diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
index bf91e5ed23..ac4b50ed9f 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ data ChatResponse
   | CRNetworkStatuses {user_ :: Maybe User, networkStatuses :: [ConnNetworkStatus]}
   | CRHostConnected {protocol :: AProtocolType, transportHost :: TransportHost}
   | CRHostDisconnected {protocol :: AProtocolType, transportHost :: TransportHost}
-  | CRGroupInvitation {user :: User, groupInfo :: GroupInfo}
+  | CRGroupInvitation {user :: User, shortGroupInfo :: ShortGroupInfo}
   | CRReceivedGroupInvitation {user :: User, groupInfo :: GroupInfo, contact :: Contact, fromMemberRole :: GroupMemberRole, memberRole :: GroupMemberRole}
   | CRUserJoinedGroup {user :: User, groupInfo :: GroupInfo, hostMember :: GroupMember}
   | CRJoinedGroupMember {user :: User, groupInfo :: GroupInfo, member :: GroupMember}
@@ -757,8 +757,7 @@ data ChatResponse
   | CRUnknownMemberCreated {user :: User, groupInfo :: GroupInfo, forwardedByMember :: GroupMember, member :: GroupMember}
   | CRUnknownMemberBlocked {user :: User, groupInfo :: GroupInfo, blockedByMember :: GroupMember, member :: GroupMember}
   | CRUnknownMemberAnnounced {user :: User, groupInfo :: GroupInfo, announcingMember :: GroupMember, unknownMember :: GroupMember, announcedMember :: GroupMember}
-  | CRGroupEmpty {user :: User, groupInfo :: GroupInfo}
-  | CRGroupRemoved {user :: User, groupInfo :: GroupInfo}
+  | CRGroupEmpty {user :: User, shortGroupInfo :: ShortGroupInfo}
   | CRGroupDeleted {user :: User, groupInfo :: GroupInfo, member :: GroupMember}
   | CRGroupUpdated {user :: User, fromGroup :: GroupInfo, toGroup :: GroupInfo, member_ :: Maybe GroupMember}
   | CRGroupProfile {user :: User, groupInfo :: GroupInfo}
@@ -773,9 +772,9 @@ data ChatResponse
   | CRNewMemberContactSentInv {user :: User, contact :: Contact, groupInfo :: GroupInfo, member :: GroupMember}
   | CRNewMemberContactReceivedInv {user :: User, contact :: Contact, groupInfo :: GroupInfo, member :: GroupMember}
   | CRContactAndMemberAssociated {user :: User, contact :: Contact, groupInfo :: GroupInfo, member :: GroupMember, updatedContact :: Contact}
-  | CRMemberSubError {user :: User, groupInfo :: GroupInfo, member :: GroupMember, chatError :: ChatError}
+  | CRMemberSubError {user :: User, shortGroupInfo :: ShortGroupInfo, memberToSubscribe :: ShortGroupMember, chatError :: ChatError}
   | CRMemberSubSummary {user :: User, memberSubscriptions :: [MemberSubStatus]}
-  | CRGroupSubscribed {user :: User, groupInfo :: GroupInfo}
+  | CRGroupSubscribed {user :: User, shortGroupInfo :: ShortGroupInfo}
   | CRPendingSubSummary {user :: User, pendingSubscriptions :: [PendingSubStatus]}
   | CRSndFileSubError {user :: User, sndFileTransfer :: SndFileTransfer, chatError :: ChatError}
   | CRRcvFileSubError {user :: User, rcvFileTransfer :: RcvFileTransfer, chatError :: ChatError}
@@ -1051,7 +1050,7 @@ data ContactSubStatus = ContactSubStatus
   deriving (Show)
 
 data MemberSubStatus = MemberSubStatus
-  { member :: GroupMember,
+  { member :: ShortGroupMember,
     memberError :: Maybe ChatError
   }
   deriving (Show)
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Commands.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Commands.hs
index b8bf879caa..bf568f7946 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Commands.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Commands.hs
