diff --git a/src/plugins/hideMessages/index.tsx b/src/plugins/hideMessages/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28bc0dbcdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/hideMessages/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Vencord, a Discord client mod
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Vendicated and contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import { findGroupChildrenByChildId, NavContextMenuPatchCallback } from "@api/ContextMenu";
+import { definePluginSettings } from "@api/Settings";
+import { Devs } from "@utils/constants";
+import definePlugin, { IconComponent, OptionType } from "@utils/types";
+import { Message } from "@vencord/discord-types";
+import { findExportedComponentLazy } from "@webpack";
+import { ChannelStore, FluxDispatcher, Menu } from "@webpack/common";
+
+const EyeIconLazy = findExportedComponentLazy("EyeIcon");
+const EyeIcon: IconComponent = props => <EyeIconLazy {...props} />;
+
+const hideMessage = (messageId: string, channelId: string) => {
+    FluxDispatcher.dispatch({
+        type: "MESSAGE_DELETE",
+        id: messageId,
+        channelId,
+        mlDeleted: true,
+    });
+};
+
+const messageCtxPatch: NavContextMenuPatchCallback = (children, { message }: { message: Message; }) => {
+    const group = findGroupChildrenByChildId("copy-text", children);
+    if (!group) return;
+
+    group.splice(group.findIndex(c => c?.props?.id === "copy-text") + 1, 0, (
+        <Menu.MenuItem
+            id="vc-hidemessages"
+            label="Hide"
+            icon={EyeIcon}
+            action={() => hideMessage(message.id, message.channel_id)}
+        />
+    ));
+};
+
+const settings = definePluginSettings({
+    hidePopoverButton: {
+        type: OptionType.BOOLEAN,
+        description: "Hide the hide button in the message popover.",
+        default: false
+    }
+});
+
+export default definePlugin({
+    name: "HideMessages",
+    description: "A plugin to temporarily hide messages until you restart.",
+    authors: [Devs.yash],
+    contextMenus: {
+        "message": messageCtxPatch
+    },
+    settings,
+    messagePopoverButton: {
+        icon: EyeIcon,
+        render(message: Message) {
+            if (settings.store.hidePopoverButton) return null;
+            return {
+                label: "Hide",
+                icon: EyeIcon,
+                message,
+                channel: ChannelStore.getChannel(message.channel_id),
+                onClick: () => hideMessage(message.id, message.channel_id)
+            };
+        }
+    }
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/constants.ts b/src/utils/constants.ts
index c3b784716d..cc0ae2cc6e 100644
--- a/src/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/src/utils/constants.ts
@@ -629,6 +629,10 @@ export const Devs = /* #__PURE__*/ Object.freeze({
         name: "prism",
         id: 390884143749136386n,
     },
+    yash: {
+        name: "yash",
+        id: 889150838658977874n,
+    },
 } satisfies Record<string, Dev>);
 
 // iife so #__PURE__ works correctly