diff --git a/src/events/mention/MentionDeleteEventHandler.ts b/src/events/mention/MentionDeleteEventHandler.ts
index 2e594c43..f0042714 100644
--- a/src/events/mention/MentionDeleteEventHandler.ts
+++ b/src/events/mention/MentionDeleteEventHandler.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { MessageReaction, User } from 'discord.js';
+import { MessageReaction, Snowflake, User } from 'discord.js';
 import log4js from 'log4js';
 import EventHandler from '../EventHandler.js';
 import DiscordUtil from '../../util/DiscordUtil.js';
@@ -8,22 +8,35 @@ export default class MentionDeleteEventHandler implements EventHandler<'messageR
 
 	private logger = log4js.getLogger( 'MentionDeleteEventHandler' );
 
-	public onEvent = async ( { message }: MessageReaction, user: User ): Promise<void> => {
+	private botUserId: Snowflake;
+	constructor( botUserId: Snowflake ) {
+		this.botUserId = botUserId;
+	}
+
+	public onEvent = async ( reaction: MessageReaction, user: User ): Promise<void> => {
+		const message = reaction.message;
+
 		this.logger.info(
 			`User ${ DiscordUtil.getUserHandle( user ) } is attempting to delete message '${ message.id }'`
 		);
 
+		// Only delete own messages
+		if ( message.author?.id !== this.botUserId ) return;
+
+		// Check whether the footer of the message's embed matches the user's handle
 		const footer = message.embeds[0]?.footer?.text;
 		if ( footer === undefined ) return;
 
-		const userHandle = footer.match( /.{3,32}#[0-9]{4}/ );
-
-		if ( userHandle !== null && DiscordUtil.getUserHandle( user ) === userHandle[0] ) {
+		if ( DiscordUtil.getUserHandle( user ) === footer ) {
 			try {
+				this.logger.info( `Removing message '${ message.id }'` );
 				await message.delete();
 			} catch ( error ) {
 				this.logger.error( error );
 			}
+		} else {
+			this.logger.info( `Message '${ message.id }' was not removed; no permission` );
+			await reaction.remove();
 		}
 	};
 }
diff --git a/src/events/reaction/ReactionAddEventHandler.ts b/src/events/reaction/ReactionAddEventHandler.ts
index e2f6b6e6..a6b9ea66 100644
--- a/src/events/reaction/ReactionAddEventHandler.ts
+++ b/src/events/reaction/ReactionAddEventHandler.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export default class ReactionAddEventHandler implements DiscordEventHandler<'mes
 	private readonly requestResolveEventHandler: RequestResolveEventHandler;
 	private readonly requestReactionRemovalEventHandler = new RequestReactionRemovalEventHandler();
 	private readonly requestReopenEventHandler: RequestReopenEventHandler;
-	private readonly mentionDeleteEventHandler = new MentionDeleteEventHandler();
+	private readonly mentionDeleteEventHandler: MentionDeleteEventHandler;
 
 	constructor( botUserId: Snowflake, internalChannels: Map<Snowflake, Snowflake>, requestLimits: Map<Snowflake, number> ) {
 		this.botUserId = botUserId;
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export default class ReactionAddEventHandler implements DiscordEventHandler<'mes
 		const requestEventHandler = new RequestEventHandler( internalChannels, requestLimits );
 		this.requestResolveEventHandler = new RequestResolveEventHandler( botUserId );
 		this.requestReopenEventHandler = new RequestReopenEventHandler( botUserId, requestEventHandler );
+		this.mentionDeleteEventHandler = new MentionDeleteEventHandler( botUserId );
 	}
 
 	// This syntax is used to ensure that `this` refers to the `ReactionAddEventHandler` object