postNotification(const QString &room_id,
 void NotificationsManager::actionInvoked(uint, QString) {}
 
 void NotificationsManager::notificationClosed(uint, uint) {}
+
+void
+NotificationsManager::removeNotification(const QString &roomId, const QString &eventId)
+{}
+