diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/events/runAutomodOnMessage.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/events/runAutomodOnMessage.ts
index 2fb7e632..18b13a79 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/events/runAutomodOnMessage.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/events/runAutomodOnMessage.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { AutomodContext, AutomodPluginType } from "../types";
 import { runAutomod } from "../functions/runAutomod";
 import { addRecentActionsFromMessage } from "../functions/addRecentActionsFromMessage";
 import moment from "moment-timezone";
+import { clearRecentActionsForMessage } from "../functions/clearRecentActionsForMessage";
 
 export function runAutomodOnMessage(pluginData: PluginData<AutomodPluginType>, message: SavedMessage, isEdit: boolean) {
   const user = pluginData.client.users.get(message.user_id);
@@ -17,6 +18,10 @@ export function runAutomodOnMessage(pluginData: PluginData<AutomodPluginType>, m
   };
 
   pluginData.state.queue.add(async () => {
+    if (isEdit) {
+      clearRecentActionsForMessage(pluginData, context);
+    }
+
     addRecentActionsFromMessage(pluginData, context);
     await runAutomod(pluginData, context);
   });
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/clearRecentActionsForMessage.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/clearRecentActionsForMessage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..424a80c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/clearRecentActionsForMessage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { AutomodContext, AutomodPluginType } from "../types";
+import { PluginData } from "knub";
+import { RECENT_ACTION_EXPIRY_TIME, RecentActionType } from "../constants";
+import { getEmojiInString, getRoleMentions, getUrlsInString, getUserMentions } from "../../../utils";
+
+export function clearRecentActionsForMessage(pluginData: PluginData<AutomodPluginType>, context: AutomodContext) {
+  const globalIdentifier = context.message.user_id;
+  const perChannelIdentifier = `${context.message.channel_id}-${context.message.user_id}`;
+
+  pluginData.state.recentActions = pluginData.state.recentActions.filter(act => {
+    return act.identifier !== globalIdentifier && act.identifier !== perChannelIdentifier;
+  });
+}