diff --git a/src/app/chat/view.nim b/src/app/chat/view.nim
index 8c81776ae2..b46cab8a1f 100644
--- a/src/app/chat/view.nim
+++ b/src/app/chat/view.nim
@@ -167,3 +167,9 @@ QtObject:
   proc addGroupMembers*(self: ChatsView, chatId: string, pubKeys: string) {.slot.} =
     let pubKeysSeq = map(parseJson(pubKeys).getElems(), proc(x:JsonNode):string = x.getStr)
     self.status.chat.addGroupMembers(chatId, pubKeysSeq)
+
+  proc kickGroupMember*(self: ChatsView, chatId: string, pubKey: string) {.slot.} =
+    self.status.chat.kickGroupMember(chatId, pubKey)
+
+  proc makeAdmin*(self: ChatsView, chatId: string, pubKey: string) {.slot.} =
+    self.status.chat.makeAdmin(chatId, pubKey)
diff --git a/src/status/chat.nim b/src/status/chat.nim
index 4ca6c48266..55df43318a 100644
--- a/src/status/chat.nim
+++ b/src/status/chat.nim
@@ -179,3 +179,11 @@ proc createGroup*(self: ChatModel, groupName: string, pubKeys: seq[string]) =
 proc addGroupMembers*(self: ChatModel, chatId: string, pubKeys: seq[string]) =
   var response = status_chat.addGroupMembers(chatId, pubKeys)
   self.emitUpdate(response)
+
+proc kickGroupMember*(self: ChatModel, chatId: string, pubKey: string) =
+  var response = status_chat.kickGroupMember(chatId, pubKey)
+  self.emitUpdate(response)
+
+proc makeAdmin*(self: ChatModel, chatId: string, pubKey: string) =
+  var response = status_chat.makeAdmin(chatId, pubKey)
+  self.emitUpdate(response)
diff --git a/src/status/libstatus/chat.nim b/src/status/libstatus/chat.nim
index cfe20c373d..900ff95852 100644
--- a/src/status/libstatus/chat.nim
+++ b/src/status/libstatus/chat.nim
@@ -102,3 +102,9 @@ proc createGroup*(groupName: string, pubKeys: seq[string]): string =
 
 proc addGroupMembers*(chatId: string, pubKeys: seq[string]): string =
   callPrivateRPC("addMembersToGroupChat".prefix, %* [nil, chatId, pubKeys])
+
+proc kickGroupMember*(chatId: string, pubKey: string): string =
+  callPrivateRPC("removeMemberFromGroupChat".prefix, %* [nil, chatId, pubKey])
+
+proc makeAdmin*(chatId: string, pubKey: string): string =
+  callPrivateRPC("addAdminsToGroupChat".prefix, %* [nil, chatId, [pubKey]])
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/components/GroupInfoPopup.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/components/GroupInfoPopup.qml
index c8f76b3dd7..ecafa34655 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/components/GroupInfoPopup.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/components/GroupInfoPopup.qml
@@ -293,13 +293,13 @@ ModalPopup {
                                 Action {
                                     icon.source: "../../../img/make-admin.svg"
                                     text: qsTr("Make Admin")
-                                    onTriggered: chatsModel.leaveActiveChat()
+                                    onTriggered: chatsModel.makeAdmin(chatsModel.activeChannel.id,  model.pubKey)
                                 }
                                 Action {
                                     icon.source: "../../../img/remove-from-group.svg"
                                     icon.color: Theme.red
                                     text: qsTr("Remove From Group")
-                                    onTriggered: chatsModel.leaveActiveChat()
+                                    onTriggered: chatsModel.kickGroupMember(chatsModel.activeChannel.id,  model.pubKey)
                                 }
                             }
                         }