@@ -3347,17 +3347,17 @@ subscribeUserConnections vr onlyNeeded agentBatchSubscribe user = do
   rs <- withAgent $ \a -> agentBatchSubscribe a conns
   -- send connection events to view
   contactSubsToView rs cts ce
-  -- TODO possibly, we could either disable these events or replace with less noisy for API
-  contactLinkSubsToView rs ucs
-  groupSubsToView rs gs ms ce
-  sndFileSubsToView rs sfts
-  rcvFileSubsToView rs rfts
-  pendingConnSubsToView rs pcs
+  unlessM (asks $ coreApi . config) $ do
+    contactLinkSubsToView rs ucs
+    groupSubsToView rs gs ms ce
+    sndFileSubsToView rs sfts
+    rcvFileSubsToView rs rfts
+    pendingConnSubsToView rs pcs
   where
     addEntity (cts, ucs, ms, sfts, rfts, pcs) = \case
       RcvDirectMsgConnection c (Just ct) -> let cts' = addConn c ct cts in (cts', ucs, ms, sfts, rfts, pcs)
       RcvDirectMsgConnection c Nothing -> let pcs' = addConn c (toPCC c) pcs in (cts, ucs, ms, sfts, rfts, pcs')
-      RcvGroupMsgConnection c _g m -> let ms' = addConn c m ms in (cts, ucs, ms', sfts, rfts, pcs)
+      RcvGroupMsgConnection c _g m -> let ms' = addConn c (toShortMember m c) ms in (cts, ucs, ms', sfts, rfts, pcs)
       SndFileConnection c sft -> let sfts' = addConn c sft sfts in (cts, ucs, ms, sfts', rfts, pcs)
       RcvFileConnection c rft -> let rfts' = addConn c rft rfts in (cts, ucs, ms, sfts, rfts', pcs)
       UserContactConnection c uc -> let ucs' = addConn c uc ucs in (cts, ucs', ms, sfts, rfts, pcs)
@@ -3377,6 +3377,13 @@ subscribeUserConnections vr onlyNeeded agentBatchSubscribe user = do
           createdAt,
           updatedAt = createdAt
         }
+    toShortMember GroupMember {groupMemberId, groupId, localDisplayName} Connection {agentConnId} =
+      ShortGroupMember
+        { groupMemberId,
+          groupId,
+          memberName = localDisplayName,
+          connId = agentConnId
+        }
     getContactConns :: CM ([ConnId], Map ConnId Contact)
     getContactConns = do
       cts <- withStore_ (`getUserContacts` vr)
@@ -3387,11 +3394,13 @@ subscribeUserConnections vr onlyNeeded agentBatchSubscribe user = do
       (cs, ucs) <- unzip <$> withStore_ (`getUserContactLinks` vr)
       let connIds = map aConnId cs
       pure (connIds, M.fromList $ zip connIds ucs)
-    getGroupMemberConns :: CM ([Group], [ConnId], Map ConnId GroupMember)
+    getGroupMemberConns :: CM ([ShortGroup], [ConnId], Map ConnId ShortGroupMember)
     getGroupMemberConns = do
-      gs <- withStore_ (`getUserGroups` vr)
-      let mPairs = concatMap (\(Group _ ms) -> mapMaybe (\m -> (,m) <$> memberConnId m) (filter (not . memberRemoved) ms)) gs
+      gs <- withStore_ getUserGroupsToSubscribe
+      let mPairs = concatMap (\(ShortGroup _ ms) -> map (\m -> (shortMemConnId m, m)) ms) gs
       pure (gs, map fst mPairs, M.fromList mPairs)
+      where
+        shortMemConnId ShortGroupMember{connId = AgentConnId acId} = acId
     getSndFileTransferConns :: CM ([ConnId], Map ConnId SndFileTransfer)
     getSndFileTransferConns = do
       sfts <- withStore_ getLiveSndFileTransfers
@@ -3435,30 +3444,27 @@ subscribeUserConnections vr onlyNeeded agentBatchSubscribe user = do
     -- TODO possibly below could be replaced with less noisy events for API
     contactLinkSubsToView :: Map ConnId (Either AgentErrorType ()) -> Map ConnId UserContact -> CM ()
     contactLinkSubsToView rs = toView . CRUserContactSubSummary user . map (uncurry UserContactSubStatus) . resultsFor rs
