diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/chat/server/handlers/chatPublicHistoryClear.js b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/chat/server/handlers/chatPublicHistoryClear.js
index 47d861bac4ec979cb0ed8d614ed756842f956826..3f29aab4c1931619204c3d2b3015fbc0c6ff06b6 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/chat/server/handlers/chatPublicHistoryClear.js
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/chat/server/handlers/chatPublicHistoryClear.js
@@ -10,19 +10,20 @@ export default function publicHistoryClear({ header }, meetingId) {
   const SYSTEM_CHAT_TYPE = CHAT_CONFIG.type_system;
 
   if (meetingId) {
-    Chat.remove({ meetingId, toUserId: PUBLIC_CHAT_USERID },
-      Logger.info(`Cleared Chats (${meetingId})`));
+    Chat.remove(
+      { meetingId, toUserId: PUBLIC_CHAT_USERID },
+      Logger.info(`Cleared Chats (${meetingId})`),
+    );
 
     addChat(meetingId, {
-      message: '<b><i>The public chat history was cleared by a moderator</i></b>',
+      message: CHAT_CONFIG.system_messages_keys.chat_clear,
       fromTime: new Date().getTime(),
       toUserId: PUBLIC_CHAT_USERID,
       toUsername: PUBLIC_CHAT_USERNAME,
       fromUserId: SYSTEM_CHAT_TYPE,
       fromUsername: '',
       fromColor: '',
-    },
-    );
+    });
   }
 
   return null;
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/container.jsx b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/container.jsx
index fcfd36f6fcbac8b9f42cc0bff9dbfbd04da1c397..cbf3dc3de7a9fbe602d240d492cd51e8dcb6fa1d 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/container.jsx
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/container.jsx
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ import ChatService from './service';
 
 const CHAT_CONFIG = Meteor.settings.public.chat;
 const PUBLIC_CHAT_KEY = CHAT_CONFIG.public_id;
-
+const CHAT_CLEAR = CHAT_CONFIG.system_messages_keys.chat_clear;
 
 const intlMessages = defineMessages({
+  [CHAT_CLEAR]: {
+    id: 'app.chat.clearedChat',
+  },
   titlePublic: {
     id: 'app.chat.titlePublic',
     description: 'Public chat title',
@@ -47,6 +50,19 @@ export default injectIntl(createContainer(({ params, intl }) => {
   const user = ChatService.getUser(chatID, '{{NAME}}');
 
   let partnerIsLoggedOut = false;
+  messages = messages.map((message) => {
+    if (message.sender) return message;
+
+    return {
+      ...message,
+      content: message.content.map(content => ({
+        ...content,
+        text: content.text in intlMessages ?
+          intl.formatMessage(intlMessages[content.text]) : content.text,
+      })),
+    };
+  });
+
 
   if (user) {
     partnerIsLoggedOut = !user.isOnline;
@@ -56,24 +72,6 @@ export default injectIntl(createContainer(({ params, intl }) => {
 
       title = intl.formatMessage(intlMessages.titlePrivate, { 0: chatUser.name });
       chatName = chatUser.name;
-
-      if (!chatUser.isOnline) {
-        const time = Date.now();
-        const id = `partner-disconnected-${time}`;
-        const messagePartnerLoggedOut = {
-          id,
-          content: [{
-            id,
-            text: intl.formatMessage(intlMessages.partnerDisconnected, { 0: chatUser.name }),
-            time,
-          }],
-          time,
-          sender: null,
-        };
-
-        messages.push(messagePartnerLoggedOut);
-        isChatLocked = true;
-      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/public/chat.yaml b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/public/chat.yaml
index 8b291511391c9e37a0499b45078feb8006f88c53..81bc370d11c44b28707c34f2b75b30e6438a1437 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/public/chat.yaml
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/public/chat.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ chat:
   storage_key: 'UNREAD_CHATS'
   # Chat paths
   path_route: 'users/chat/'
+  system_messages_keys:
+    chat_clear: 'PUBLIC_CHAT_CLEAR'
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/locales/en.json b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/locales/en.json
index e77f22eb6617fd8bebe18c1332d489ea1ee7f6bc..a739955ff06d4b445ee606c06e6d6543ed4bacd6 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/locales/en.json
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/locales/en.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "app.chat.dropdown.save": "Save",
     "app.chat.label": "Chat",
     "app.chat.emptyLogLabel": "Chat log empty",
+    "app.chat.clearedChat": "The public chat history was cleared by a moderator",
     "app.userList.usersTitle": "Users",
     "app.userList.participantsTitle": "Participants",
     "app.userList.messagesTitle": "Messages",