diff --git a/src/app/chat/views/channels_list.nim b/src/app/chat/views/channels_list.nim
index b347630354..524bb39cb1 100644
--- a/src/app/chat/views/channels_list.nim
+++ b/src/app/chat/views/channels_list.nim
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ type
     LastMessage = UserRole + 2
     Timestamp = UserRole + 3
     UnreadMessages = UserRole + 4
-    Identicon = UserRole + 5
-    ChatType = UserRole + 6
 
 QtObject:
   type
@@ -62,18 +60,13 @@ QtObject:
       of ChannelsRoles.Timestamp: result = newQVariant($chatItem.timestamp)
       of ChannelsRoles.LastMessage: result = newQVariant(chatItem.lastMessage)
       of ChannelsRoles.UnreadMessages: result = newQVariant(chatItem.unviewedMessagesCount)
-      of ChannelsRoles.Identicon: result = newQVariant(chatItem.identicon)
-      of ChannelsRoles.ChatType: result = newQVariant(chatItem.chatType.int)
 
   method roleNames(self: ChannelsList): Table[int, string] =
-    {
+    { 
       ChannelsRoles.Name.int:"name",
       ChannelsRoles.Timestamp.int:"timestamp",
       ChannelsRoles.LastMessage.int: "lastMessage",
-      ChannelsRoles.UnreadMessages.int: "unviewedMessagesCount",
-      ChannelsRoles.Identicon.int: "identicon",
-      ChannelsRoles.ChatType.int: "chatType"
-      
+      ChannelsRoles.UnreadMessages.int: "unviewedMessagesCount"
     }.toTable
 
   proc addChatItemToList*(self: ChannelsList, channel: ChatItem): int =
diff --git a/src/models/chat/chat_item.nim b/src/models/chat/chat_item.nim
index 5f7795d7f6..c41d2af785 100644
--- a/src/models/chat/chat_item.nim
+++ b/src/models/chat/chat_item.nim
@@ -8,14 +8,12 @@ type ChatItem* = ref object
   timestamp*: int64
   unviewedMessagesCount*: int
   color*: string
-  identicon*: string
 
 proc newChatItem*(): ChatItem =
   new(result)
   result.name = ""
   result.lastMessage = ""
   result.timestamp = 0
-  result.identicon = ""
   result.unviewedMessagesCount = 0
   result.color = ""
 
@@ -41,6 +39,5 @@ proc toChatItem*(chat: Chat): ChatItem =
       chatType: chat.chatType,
       lastMessage: chat.lastMessage.text,
       timestamp: chat.timestamp,
-      identicon: chat.lastMessage.identicon,
       unviewedMessagesCount: chat.unviewedMessagesCount
     )
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn.qml
index 3fa4f6bcb9..a50ad9321c 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn.qml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ StackLayout {
                     anchors.top: parent.top
                     anchors.topMargin: Theme.smallPadding
                     color: {
+                        if (!chatsModel.activeChannel) {
+                            return Theme.transparent
+                        }
                         const color = chatsModel.getChannelColor(chatsModel.activeChannel)
                         if (!color) {
                             return Theme.transparent
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ContactsColumn.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ContactsColumn.qml
index 095078a78c..6c3be88f1f 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ContactsColumn.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ContactsColumn.qml
@@ -418,114 +418,6 @@ Item {
                         anchors.rightMargin: Theme.padding
                         color: Theme.blue
                         visible: unviewedMessagesCount > 0
-                        anchors.top: applicationWindow.top
-                        anchors.topMargin: 0
-                        anchors.left: parent.left
-                        anchors.leftMargin: Theme.padding
-                        radius: 8
-                        // Hide the box if it is filtered out
-                        property bool isVisible: searchStr == "" || name.includes(searchStr)
-                        visible: isVisible ? true : false
-                        height: isVisible ? 64 : 0
-
-                        MouseArea {
-                            cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor;
-                            anchors.fill: parent
-                            onClicked: {
-                                chatsModel.setActiveChannelByIndex(index)
-                                chatGroupsListView.currentIndex = index
-                            }
-                        }
-
-                        Rectangle {
-                          id: contactImage
-                          width: 40
-                          height: 40
-                          anchors.left: parent.left
-                          anchors.leftMargin: Theme.padding
-                          anchors.top: parent.top
-                          anchors.topMargin: 12
-                          anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
-                          anchors.bottomMargin: 12
-                          radius: 50
-
-                          Loader {
-                            sourceComponent: chatType == 1 ? imageIdenticon : letterIdenticon
-                            anchors.fill: parent
-                          }
-
-                          Component {
-                            id: letterIdenticon
-                            Rectangle {
-                              width: 40
-                              height: 40
-                              radius: 50
-                              color: {
-                                  const color = chatsModel.getChannelColor(name)
-                                  if (!color) {
-                                      return Theme.transparent
-                                  }
-                                  return color
-                              }
-
-                              Text {
-                                text: (name.charAt(0) == "#" ? name.charAt(1) : name.charAt(0)).toUpperCase()
-                                opacity: 0.7
-                                font.weight: Font.Bold
-                                font.pixelSize: 21
-                                color: "white"
-                                anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
-                                anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
-                              }
-                            }
-                          }
-                        }
-
-                        Component {
-                          id: imageIdenticon
-                          Rectangle {
-                            width: 40
-                            height: 40
-                            radius: 50
-                            border.color: "#10000000"
-                            border.width: 1
-                            color: Theme.transparent
-                            Image {
-                                width: 40
-                                height: 40
-                                fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectFit
-                                source: identicon
-                            }
-                          }
-                        }
-
-                        Text {
-                            id: contactInfo
-                            text: chatType == 1 ? name : "#" + name
-                            anchors.right: contactTime.left
-                            anchors.rightMargin: Theme.smallPadding
-                            elide: Text.ElideRight
-                            font.weight: Font.Medium
-                            font.pixelSize: 15
-                            anchors.left: contactImage.right
-                            anchors.leftMargin: Theme.padding
-                            anchors.top: parent.top
-                            anchors.topMargin: Theme.smallPadding
-                            color: "black"
-                        }
-                        Text {
-                            id: lastChatMessage
-                            text: lastMessage || qsTr("No messages")
-                            anchors.right: contactNumberChatsCircle.left
-                            anchors.rightMargin: Theme.smallPadding
-                            elide: Text.ElideRight
-                            anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
-                            anchors.bottomMargin: Theme.smallPadding
-                            font.pixelSize: 15
-                            anchors.left: contactImage.right
-                            anchors.leftMargin: Theme.padding
-                            color: Theme.darkGrey
-                        }
                         Text {
                             id: contactNumberChats
                             text: unviewedMessagesCount