-    groupSubsToView :: Map ConnId (Either AgentErrorType ()) -> [Group] -> Map ConnId GroupMember -> Bool -> CM ()
+    groupSubsToView :: Map ConnId (Either AgentErrorType ()) -> [ShortGroup] -> Map ConnId ShortGroupMember -> Bool -> CM ()
     groupSubsToView rs gs ms ce = do
       mapM_ groupSub $
-        sortOn (\(Group GroupInfo {localDisplayName = g} _) -> g) gs
+        sortOn (\(ShortGroup ShortGroupInfo {groupName = g} _) -> g) gs
       toView . CRMemberSubSummary user $ map (uncurry MemberSubStatus) mRs
       where
         mRs = resultsFor rs ms
-        groupSub :: Group -> CM ()
-        groupSub (Group g@GroupInfo {membership, groupId = gId} members) = do
+        groupSub :: ShortGroup -> CM ()
+        groupSub (ShortGroup g@ShortGroupInfo {groupId = gId, membershipStatus} members) = do
           when ce $ mapM_ (toView . uncurry (CRMemberSubError user g)) mErrors
           toView groupEvent
           where
-            mErrors :: [(GroupMember, ChatError)]
+            mErrors :: [(ShortGroupMember, ChatError)]
             mErrors =
-              sortOn (\(GroupMember {localDisplayName = n}, _) -> n)
+              sortOn (\(ShortGroupMember {memberName = n}, _) -> n)
                 . filterErrors
-                $ filter (\(GroupMember {groupId}, _) -> groupId == gId) mRs
+                $ filter (\(ShortGroupMember {groupId}, _) -> groupId == gId) mRs
             groupEvent :: ChatResponse
             groupEvent
-              | memberStatus membership == GSMemInvited = CRGroupInvitation user g
-              | all (\GroupMember {activeConn} -> isNothing activeConn) members =
-                  if memberActive membership
-                    then CRGroupEmpty user g
-                    else CRGroupRemoved user g
+              | membershipStatus == GSMemInvited = CRGroupInvitation user g
+              | null members = CRGroupEmpty user g
               | otherwise = CRGroupSubscribed user g
     sndFileSubsToView :: Map ConnId (Either AgentErrorType ()) -> Map ConnId SndFileTransfer -> CM ()
     sndFileSubsToView rs sfts = do
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Groups.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Groups.hs
index 589e220690..1d1a715b78 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Groups.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Groups.hs
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ module Simplex.Chat.Store.Groups
     deleteGroupItemsAndMembers,
     deleteGroup,
     getUserGroups,
+    getUserGroupsToSubscribe,
     getUserGroupDetails,
     getUserGroupsWithSummary,
     getGroupSummary,
@@ -588,6 +589,51 @@ getGroup db vr user groupId = do
   members <- liftIO $ getGroupMembers db vr user gInfo
   pure $ Group gInfo members
 
+getGroupToSubscribe :: DB.Connection -> User -> GroupId -> ExceptT StoreError IO ShortGroup
+getGroupToSubscribe db User {userId, userContactId} groupId = do
+  shortInfo <- getGroupInfoToSubscribe
+  members <- liftIO getGroupMembersToSubscribe
+  pure $ ShortGroup shortInfo members
+  where
+    getGroupInfoToSubscribe :: ExceptT StoreError IO ShortGroupInfo
+    getGroupInfoToSubscribe = ExceptT $ do
+      firstRow toInfo (SEGroupNotFound groupId) $
+        DB.query
+          db
+          [sql|
+              SELECT g.local_display_name, mu.member_status
+              FROM groups g
+              JOIN group_members mu ON mu.group_id = g.group_id
+              WHERE g.group_id = ? AND g.user_id = ? AND mu.contact_id = ?
