diff --git a/lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js b/lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js
--- a/lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js
+++ b/lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js
@@ -221,6 +221,12 @@
 );
 
 function useFlattenedChatListData(): $ReadOnlyArray<ChatThreadItem> {
+  return useFilteredChatListData(threadInChatList);
+}
+
+function useFilteredChatListData(
+  filterFunction: (threadInfo: ?(ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo)) => boolean,
+): $ReadOnlyArray<ChatThreadItem> {
   const threadInfos = useSelector(threadInfoSelector);
   const messageInfos = useSelector(messageInfoSelector);
   const sidebarInfos = useSelector(sidebarInfoSelector);
@@ -233,9 +239,9 @@
         messageStore,
         messageInfos,
         sidebarInfos,
-        threadInChatList,
+        filterFunction,
       ),
-    [messageInfos, messageStore, sidebarInfos, threadInfos],
+    [messageInfos, messageStore, sidebarInfos, filterFunction, threadInfos],
   );
 }
 
@@ -491,5 +497,6 @@
   createChatMessageItems,
   messageListData,
   useFlattenedChatListData,
+  useFilteredChatListData,
   useMessageListData,
 };