diff --git a/src/app_service/service/contacts/service.nim b/src/app_service/service/contacts/service.nim
index 65d4494bd8..f57e55b07a 100644
--- a/src/app_service/service/contacts/service.nim
+++ b/src/app_service/service/contacts/service.nim
@@ -490,6 +490,10 @@ QtObject:
 
   proc removeContact*(self: Service, publicKey: string) =
     var contact = self.getContactById(publicKey)
+
+    if contact.added:
+      discard status_contacts.retractContactRequest(publicKey)
+
     contact.removed = true
     contact.added = false
 
diff --git a/src/backend/contacts.nim b/src/backend/contacts.nim
index 418d6f60cf..6e04175fc0 100644
--- a/src/backend/contacts.nim
+++ b/src/backend/contacts.nim
@@ -102,3 +102,9 @@ proc getReceivedVerificationRequests*(): RpcResponse[JsonNode] {.raises: [Except
 proc cancelVerificationRequest*(pubkey: string): RpcResponse[JsonNode] {.raises: [Exception].} =
   let payload = %* [pubkey]
   result = callPrivateRPC("cancelVerificationRequest".prefix, payload)
+
+proc retractContactRequest*(pubkey: string): RpcResponse[JsonNode] {.raises: [Exception].} =
+  let payload = %*[{
+    "contactId": pubkey
+  }]
+  result = callPrivateRPC("retractContactRequest".prefix, payload)