+                AND mu.member_status NOT IN (?,?,?)
+          |]
+          (groupId, userId, userContactId, GSMemRemoved, GSMemLeft, GSMemGroupDeleted)
+      where
+        toInfo :: (GroupName, GroupMemberStatus) -> ShortGroupInfo
+        toInfo (groupName, membershipStatus) =
+          ShortGroupInfo groupId groupName membershipStatus
+    getGroupMembersToSubscribe :: IO [ShortGroupMember]
+    getGroupMembersToSubscribe = do
+      map toShortMember
+        <$> DB.query
+          db
+          [sql|
+              SELECT m.group_member_id, m.local_display_name, c.agent_conn_id
+              FROM group_members m
+              JOIN connections c ON c.connection_id = (
+                SELECT max(cc.connection_id)
+                FROM connections cc
+                WHERE cc.user_id = ? AND cc.group_member_id = m.group_member_id
+              )
+              WHERE m.user_id = ? AND m.group_id = ? AND (m.contact_id IS NULL OR m.contact_id != ?)
+                AND m.member_status NOT IN (?,?,?)
+          |]
+          (userId, userId, groupId, userContactId, GSMemRemoved, GSMemLeft, GSMemGroupDeleted)
+      where
+        toShortMember :: (GroupMemberId, ContactName, AgentConnId) -> ShortGroupMember
+        toShortMember (groupMemberId, localDisplayName, agentConnId) =
+          ShortGroupMember groupMemberId groupId localDisplayName agentConnId
+
 deleteGroupConnectionsAndFiles :: DB.Connection -> User -> GroupInfo -> [GroupMember] -> IO ()
 deleteGroupConnectionsAndFiles db User {userId} GroupInfo {groupId} members = do
   forM_ members $ \m -> DB.execute db "DELETE FROM connections WHERE user_id = ? AND group_member_id = ?" (userId, groupMemberId' m)
@@ -642,6 +688,11 @@ getUserGroups db vr user@User {userId} = do
   groupIds <- map fromOnly <$> DB.query db "SELECT group_id FROM groups WHERE user_id = ?" (Only userId)
   rights <$> mapM (runExceptT . getGroup db vr user) groupIds
 
+getUserGroupsToSubscribe :: DB.Connection -> User -> IO [ShortGroup]
+getUserGroupsToSubscribe db user@User {userId} = do
+  groupIds <- map fromOnly <$> DB.query db "SELECT group_id FROM groups WHERE user_id = ?" (Only userId)
+  rights <$> mapM (runExceptT . getGroupToSubscribe db user) groupIds
+
 getUserGroupDetails :: DB.Connection -> VersionRangeChat -> User -> Maybe ContactId -> Maybe String -> IO [GroupInfo]
 getUserGroupDetails db vr User {userId, userContactId} _contactId_ search_ = do
   g_ <-
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Types.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Types.hs
index 11587694cb..d137e54d23 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Types.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Types.hs
@@ -373,6 +373,26 @@ optionalFullName displayName fullName
   | T.null fullName || displayName == fullName = ""
   | otherwise = " (" <> fullName <> ")"
 
+data ShortGroup = ShortGroup
+  { shortInfo :: ShortGroupInfo,
+    members :: [ShortGroupMember]
+  }
+
+data ShortGroupInfo = ShortGroupInfo
+  { groupId :: GroupId,
+    groupName :: GroupName,
+    membershipStatus :: GroupMemberStatus
+  }
+  deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+data ShortGroupMember = ShortGroupMember
+  { groupMemberId :: GroupMemberId,
+    groupId :: GroupId,
