diff --git a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/mms/AttachmentManager.java b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/mms/AttachmentManager.java
index 80d75a8224..0d9ad9b730 100644
--- a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/mms/AttachmentManager.java
+++ b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/mms/AttachmentManager.java
@@ -175,11 +175,16 @@ public class AttachmentManager {
   }
 
   private void setSlide(@NonNull Slide slide) {
-    if (getSlideUri() != null)                                    cleanup(getSlideUri());
-    if (captureUri != null && !captureUri.equals(slide.getUri())) cleanup(captureUri);
+    if (getSlideUri() != null) {
+      cleanup(getSlideUri());
+    }
 
-    this.captureUri = null;
-    this.slide      = Optional.of(slide);
+    if (captureUri != null && !captureUri.equals(slide.getUri())) {
+      cleanup(captureUri);
+      captureUri = null;
+    }
+
+    this.slide = Optional.of(slide);
   }
 
   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> setLocation(@NonNull final SignalPlace place,
diff --git a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/providers/PersistentBlobProvider.java b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/providers/PersistentBlobProvider.java
index 0c5f57b440..8da3b63f24 100644
--- a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/providers/PersistentBlobProvider.java
+++ b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/providers/PersistentBlobProvider.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import android.net.Uri;
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
 import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.logging.Log;
+
 import android.util.Pair;
 import android.webkit.MimeTypeMap;
 
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ public class PersistentBlobProvider {
 
     //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
     if (isExternalBlobUri(context, uri)) {
-      return new File(uri.getPath()).delete();
+      return FileProviderUtil.delete(context, uri);
     }
 
     return false;
@@ -238,8 +239,9 @@ public class PersistentBlobProvider {
 
   private static boolean isExternalBlobUri(@NonNull Context context, @NonNull Uri uri) {
     try {
-      return uri.getPath().startsWith(getExternalDir(context).getAbsolutePath());
+      return uri.getPath().startsWith(getExternalDir(context).getAbsolutePath()) || FileProviderUtil.isAuthority(uri);
     } catch (IOException ioe) {
+      Log.w(TAG, "Failed to determine if it's an external blob URI.", ioe);
       return false;
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/util/FileProviderUtil.java b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/util/FileProviderUtil.java
index 26146e9dc4..cd45228503 100644
--- a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/util/FileProviderUtil.java
+++ b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/util/FileProviderUtil.java
@@ -18,4 +18,14 @@ public class FileProviderUtil {
     else                                                       return Uri.fromFile(file);
   }
 
+  public static boolean isAuthority(@NonNull Uri uri) {
+    return AUTHORITY.equals(uri.getAuthority());
+  }
+
+  public static boolean delete(@NonNull Context context, @NonNull Uri uri) {
+    if (AUTHORITY.equals(uri.getAuthority())) {
+      return context.getContentResolver().delete(uri, null, null) > 0;
+    }
+    return new File(uri.getPath()).delete();
+  }
 }