diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/MarkedDeletedItemView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/MarkedDeletedItemView.swift
index dfa4a97fc2..cb0b61f537 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/MarkedDeletedItemView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/MarkedDeletedItemView.swift
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ struct MarkedDeletedItemView: View {
         }
     }
 
+    // same texts are in markedDeletedText in ChatPreviewView, but it returns String;
+    // can be refactored into a single function if functions calling these are changed to return same type
     var markedDeletedText: LocalizedStringKey {
         switch chatItem.meta.itemDeleted {
         case let .moderated(_, byGroupMember): "moderated by \(byGroupMember.displayName)"
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatPreviewView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatPreviewView.swift
index 3ad918b982..8bfc8fec03 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatPreviewView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatPreviewView.swift
@@ -171,10 +171,21 @@ struct ChatPreviewView: View {
     }
 
     func chatItemPreview(_ cItem: ChatItem) -> Text {
-        let itemText = cItem.meta.itemDeleted == nil ? cItem.text : NSLocalizedString("marked deleted", comment: "marked deleted chat item preview text")
+        let itemText = cItem.meta.itemDeleted == nil ? cItem.text : markedDeletedText()
         let itemFormattedText = cItem.meta.itemDeleted == nil ? cItem.formattedText : nil
         return messageText(itemText, itemFormattedText, cItem.memberDisplayName, icon: attachment(), preview: true, showSecrets: false)
 
+        // same texts are in markedDeletedText in MarkedDeletedItemView, but it returns LocalizedStringKey;
+        // can be refactored into a single function if functions calling these are changed to return same type
+        func markedDeletedText() -> String {
+            switch cItem.meta.itemDeleted {
+            case let .moderated(_, byGroupMember): String.localizedStringWithFormat(NSLocalizedString("moderated by %@", comment: "marked deleted chat item preview text"), byGroupMember.displayName)
+            case .blocked: NSLocalizedString("blocked", comment: "marked deleted chat item preview text")
+            case .blockedByAdmin: NSLocalizedString("blocked by admin", comment: "marked deleted chat item preview text")
+            case .deleted, nil: NSLocalizedString("marked deleted", comment: "marked deleted chat item preview text")
+            }
+        }
+
         func attachment() -> String? {
             switch cItem.content.msgContent {
             case .file: return "doc.fill"
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/item/MarkedDeletedItemView.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/item/MarkedDeletedItemView.kt
index f7783d682a..0e2e8867cb 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/item/MarkedDeletedItemView.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/item/MarkedDeletedItemView.kt
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ private fun MergedMarkedDeletedText(chatItem: ChatItem, revealed: MutableState<B
   )
 }
 
-private fun markedDeletedText(meta: CIMeta): String =
+fun markedDeletedText(meta: CIMeta): String =
   when (meta.itemDeleted) {
     is CIDeleted.Moderated ->
       String.format(generalGetString(MR.strings.moderated_item_description), meta.itemDeleted.byGroupMember.displayName)
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chatlist/ChatPreviewView.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chatlist/ChatPreviewView.kt
index e17ae6ea7a..1bb5a78996 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chatlist/ChatPreviewView.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chatlist/ChatPreviewView.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import chat.simplex.common.views.helpers.*
 import chat.simplex.common.model.*
 import chat.simplex.common.model.GroupInfo
 import chat.simplex.common.platform.chatModel
+import chat.simplex.common.views.chat.item.markedDeletedText
 import chat.simplex.res.MR
 import dev.icerock.moko.resources.ImageResource
 
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ fun ChatPreviewView(
         val (text: CharSequence, inlineTextContent) = when {
           chatModelDraftChatId == chat.id && chatModelDraft != null -> remember(chatModelDraft) { messageDraft(chatModelDraft) }
           ci.meta.itemDeleted == null -> ci.text to null
-          else -> generalGetString(MR.strings.marked_deleted_description) to null
+          else -> markedDeletedText(ci.meta) to null
         }
         val formattedText = when {
           chatModelDraftChatId == chat.id && chatModelDraft != null -> null