diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 21000d007..07ab13179 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ install_requires =
     aiohttp==3.8.1
     aioipfs@git+https://github.com/aleph-im/aioipfs.git@76d5624661e879a13b70f3ea87dc9c9604c7eda7
     aleph-client==0.4.6
-    aleph-message==0.1.18
+    aleph-message==0.1.19
     coincurve==15.0.1
     configmanager==1.35.1
     configparser==5.2.0
diff --git a/src/aleph/handlers/forget.py b/src/aleph/handlers/forget.py
index 5daa9faaa..12d56c9d3 100644
--- a/src/aleph/handlers/forget.py
+++ b/src/aleph/handlers/forget.py
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 from aleph.utils import item_type_from_hash
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 @dataclass
 class TargetMessageInfo:
     item_hash: str
@@ -45,9 +48,6 @@ def from_db_object(cls, message_dict: Dict) -> TargetMessageInfo:
         )
 
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
 async def count_file_references(storage_hash: str) -> int:
     """Count the number of references to a file on Aleph."""
     logger.debug(f"Counting documents for {storage_hash}")
@@ -214,8 +214,19 @@ async def handle_forget_message(message: Dict, content: Dict):
     # Parsing and validation
     forget_message = ForgetMessage(**message, content=content)
     logger.debug(f"Handling forget message {forget_message.item_hash}")
+    hashes_to_forget = forget_message.content.hashes
+
+    for target_aggregate in forget_message.content.aggregates:
+        aggregate_hashes = (
+            message["item_hash"]
+            async for message in Message.collection.find(
+                {"type": MessageType.aggregate.value, "content.key": target_aggregate},
+                projection={"_id": 0, "item_hash": 1},
+            )
+        )
+        hashes_to_forget.extend(aggregate_hashes)
 
-    for target_hash in forget_message.content.hashes:
+    for target_hash in hashes_to_forget:
         target_info = await get_target_message_info(target_hash)
 
         if target_info is None: