diff --git a/include/Contact.php b/include/Contact.php
index 532ea2f95..ee434cb6d 100644
--- a/include/Contact.php
+++ b/include/Contact.php
@@ -23,16 +23,24 @@ function user_remove($uid) {
 	);
 
 	q("DELETE FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
+	q("DELETE FROM `gcign` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
 	q("DELETE FROM `group` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
 	q("DELETE FROM `group_member` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
 	q("DELETE FROM `intro` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
 	q("DELETE FROM `event` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
 	q("DELETE FROM `item` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
+	q("DELETE FROM `item_id` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
 	q("DELETE FROM `mail` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
+	q("DELETE FROM `mailacct` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
+	q("DELETE FROM `manage` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
+	q("DELETE FROM `notify` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
 	q("DELETE FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
+	q("DELETE FROM `attach` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
 	q("DELETE FROM `profile` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
 	q("DELETE FROM `profile_check` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
 	q("DELETE FROM `pconfig` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
+	q("DELETE FROM `search` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
+	q("DELETE FROM `spam` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
 	q("DELETE FROM `user` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($uid));
 	if($uid == local_user()) {
 		unset($_SESSION['authenticated']);
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 3a931b68c..05c0d5016 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -2974,12 +2974,23 @@ function item_expire($uid,$days) {
 		if($expire_items==0 && $item['type']!='note')
 			continue;
 
+
 		$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `deleted` = 1, `edited` = '%s', `changed` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
 			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 			intval($item['id'])
 		);
 
+		$r = q("DELETE FROM item_id where iid in (select id from item where parent = %d) and uid = %d",
+			intval($item['id']),
+			intval($uid)
+		);
+
+		$r = q("DELETE FROM sign where iid in (select id from item where parent = %d) and uid = %d",
+			intval($item['id']),
+			intval($uid)
+		);
+
 		// kill the kids
 
 		$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `deleted` = 1, `edited` = '%s', `changed` = '%s' WHERE `parent-uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ",