diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/NewChat/AddChannelView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/NewChat/AddChannelView.swift
index 3951d8261e..4e9a42971c 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/NewChat/AddChannelView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/NewChat/AddChannelView.swift
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ struct AddChannelView: View {
         var operatorGroups: [[UserChatRelay]] = []
         var customRelays: [UserChatRelay] = []
         for op in servers {
+            guard op.operator?.enabled ?? true else { continue }
             let relays = op.chatRelays.filter { $0.enabled && !$0.deleted && $0.chatRelayId != nil }
             guard !relays.isEmpty else { continue }
             if op.operator != nil {
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ struct AddChannelView: View {
     private func checkHasRelays() async -> Bool {
         guard let servers = try? await getUserServers() else { return false }
         return servers.contains { op in
+            (op.operator?.enabled ?? true) &&
             op.chatRelays.contains { $0.enabled && !$0.deleted && $0.chatRelayId != nil }
         }
     }
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/newchat/AddChannelView.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/newchat/AddChannelView.kt
index f0bba5c4ec..e60fcfc921 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/newchat/AddChannelView.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/newchat/AddChannelView.kt
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ private suspend fun chooseRandomRelays(): List<UserChatRelay> {
   val operatorGroups = mutableListOf<List<UserChatRelay>>()
   var customRelays = mutableListOf<UserChatRelay>()
   for (op in servers) {
+    if (op.operator?.enabled == false) continue
     val relays = op.chatRelays.filter { it.enabled && !it.deleted && it.chatRelayId != null }
     if (relays.isEmpty()) continue
     if (op.operator != null) {
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ private suspend fun chooseRandomRelays(): List<UserChatRelay> {
 private suspend fun checkHasRelays(): Boolean {
   val servers = try { getUserServers(rh = null) } catch (_: Exception) { null } ?: return false
   return servers.any { op ->
+    (op.operator?.enabled ?: true) &&
     op.chatRelays.any { it.enabled && !it.deleted && it.chatRelayId != null }
   }
 }