diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/notifications/requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/notifications/requests_controller.rb
index b4207147c8..0710166d05 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/notifications/requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/notifications/requests_controller.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Api::V1::Notifications::RequestsController < Api::BaseController
   end
 
   def dismiss
-    @request.destroy!
+    DismissNotificationRequestService.new.call(@request)
     render_empty
   end
 
diff --git a/app/services/dismiss_notification_request_service.rb b/app/services/dismiss_notification_request_service.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90b26d0bbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/dismiss_notification_request_service.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class DismissNotificationRequestService < BaseService
+  def call(request)
+    FilteredNotificationCleanupWorker.perform_async(request.account_id, request.from_account_id)
+    request.destroy!
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/workers/filtered_notification_cleanup_worker.rb b/app/workers/filtered_notification_cleanup_worker.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b955da3c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/filtered_notification_cleanup_worker.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class FilteredNotificationCleanupWorker
+  include Sidekiq::Worker
+
+  def perform(account_id, from_account_id)
+    Notification.where(account_id: account_id, from_account_id: from_account_id, filtered: true).reorder(nil).in_batches(order: :desc).delete_all
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/services/dismiss_notification_request_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/dismiss_notification_request_service_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..590725c871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/services/dismiss_notification_request_service_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe DismissNotificationRequestService do
+  describe '#call' do
+    let(:sender) { Fabricate(:account) }
+    let(:receiver) { Fabricate(:account) }
+    let(:request) { Fabricate(:notification_request, account: receiver, from_account: sender) }
+
+    it 'destroys the request and queues a worker', :aggregate_failures do
+      expect { described_class.new.call(request) }
+        .to change(request, :destroyed?).to(true)
+
+      expect(FilteredNotificationCleanupWorker)
+        .to have_enqueued_sidekiq_job(receiver.id, sender.id)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/workers/filtered_notification_cleanup_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/filtered_notification_cleanup_worker_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2636b70ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/workers/filtered_notification_cleanup_worker_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe FilteredNotificationCleanupWorker do
+  describe '#perform' do
+    let(:sender) { Fabricate(:account) }
+    let(:recipient) { Fabricate(:account) }
+    let(:bystander) { Fabricate(:account) }
+
+    before do
+      Fabricate(:notification, account: recipient, activity: Fabricate(:favourite, account: sender), filtered: true)
+      Fabricate(:notification, account: recipient, activity: Fabricate(:favourite, account: bystander), filtered: true)
+      Fabricate(:notification, account: recipient, activity: Fabricate(:follow, account: sender), filtered: true)
+      Fabricate(:notification, account: recipient, activity: Fabricate(:favourite, account: bystander), filtered: true)
+    end
+
+    it 'deletes all filtered notifications to the account' do
+      expect { described_class.new.perform(recipient.id, sender.id) }
+        .to change { recipient.notifications.where(from_account: sender).count }.from(2).to(0)
+        .and(not_change { recipient.notifications.where(from_account: bystander).count })
+    end
+  end
+end