diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/viewmodels/ChatMessageSendingViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/viewmodels/ChatMessageSendingViewModel.kt
index 654b53502..2a71f99dd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/viewmodels/ChatMessageSendingViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/main/chat/viewmodels/ChatMessageSendingViewModel.kt
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class ChatMessageSendingViewModel(private val chatRoom: ChatRoom) : ViewModel()
 
         val toSend = textToSend.value
         if (toSend != null && toSend.isNotEmpty()) {
-            message.addUtf8TextContent(toSend)
+            message.addUtf8TextContent(toSend.trim())
         }
 
         var fileContent = false