+    memberName :: ContactName,
+    connId :: AgentConnId
+  }
+  deriving (Show)
+
 data Group = Group {groupInfo :: GroupInfo, members :: [GroupMember]}
   deriving (Eq, Show)
 
@@ -1812,3 +1832,7 @@ $(JQ.deriveJSON defaultJSON ''ContactRef)
 $(JQ.deriveJSON defaultJSON ''NoteFolder)
 
 $(JQ.deriveJSON defaultJSON ''ChatTag)
+
+$(JQ.deriveJSON defaultJSON ''ShortGroupInfo)
+
+$(JQ.deriveJSON defaultJSON ''ShortGroupMember)
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
index 84cb561396..1d578dea24 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ responseToView hu@(currentRH, user_) ChatConfig {logLevel, showReactions, showRe
       (groupLinkErrors, groupLinksSubscribed) = partition (isJust . userContactError) groupLinks
   CRNetworkStatus status conns -> if testView then [plain $ show (length conns) <> " connections " <> netStatusStr status] else []
   CRNetworkStatuses u statuses -> if testView then ttyUser' u $ viewNetworkStatuses statuses else []
-  CRGroupInvitation u g -> ttyUser u [groupInvitation' g]
+  CRGroupInvitation u g -> ttyUser u [groupInvitationSub g]
   CRReceivedGroupInvitation {user = u, groupInfo = g, contact = c, memberRole = r} -> ttyUser u $ viewReceivedGroupInvitation g c r
   CRUserJoinedGroup u g _ -> ttyUser u $ viewUserJoinedGroup g
   CRJoinedGroupMember u g m -> ttyUser u $ viewJoinedGroupMember g m
@@ -307,8 +307,7 @@ responseToView hu@(currentRH, user_) ChatConfig {logLevel, showReactions, showRe
   CRDeletedMemberUser u g by -> ttyUser u $ [ttyGroup' g <> ": " <> ttyMember by <> " removed you from the group"] <> groupPreserved g
   CRDeletedMember u g by m -> ttyUser u [ttyGroup' g <> ": " <> ttyMember by <> " removed " <> ttyMember m <> " from the group"]
   CRLeftMember u g m -> ttyUser u [ttyGroup' g <> ": " <> ttyMember m <> " left the group"]
-  CRGroupEmpty u g -> ttyUser u [ttyFullGroup g <> ": group is empty"]
-  CRGroupRemoved u g -> ttyUser u [ttyFullGroup g <> ": you are no longer a member or group deleted"]
+  CRGroupEmpty u ShortGroupInfo {groupName = g} -> ttyUser u [ttyGroup g <> ": group is empty"]
   CRGroupDeleted u g m -> ttyUser u [ttyGroup' g <> ": " <> ttyMember m <> " deleted the group", "use " <> highlight ("/d #" <> viewGroupName g) <> " to delete the local copy of the group"]
   CRGroupUpdated u g g' m -> ttyUser u $ viewGroupUpdated g g' m
   CRGroupProfile u g -> ttyUser u $ viewGroupProfile g
@@ -323,9 +322,9 @@ responseToView hu@(currentRH, user_) ChatConfig {logLevel, showReactions, showRe
   CRNewMemberContactSentInv u _ct g m -> ttyUser u ["sent invitation to connect directly to member " <> ttyGroup' g <> " " <> ttyMember m]
   CRNewMemberContactReceivedInv u ct g m -> ttyUser u [ttyGroup' g <> " " <> ttyMember m <> " is creating direct contact " <> ttyContact' ct <> " with you"]
   CRContactAndMemberAssociated u ct g m ct' -> ttyUser u $ viewContactAndMemberAssociated ct g m ct'
-  CRMemberSubError u g m e -> ttyUser u [ttyGroup' g <> " member " <> ttyMember m <> " error: " <> sShow e]
+  CRMemberSubError u ShortGroupInfo {groupName = g} ShortGroupMember {memberName = n} e -> ttyUser u [ttyGroup g <> " member " <> ttyContact n <> " error: " <> sShow e]
   CRMemberSubSummary u summary -> ttyUser u $ viewErrorsSummary (filter (isJust . memberError) summary) " group member errors"
