diff --git a/src/components/dms/AddMembersFlow.tsx b/src/components/dms/AddMembersFlow.tsx
index 103ad0aca4..eb30ad1cc6 100644
--- a/src/components/dms/AddMembersFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dms/AddMembersFlow.tsx
@@ -98,9 +98,11 @@ function reducer(state: State, action: Action): State {
 }
 
 export function AddMembersFlow({
+  members,
   title,
   onAddMembers,
 }: {
+  members: string[]
   title: string
   onAddMembers: (dids: string[]) => void
 }) {
@@ -154,7 +156,11 @@ export function AddMembersFlow({
     } else if (searchText.length) {
       if (results?.length) {
         for (const profile of results) {
-          if (profile.did === currentAccount?.did) continue
+          if (
+            profile.did === currentAccount?.did ||
+            members.includes(profile.did)
+          )
+            continue
           _items.push({
             type: 'profile',
             key: profile.did,
@@ -202,7 +208,7 @@ export function AddMembersFlow({
     }
 
     return _items
-  }, [isError, searchText, l, results, currentAccount?.did, follows])
+  }, [isError, searchText, l, results, currentAccount?.did, members, follows])
 
   if (searchText && !isFetching && !items.length && !isError) {
     items.push({type: 'empty', key: 'empty', message: l`No results`})
diff --git a/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings.tsx b/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings.tsx
index 972a0f2543..04794611cc 100644
--- a/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings.tsx
@@ -186,7 +186,13 @@ function SettingsInner({convoId}: {convoId: string}) {
           />
         )
       case 'ADD_MEMBERS_LINK':
-        return <AddMembersLink convo={convo} isOwner={isOwner} />
+        return (
+          <AddMembersLink
+            convo={convo}
+            isOwner={isOwner}
+            members={data.map(profile => profile.did)}
+          />
+        )
       case 'CHAT_MEMBER':
         return (
           <Member
@@ -292,9 +298,11 @@ function MembersAndRequests({
 function AddMembersLink({
   convo,
   isOwner,
+  members,
 }: {
   convo: ConvoWithDetails | null
   isOwner: boolean
+  members: string[]
 }) {
   const t = useTheme()
   const {t: l} = useLingui()
@@ -381,6 +389,7 @@ function AddMembersLink({
         nativeOptions={{fullHeight: true}}>
         <Dialog.Handle />
         <AddMembersFlow
+          members={members}
           title={l`Add members`}
           onAddMembers={members => {
             addGroupMembers({members})
diff --git a/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesListInfoPanel.tsx b/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesListInfoPanel.tsx
index a239210f7b..ec42341012 100644
--- a/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesListInfoPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesListInfoPanel.tsx
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ export function MessagesListInfoPanel({convoState}: {convoState: ConvoState}) {
         nativeOptions={{fullHeight: true}}>
         <Dialog.Handle />
         <AddMembersFlow
+          members={members.map(profile => profile.did)}
           title={l`Add people`}
           onAddMembers={(members: string[]) => {
             addGroupMembers({members})