diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/home/sheet/views.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/home/sheet/views.cljs
index b944888532..d03938695d 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/home/sheet/views.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/home/sheet/views.cljs
@@ -76,8 +76,10 @@
      :icon-color                 (colors/theme-colors colors/neutral-50 colors/neutral-40)
      :accessibility-label        :start-a-new-chat
      :icon                       :i/new-message
-     :on-press                   #(hide-sheet-and-dispatch [:bottom-sheet/show-sheet
-                                                            :start-a-new-chat {}])}]
+     :on-press                   (fn []
+                                   (rf/dispatch [:group-chat/clear-contacts])
+                                   (hide-sheet-and-dispatch [:bottom-sheet/show-sheet
+                                                             :start-a-new-chat {}]))}]
    [quo2/menu-item
     {:type                         :transparent
      :title                        (i18n/label :t/add-a-contact)
diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/home/views.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/home/views.cljs
index 6aa58aecfa..bc4ac06ad8 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/home/views.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/home/views.cljs
@@ -259,7 +259,9 @@
   (views/letsubs [logging-in? [:multiaccounts/login]]
     [components.plus-button/plus-button-old
      {:on-press            (when-not logging-in?
-                             #(re-frame/dispatch [:bottom-sheet/show-sheet :start-a-new-chat {}]))
+                             (fn []
+                               (re-frame/dispatch [:group-chat/clear-contacts])
+                               (re-frame/dispatch [:bottom-sheet/show-sheet :start-a-new-chat {}])))
       :loading             logging-in?
       :accessibility-label :new-chat-button}]))
 
@@ -268,7 +270,9 @@
   (views/letsubs [logging-in? [:multiaccounts/login]]
     [components.plus-button/plus-button-old
      {:on-press            (when-not logging-in?
-                             #(re-frame/dispatch [:bottom-sheet/show-sheet :start-a-new-chat {}]))
+                             (fn []
+                               (re-frame/dispatch [:group-chat/clear-contacts])
+                               (re-frame/dispatch [:bottom-sheet/show-sheet :start-a-new-chat {}])))
       :loading             logging-in?
       :accessibility-label :new-chat-button}]))
 
diff --git a/src/status_im/ui2/screens/chat/components/new_chat/view.cljs b/src/status_im/ui2/screens/chat/components/new_chat/view.cljs
index 5d7515f1e9..0d2438ca36 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui2/screens/chat/components/new_chat/view.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui2/screens/chat/components/new_chat/view.cljs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
             [quo2.components.markdown.text :as text]
             [status-im.ui.components.invite.events :as invite.events]
             [status-im.ui2.screens.chat.components.new-chat.styles :as style]
-            [quo.react :as quo.react]
             [quo.components.safe-area :as safe-area]
             [status-im.react-native.resources :as resources]))
 
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@
   []
   [:f>
    (fn []
-     (quo.react/effect! #(rf/dispatch [:group-chat/clear-contacts]) [])
      (let [contacts                                     (rf/sub
                                                          [:contacts/sorted-and-grouped-by-first-letter])
            selected-contacts-count                      (rf/sub [:selected-contacts-count])