-  CRGroupSubscribed u g -> ttyUser u $ viewGroupSubscribed g
+  CRGroupSubscribed u ShortGroupInfo {groupName = g} -> ttyUser u $ viewGroupSubscribed g
   CRPendingSubSummary u _ -> ttyUser u []
   CRSndFileSubError u SndFileTransfer {fileId, fileName} e ->
     ttyUser u ["sent file " <> sShow fileId <> " (" <> plain fileName <> ") error: " <> sShow e]
@@ -571,8 +570,8 @@ viewUsersList us =
             <> ["muted" | not showNtfs]
             <> [plain ("unread: " <> show count) | count /= 0]
 
-viewGroupSubscribed :: GroupInfo -> [StyledString]
-viewGroupSubscribed g = [membershipIncognito g <> ttyFullGroup g <> ": connected to server(s)"]
+viewGroupSubscribed :: GroupName -> [StyledString]
+viewGroupSubscribed g = [ttyGroup g <> ": connected to server(s)"]
 
 showSMPServer :: SMPServer -> String
 showSMPServer ProtocolServer {host} = B.unpack $ strEncode host
@@ -1216,6 +1215,15 @@ groupInvitation' g@GroupInfo {localDisplayName = ldn, groupProfile = GroupProfil
       Just mp -> " to join as " <> incognitoProfile' (fromLocalProfile mp) <> ", "
       Nothing -> " to join, "
 
+groupInvitationSub :: ShortGroupInfo -> StyledString
+groupInvitationSub ShortGroupInfo {groupName = ldn} =
+  highlight ("#" <> viewName ldn)
+    <> " - you are invited ("
+    <> highlight ("/j " <> viewName ldn)
+    <> " to join, "
+    <> highlight ("/d #" <> viewName ldn)
+    <> " to delete invitation)"
+
 viewContactsMerged :: Contact -> Contact -> Contact -> [StyledString]
 viewContactsMerged c1 c2 ct' =
   [ "contact " <> ttyContact' c2 <> " is merged into " <> ttyContact' c1,
diff --git a/tests/Bots/DirectoryTests.hs b/tests/Bots/DirectoryTests.hs
index 6cb11f3f93..7a0ae79ccc 100644
--- a/tests/Bots/DirectoryTests.hs
+++ b/tests/Bots/DirectoryTests.hs
@@ -923,13 +923,13 @@ testRestoreDirectory tmp = do
       withTestChat tmp "cath" $ \cath -> do
         bob <## "2 contacts connected (use /cs for the list)"
         bob
-          <### [ "#privacy (Privacy): connected to server(s)",
-                 "#security (Security): connected to server(s)"
+          <### [ "#privacy: connected to server(s)",
+                 "#security: connected to server(s)"
                ]
         cath <## "2 contacts connected (use /cs for the list)"
         cath
-          <### [ "#privacy (Privacy): connected to server(s)",
-                 "#anonymity (Anonymity): connected to server(s)"
+          <### [ "#privacy: connected to server(s)",
+                 "#anonymity: connected to server(s)"
                ]
         listGroups superUser bob cath
         groupFoundN 3 bob "privacy"
diff --git a/tests/MobileTests.hs b/tests/MobileTests.hs
index 5c4ab29c60..e99b61dd5c 100644
--- a/tests/MobileTests.hs
+++ b/tests/MobileTests.hs
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ testChatApi tmp = do
   chatSendCmd cc "/create user alice Alice" `shouldReturn` activeUserExists
   chatSendCmd cc "/_start" `shouldReturn` chatStarted
   chatRecvMsg cc `shouldReturn` networkStatuses
-  chatRecvMsg cc `shouldReturn` userContactSubSummary
   chatRecvMsgWait cc 10000 `shouldReturn` ""
   chatParseMarkdown "hello" `shouldBe` "{}"
   chatParseMarkdown "*hello*" `shouldBe` parsedMarkdown