diff --git a/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/Member.tsx b/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/Member.tsx
index 9786e69f55..20cc0fee52 100644
--- a/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/Member.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/Member.tsx
@@ -7,18 +7,22 @@ import {createSanitizedDisplayName} from '#/lib/moderation/create-sanitized-disp
 import {logger} from '#/logger'
 import {useProfileShadow} from '#/state/cache/profile-shadow'
 import {useModerationOpts} from '#/state/preferences/moderation-opts'
+import {useRemoveFromGroupChat} from '#/state/queries/messages/remove-from-group'
 import {useProfileFollowMutationQueue} from '#/state/queries/profile'
 import {useRequireAuth, useSession} from '#/state/session'
 import {atoms as a, native, useTheme, web} from '#/alf'
+import {Button, ButtonText} from '#/components/Button'
 import {
   type ConvoWithDetails,
   type GroupConvoMember,
 } from '#/components/dms/util'
 import {createStaticClick, SimpleInlineLinkText} from '#/components/Link'
 import * as ProfileCard from '#/components/ProfileCard'
+import * as Prompt from '#/components/Prompt'
 import * as Toast from '#/components/Toast'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
 import {MemberMenu} from './MemberMenu'
+import {RemoveMemberPrompt} from './prompts'
 import {StatusBadge} from './StatusBadge'
 import {SubtleHoverWrapper} from './SubtleHoverWrapper'
 
@@ -45,6 +49,14 @@ export function Member({
   const [queueFollow] = useProfileFollowMutationQueue(profile, 'GroupChat')
   const requireAuth = useRequireAuth()
 
+  const removeMemberPrompt = Prompt.usePromptControl()
+  const {mutate: removeMembers} = useRemoveFromGroupChat(convo.view.id, {
+    onError: e => {
+      logger.error('Failed to remove group chat member', {message: e})
+      Toast.show(l`Failed to remove group chat member`, {type: 'error'})
+    },
+  })
+
   const isFollowing = !!profile.viewer?.following
 
   const handleFollow = () => {
@@ -101,6 +113,9 @@ export function Member({
       )}`
     : l`Added by invite link`
 
+  // Surface a prominent remove button to the owner for blocked members.
+  const showRemoveButton = isOwner && !isSelf && !!isBlockedOrBlocking(profile)
+
   return (
     <SubtleHoverWrapper>
       <View style={outerStyles}>
@@ -137,7 +152,17 @@ export function Member({
             </ProfileCard.Header>
           </ProfileCard.Outer>
         </ProfileCard.Link>
-        {isSelf || isFollowing || isBlockedOrBlocking(profile) ? null : (
+        {showRemoveButton ? (
+          <Button
+            label={l`Remove ${displayName} from this group chat`}
+            size="tiny"
+            color="negative_subtle"
+            onPress={() => removeMemberPrompt.open()}>
+            <ButtonText>
+              <Trans>Remove</Trans>
+            </ButtonText>
+          </Button>
+        ) : isSelf || isFollowing || isBlockedOrBlocking(profile) ? null : (
           <SimpleInlineLinkText
             label={l`Follow ${displayName}`}
             {...createStaticClick(handleFollow)}
@@ -147,6 +172,14 @@ export function Member({
         )}
         {statusBadge}
       </View>
+      {/* Mounted outside the showRemoveButton conditional: confirming the
+          prompt optimistically drops this row, so gating the prompt on the
+          button would unmount it mid-close and race the dismiss animation. */}
+      <RemoveMemberPrompt
+        control={removeMemberPrompt}
+        displayName={displayName}
+        onConfirm={() => removeMembers({members: [profile.did]})}
+      />
     </SubtleHoverWrapper>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/MemberMenu.tsx b/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/MemberMenu.tsx
index aee0cbf54e..2d36bc115f 100644
--- a/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/MemberMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/MemberMenu.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import * as Prompt from '#/components/Prompt'
 import * as Toast from '#/components/Toast'
 import {useAnalytics} from '#/analytics'
 import type * as bsky from '#/types/bsky'
-import {BlockMemberPrompt} from './prompts'
+import {BlockMemberPrompt, RemoveMemberPrompt} from './prompts'
 import {StatusBadge} from './StatusBadge'
 
 export function MemberMenu({
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export function MemberMenu({
   const requireEmailVerification = useRequireEmailVerification()
 
   const blockMemberPrompt = Prompt.usePromptControl()
+  const removeMemberPrompt = Prompt.usePromptControl()
 
   const [menuDidOpen, setMenuDidOpen] = useState(false)
   const {data: convoAvailability} = useGetConvoAvailabilityQuery(profile.did, {
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ export function MemberMenu({
               <Menu.Item
                 destructive
                 label={l`Remove ${displayName} from this group chat`}
-                onPress={() => removeMembers({members: [profile.did]})}>
+                onPress={removeMemberPrompt.open}>
                 <Menu.ItemIcon icon={ArrowBoxLeftIcon} />
                 <Menu.ItemText>
                   <Trans>Remove from chat</Trans>
@@ -241,6 +242,11 @@ export function MemberMenu({
         control={blockMemberPrompt}
         onConfirm={() => void handleBlockMember()}
       />
+      <RemoveMemberPrompt
+        control={removeMemberPrompt}
+        displayName={displayName}
+        onConfirm={() => removeMembers({members: [profile.did]})}
+      />
     </>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/index.tsx b/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/index.tsx
index b4c7e1ce03..2aca54dfe0 100644
--- a/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/index.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/index.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {useNavigation} from '@react-navigation/native'
 import {HITSLOP_10} from '#/lib/constants'
 import {useBottomBarOffset} from '#/lib/hooks/useBottomBarOffset'
 import {useInitialNumToRender} from '#/lib/hooks/useInitialNumToRender'
+import {isBlockedOrBlocking} from '#/lib/moderation/blocked-and-muted'
 import {
   type CommonNavigatorParams,
   type NativeStackScreenProps,
@@ -214,6 +215,12 @@ function GroupSettings({
     const bIsSelf = b.did === currentAccount?.did
     if (aIsOwner !== bIsOwner) return aIsOwner ? -1 : 1
     if (aIsSelf !== bIsSelf) return aIsSelf ? -1 : 1
+    // Surface blocked members to the owner so they can be removed.
+    if (isOwner) {
+      const aBlocked = !!isBlockedOrBlocking(a)
+      const bBlocked = !!isBlockedOrBlocking(b)
+      if (aBlocked !== bBlocked) return aBlocked ? -1 : 1
+    }
     return 0
   })
 
diff --git a/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/prompts.tsx b/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/prompts.tsx
index 2eb293bdef..0c3ba2e8ca 100644
--- a/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/prompts.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/prompts.tsx
@@ -151,6 +151,30 @@ export function LeaveAndLockChatPrompt({
   )
 }
 
+export function RemoveMemberPrompt({
+  control,
+  displayName,
+  onConfirm,
+}: {
+  control: Dialog.DialogOuterProps['control']
+  displayName: string
+  onConfirm: () => void
+}) {
+  const {t: l} = useLingui()
+
+  return (
+    <Prompt.Basic
+      control={control}
+      title={l`Remove ${displayName}?`}
+      description={l`They won’t be able to rejoin unless you invite them again.`}
+      confirmButtonCta={l`Remove`}
+      confirmButtonColor="negative"
+      cancelButtonCta={l`Cancel`}
+      onConfirm={onConfirm}
+    />
+  )
+}
+
 export function BlockMemberPrompt({
   control,
   onConfirm,