diff --git a/src/components/dialogs/nuxs/LiveNowBetaDialog.tsx b/src/components/dialogs/nuxs/LiveNowBetaDialog.tsx
index 438524d08b..bf9f72a5b8 100644
--- a/src/components/dialogs/nuxs/LiveNowBetaDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dialogs/nuxs/LiveNowBetaDialog.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ export const enabled = createIsEnabledCheck(props => {
     isExistingUserAsOf(
       '2026-01-16T00:00:00.000Z',
       props.currentProfile.createdAt,
-    )
+    ) &&
+    !props.gate('disable_live_now_beta')
   )
 })
 
diff --git a/src/lib/statsig/gates.ts b/src/lib/statsig/gates.ts
index 373e5b72d3..134f5b7af0 100644
--- a/src/lib/statsig/gates.ts
+++ b/src/lib/statsig/gates.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 export type Gate =
   // Keep this alphabetic please.
-  'debug_show_feedcontext' | 'is_bsky_team_member' // special, do not remove
+  | 'debug_show_feedcontext'
+  | 'is_bsky_team_member' // special, do not remove
+  | 'disable_onboarding_find_contacts'
+  | 'disable_live_now_beta'
diff --git a/src/screens/Onboarding/index.tsx b/src/screens/Onboarding/index.tsx
index 69d3be3713..c7538d471c 100644
--- a/src/screens/Onboarding/index.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Onboarding/index.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {View} from 'react-native'
 import * as bcp47Match from 'bcp-47-match'
 
 import {useEnableKeyboardControllerScreen} from '#/lib/hooks/useEnableKeyboardController'
+import {useGate} from '#/lib/statsig/statsig'
 import {useLanguagePrefs} from '#/state/preferences'
 import {
   Layout,
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import {StepSuggestedStarterpacks} from './StepSuggestedStarterpacks'
 
 export function Onboarding() {
   const t = useTheme()
+  const gate = useGate()
 
   const {contentLanguages} = useLanguagePrefs()
   const probablySpeaksEnglish = useMemo(() => {
@@ -42,7 +44,11 @@ export function Onboarding() {
 
   const findContactsEnabled =
     useIsFindContactsFeatureEnabledBasedOnGeolocation()
-  const showFindContacts = ENV !== 'e2e' && IS_NATIVE && findContactsEnabled
+  const showFindContacts =
+    ENV !== 'e2e' &&
+    IS_NATIVE &&
+    findContactsEnabled &&
+    !gate('disable_onboarding_find_contacts')
 
   const [state, dispatch] = useReducer(
     reducer,
diff --git a/src/screens/Settings/Settings.tsx b/src/screens/Settings/Settings.tsx
index 4df05a36ef..0b7d8aee32 100644
--- a/src/screens/Settings/Settings.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Settings/Settings.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   type CommonNavigatorParams,
   type NavigationProp,
 } from '#/lib/routes/types'
+import {useGate} from '#/lib/statsig/statsig'
 import {sanitizeDisplayName} from '#/lib/strings/display-names'
 import {sanitizeHandle} from '#/lib/strings/handles'
 import {useProfileShadow} from '#/state/cache/profile-shadow'
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ export function SettingsScreen({}: Props) {
   const [showDevOptions, setShowDevOptions] = useState(false)
   const findContactsEnabled =
     useIsFindContactsFeatureEnabledBasedOnGeolocation()
+  const gate = useGate()
 
   return (
     <Layout.Screen>
@@ -209,16 +211,18 @@ export function SettingsScreen({}: Props) {
               <Trans>Content and media</Trans>
             </SettingsList.ItemText>
           </SettingsList.LinkItem>
-          {IS_NATIVE && findContactsEnabled && (
-            <SettingsList.LinkItem
-              to="/settings/find-contacts"
-              label={_(msg`Find friends from contacts`)}>
-              <SettingsList.ItemIcon icon={ContactsIcon} />
-              <SettingsList.ItemText>
-                <Trans>Find friends from contacts</Trans>
-              </SettingsList.ItemText>
-            </SettingsList.LinkItem>
-          )}
+          {IS_NATIVE &&
+            findContactsEnabled &&
+            !gate('disable_settings_find_contacts') && (
+              <SettingsList.LinkItem
+                to="/settings/find-contacts"
+                label={_(msg`Find friends from contacts`)}>
+                <SettingsList.ItemIcon icon={ContactsIcon} />
+                <SettingsList.ItemText>
+                  <Trans>Find friends from contacts</Trans>
+                </SettingsList.ItemText>
+              </SettingsList.LinkItem>
+            )}
           <SettingsList.LinkItem
             to="/settings/appearance"
             label={_(msg`Appearance`)}>