diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ComposeMessage/SendMessageView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ComposeMessage/SendMessageView.swift
index 3f9f2b834f..dca67ed3d2 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ComposeMessage/SendMessageView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ComposeMessage/SendMessageView.swift
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import SimpleXChat
 struct SendMessageView: View {
     @Binding var composeState: ComposeState
     var sendMessage: () -> Void
+    var showVoiceMessageButton: Bool = true
     var voiceMessageAllowed: Bool = true
     var showEnableVoiceMessagesAlert: ChatInfo.ShowEnableVoiceMessagesAlert = .other
     var startVoiceMessageRecording: (() -> Void)? = nil
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ struct SendMessageView: View {
                         .padding([.bottom, .trailing], 3)
                 } else {
                     let vmrs = composeState.voiceMessageRecordingState
-                    if composeState.message.isEmpty,
+                    if showVoiceMessageButton,
+                       composeState.message.isEmpty,
                        !composeState.editing,
                        (composeState.noPreview && vmrs == .noRecording)
                         || (vmrs == .recording && holdingVMR) {
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/TerminalView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/TerminalView.swift
index 77f91f761d..1c63ae2b86 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/TerminalView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/TerminalView.swift
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct TerminalView: View {
                 SendMessageView(
                     composeState: $composeState,
                     sendMessage: sendMessage,
-                    voiceMessageAllowed: false,
+                    showVoiceMessageButton: false,
                     keyboardVisible: $keyboardVisible
                 )
                 .padding(.horizontal, 12)