diff --git a/src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/FCMService.java b/src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/FCMService.java
index db1738a72..58b210168 100644
--- a/src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/FCMService.java
+++ b/src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/FCMService.java
@@ -103,8 +103,13 @@ public void onMessageReceived(RemoteMessage message) {
         PushPlugin.setApplicationIconBadgeNumber(getApplicationContext(), 0);
       }
 
+      int clearNotificationId = getClearNotificationId(extras);
+
+      // if the notification has a `clearNotification`, then clear it.
+      if(clearNotificationId != -1) {
+        PushPlugin.clearNotification(getApplicationContext(), clearNotificationId);
       // if we are in the foreground and forceShow is `false` only send data
-      if (!forceShow && PushPlugin.isInForeground()) {
+      } else if (!forceShow && PushPlugin.isInForeground()) {
         Log.d(LOG_TAG, "foreground");
         extras.putBoolean(FOREGROUND, true);
         extras.putBoolean(COLDSTART, false);
@@ -302,6 +307,20 @@ private Bundle normalizeExtras(Context context, Bundle extras, String messageKey
     return newExtras;
   }
 
+  private int getClearNotificationId(Bundle extras) {
+    int clearNotificationId = -1;
+    String msgcnid = extras.getString(CLEAR_NOTIFICATION);
+
+    try {
+      if (msgcnid != null) {
+        clearNotificationId = Integer.parseInt(msgcnid);
+      }
+    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+      Log.e(LOG_TAG, e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
+    }
+    return clearNotificationId;
+  }
+
   private int extractBadgeCount(Bundle extras) {
     int count = -1;
     String msgcnt = extras.getString(COUNT);
diff --git a/src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/PushPlugin.java b/src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/PushPlugin.java
index 690b37776..bc32e308b 100644
--- a/src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/PushPlugin.java
+++ b/src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/PushPlugin.java
@@ -534,10 +534,13 @@ private void clearAllNotifications() {
   }
 
   private void clearNotification(int id) {
-    final NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) cordova.getActivity()
-        .getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
-    String appName = (String) this.cordova.getActivity().getPackageManager()
-        .getApplicationLabel(this.cordova.getActivity().getApplicationInfo());
+    PushPlugin.clearNotification(cordova.getActivity(), id);
+  }
+
+  public static void clearNotification(Context context, int id) {
+    final NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
+    String appName = (String) context.getPackageManager()
+      .getApplicationLabel(context.getApplicationInfo());
     notificationManager.cancel(appName, id);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/ios/AppDelegate+notification.m b/src/ios/AppDelegate+notification.m
index b04c47687..98128f13c 100644
--- a/src/ios/AppDelegate+notification.m
+++ b/src/ios/AppDelegate+notification.m
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ - (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(N
 
     // app is in the background or inactive, so only call notification callback if this is a silent push
     if (application.applicationState != UIApplicationStateActive) {
-
         NSLog(@"app in-active");
 
         // do some convoluted logic to find out if this should be a silent push.
@@ -110,6 +109,13 @@ - (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(N
                 pushHandler.handlerObj = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity:2];
             }
 
+            // Check if this is a clear notification.
+            id clearNotification = [userInfo objectForKey:@"clearNotification"];
+            if ([clearNotification isKindOfClass:[NSString class]]) {
+                NSNumber *clearNotificationId = @([clearNotification integerValue]);
+                [pushHandler clearRealNotification: clearNotificationId];
+            }
+
             id notId = [userInfo objectForKey:@"notId"];
             if (notId != nil) {
                 NSLog(@"Push Plugin notId %@", notId);
@@ -154,7 +160,7 @@ - (void)checkUserHasRemoteNotificationsEnabledWithCompletionHandler:(nonnull voi
 - (void)pushPluginOnApplicationDidBecomeActive:(NSNotification *)notification {
 
     NSLog(@"active");
-    
+
     NSString *firstLaunchKey = @"firstLaunchKey";
     NSUserDefaults *defaults = [[NSUserDefaults alloc] initWithSuiteName:@"phonegap-plugin-push"];
     if (![defaults boolForKey:firstLaunchKey]) {
diff --git a/src/ios/PushPlugin.h b/src/ios/PushPlugin.h
index 4b6ec930a..40b425d7b 100644
--- a/src/ios/PushPlugin.h
+++ b/src/ios/PushPlugin.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
 - (void)unsubscribe:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command;
 - (void)clearNotification:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command;
 
+- (void)clearRealNotification:(NSNumber*)notId;
+
 - (void)didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(NSData *)deviceToken;
 - (void)didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError:(NSError *)error;
 
diff --git a/src/ios/PushPlugin.m b/src/ios/PushPlugin.m
index 0290c8ecc..01e444ea5 100644
--- a/src/ios/PushPlugin.m
+++ b/src/ios/PushPlugin.m
@@ -466,9 +466,8 @@ - (void)notificationReceived {
     }
 }
 
-- (void)clearNotification:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand *)command
+- (void)clearRealNotification:(NSNumber *)notId
 {
-    NSNumber *notId = [command.arguments objectAtIndex:0];
     [[UNUserNotificationCenter currentNotificationCenter] getDeliveredNotificationsWithCompletionHandler:^(NSArray<UNNotification *> * _Nonnull notifications) {
         /*
          * If the server generates a unique "notId" for every push notification, there should only be one match in these arrays, but if not, it will delete
@@ -481,13 +480,19 @@ - (void)clearNotification:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand *)command
             [matchingNotificationIdentifiers addObject:notification.request.identifier];
         }
         [[UNUserNotificationCenter currentNotificationCenter] removeDeliveredNotificationsWithIdentifiers:matchingNotificationIdentifiers];
-        
-        NSString *message = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Cleared notification with ID: %@", notId];
-        CDVPluginResult *commandResult = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsString:message];
-        [self.commandDelegate sendPluginResult:commandResult callbackId:command.callbackId];
     }];
 }
 
+- (void)clearNotification:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand *)command
+{
+    NSNumber *notId = [command.arguments objectAtIndex:0];
+    [self clearRealNotification: notId];
+
+    NSString *message = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Cleared notification with ID: %@", notId];
+    CDVPluginResult *commandResult = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsString:message];
+    [self.commandDelegate sendPluginResult:commandResult callbackId:command.callbackId];
+}
+
 - (void)setApplicationIconBadgeNumber:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand *)command
 {
     NSMutableDictionary* options = [command.arguments objectAtIndex:0];