diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Helpers/AppSheet.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Helpers/AppSheet.swift
index 15dcc78924..6cb54bf48b 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Helpers/AppSheet.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Helpers/AppSheet.swift
@@ -13,20 +13,36 @@ class AppSheetState: ObservableObject {
     @Published var scenePhaseActive: Bool = false
 }
 
-private struct PrivacySensitive: ViewModifier {
+// The code works but needs to be tested on different versions of iOS
+//struct PrivacySensitive: ViewModifier {
+//    @AppStorage(DEFAULT_PRIVACY_PROTECT_SCREEN) private var protectScreen = false
+//    @Environment(\.scenePhase) var scenePhase
+//    @ObservedObject var appSheetState: AppSheetState = AppSheetState.shared
+//
+//    func body(content: Content) -> some View {
+//        if !protectScreen {
+//            content
+//        } else {
+//            content.privacySensitive(!appSheetState.scenePhaseActive).redacted(reason: .privacy)
+//        }
+//    }
+//}
+
+struct PrivacySensitive: ViewModifier {
     @AppStorage(DEFAULT_PRIVACY_PROTECT_SCREEN) private var protectScreen = false
     @Environment(\.scenePhase) var scenePhase
     @ObservedObject var appSheetState: AppSheetState = AppSheetState.shared
 
     func body(content: Content) -> some View {
-        if !protectScreen {
+        if !protectScreen || appSheetState.scenePhaseActive {
             content
         } else {
-            content.privacySensitive(!appSheetState.scenePhaseActive).redacted(reason: .privacy)
+            content.privacySensitive(true).redacted(reason: .privacy)
         }
     }
 }
 
+
 extension View {
     func appSheet<Content>(
         isPresented: Binding<Bool>,
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/NewChat/NewChatMenuButton.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/NewChat/NewChatMenuButton.swift
index 433d2cc102..15aadb2d34 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/NewChat/NewChatMenuButton.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/NewChat/NewChatMenuButton.swift
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct NewChatMenuButton: View {
                 .scaledToFit()
                 .frame(width: 24, height: 24)
         }
-        .appSheet(isPresented: $showNewChatSheet) {
+        .sheet(isPresented: $showNewChatSheet) {
             NewChatSheet(alert: $alert)
                 .environment(\EnvironmentValues.refresh as! WritableKeyPath<EnvironmentValues, RefreshAction?>, nil)
                 .alert(item: $alert) { a in
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct NewChatSheet: View {
                     searchChatFilteredBySimplexLink: $searchChatFilteredBySimplexLink
                 )
                 .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
+                .modifier(PrivacySensitive())
             }
             .listRowSeparator(.hidden)
             .listRowBackground(Color.clear)
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ struct NewChatSheet: View {
                 searchChatFilteredBySimplexLink: $searchChatFilteredBySimplexLink,
                 showDeletedChatIcon: true
             )
+            .modifier(PrivacySensitive())
         }
     }
     
@@ -440,7 +442,8 @@ struct DeletedChats: View {
             .listRowBackground(Color.clear)
             .listRowInsets(EdgeInsets(top: 0, leading: 0, bottom: 0, trailing: 0))
             .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
-            
+            .modifier(PrivacySensitive())
+
             ContactsList(
                 baseContactTypes: $baseContactTypes,
                 searchMode: $searchMode,
@@ -450,6 +453,7 @@ struct DeletedChats: View {
                 searchChatFilteredBySimplexLink: $searchChatFilteredBySimplexLink,
                 showDeletedChatIcon: false
             )
+            .modifier(PrivacySensitive())
         }
         .navigationTitle("Archived contacts")
         .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.large)