diff --git a/native/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js b/native/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
--- a/native/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@
 import SelectableTextInput from '../components/selectable-text-input.react';
 import { SingleLine } from '../components/single-line.react.js';
 import SWMansionIcon from '../components/swmansion-icon.react.js';
-import { type InputState, InputStateContext } from '../input/input-state.js';
+import {
+  type InputState,
+  InputStateContext,
+  type EditInputBarMessageParameters,
+} from '../input/input-state.js';
 import KeyboardInputHost from '../keyboard/keyboard-input-host.react.js';
 import {
   type KeyboardState,
@@ -313,13 +317,13 @@
 
   componentDidMount() {
     if (this.props.isActive) {
-      this.addReplyListener();
+      this.addEditInputMessageListener();
     }
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
     if (this.props.isActive) {
-      this.removeReplyListener();
+      this.removeEditInputMessageListener();
     }
   }
 
@@ -340,9 +344,9 @@
       this.setState({ text: this.props.draft });
     }
     if (this.props.isActive && !prevProps.isActive) {
-      this.addReplyListener();
+      this.addEditInputMessageListener();
     } else if (!this.props.isActive && prevProps.isActive) {
-      this.removeReplyListener();
+      this.removeEditInputMessageListener();
     }
 
     const currentText = trimMessage(this.state.text);
@@ -376,20 +380,22 @@
     }
   }
 
-  addReplyListener() {
+  addEditInputMessageListener() {
     invariant(
       this.props.inputState,
-      'inputState should be set in addReplyListener',
+      'inputState should be set in addEditInputMessageListener',
     );
-    this.props.inputState.addReplyListener(this.focusAndUpdateText);
+    this.props.inputState.addEditInputMessageListener(this.focusAndUpdateText);
   }
 
-  removeReplyListener() {
+  removeEditInputMessageListener() {
     invariant(
       this.props.inputState,
-      'inputState should be set in removeReplyListener',
+      'inputState should be set in removeEditInputMessageListener',
+    );
+    this.props.inputState.removeEditInputMessageListener(
+      this.focusAndUpdateText,
     );
-    this.props.inputState.removeReplyListener(this.focusAndUpdateText);
   }
 
   setIOSKeyboardHeight() {
@@ -716,9 +722,12 @@
     this.focusAndUpdateButtonsVisibility();
   };
 
-  focusAndUpdateText = (text: string) => {
+  focusAndUpdateText = (params: EditInputBarMessageParameters) => {
+    const { message: text, mode } = params;
     const currentText = this.state.text;
-    if (!currentText.startsWith(text)) {
+    if (mode === 'replace') {
+      this.updateText(text);
+    } else if (!currentText.startsWith(text)) {
       const prependedText = text.concat(currentText);
       this.updateText(prependedText);
     }
diff --git a/native/chat/composed-message.react.js b/native/chat/composed-message.react.js
--- a/native/chat/composed-message.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/composed-message.react.js
@@ -208,7 +208,10 @@
     const { inputState, item } = this.props;
     invariant(inputState, 'inputState should be set in reply');
     invariant(item.messageInfo.text, 'text should be set in reply');
-    inputState.addReply(createMessageReply(item.messageInfo.text));
+    inputState.editInputMessage({
+      message: createMessageReply(item.messageInfo.text),
+      mode: 'prepend',
+    });
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/native/chat/message-list-container.react.js b/native/chat/message-list-container.react.js
--- a/native/chat/message-list-container.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/message-list-container.react.js
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
       (text: string) => setUsernameInputText(text),
       [],
     );
-    const { addReply } = inputState;
+    const { editInputMessage } = inputState;
     const resolveToUser = React.useCallback(
       (user: AccountUserInfo) => {
         const resolvedThreadInfo = existingThreadInfoFinder({
@@ -328,11 +328,11 @@
           resolvedThreadInfo,
           'resolvedThreadInfo must be specified in messageListContainer',
         );
-        addReply('');
+        editInputMessage({ message: '', mode: 'prepend' });
         setBaseThreadInfo(resolvedThreadInfo);
         setParams({ searching: false, threadInfo: resolvedThreadInfo });
       },
-      [setParams, existingThreadInfoFinder, addReply],
+      [existingThreadInfoFinder, editInputMessage, setParams],
     );
 
     const messageListData = useNativeMessageListData({
diff --git a/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-modal.react.js b/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-modal.react.js
--- a/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-modal.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-modal.react.js
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@
       inputState,
       'inputState should be set in TextMessageTooltipModal.onPressReply',
     );
-    inputState.addReply(createMessageReply(text));
+    inputState.editInputMessage({
+      message: createMessageReply(text),
+      mode: 'prepend',
+    });
   }, [inputState, text]);
   const renderReplyIcon = React.useCallback(
     style => <CommIcon name="reply" style={style} size={12} />,
diff --git a/native/input/input-state-container.react.js b/native/input/input-state-container.react.js
--- a/native/input/input-state-container.react.js
+++ b/native/input/input-state-container.react.js
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 import { useIsReportEnabled } from 'lib/utils/report-utils.js';
 
 import {
+  type EditInputBarMessageParameters,
   type EditState,
   InputStateContext,
   type PendingMultimediaUploads,
@@ -162,7 +163,9 @@
   };
   sendCallbacks: Array<() => void> = [];
   activeURIs = new Map();
-  replyCallbacks: Array<(message: string) => void> = [];
+  editInputBarCallbacks: Array<
+    (params: EditInputBarMessageParameters) => void,
+  > = [];
   pendingThreadCreations = new Map<string, Promise<string>>();
   pendingThreadUpdateHandlers = new Map<string, (ThreadInfo) => mixed>();
   // TODO: we want to send encrypted media if thread is in the Comm community
@@ -390,9 +393,9 @@
       pendingUploads,
       sendTextMessage: this.sendTextMessage,
       sendMultimediaMessage: this.sendMultimediaMessage,
-      addReply: this.addReply,
-      addReplyListener: this.addReplyListener,
-      removeReplyListener: this.removeReplyListener,
+      editInputMessage: this.editInputMessage,
+      addEditInputMessageListener: this.addEditInputMessageListener,
+      removeEditInputMessageListener: this.removeEditInputMessageListener,
       messageHasUploadFailure: this.messageHasUploadFailure,
       retryMessage: this.retryMessage,
       registerSendCallback: this.registerSendCallback,
@@ -1195,12 +1198,16 @@
     return values(pendingUploads).some(upload => upload.failed);
   };
 
-  addReply = (message: string) => {
-    this.replyCallbacks.forEach(addReplyCallback => addReplyCallback(message));
+  editInputMessage = (params: EditInputBarMessageParameters) => {
+    this.editInputBarCallbacks.forEach(addEditInputBarCallback =>
+      addEditInputBarCallback(params),
+    );
   };
 
-  addReplyListener = (callbackReply: (message: string) => void) => {
-    this.replyCallbacks.push(callbackReply);
+  addEditInputMessageListener = (
+    callbackEditInputBar: (params: EditInputBarMessageParameters) => void,
+  ) => {
+    this.editInputBarCallbacks.push(callbackEditInputBar);
   };
 
   setEditedMessageID = (messageID: ?string) => {
@@ -1209,9 +1216,11 @@
     });
   };
 
-  removeReplyListener = (callbackReply: (message: string) => void) => {
-    this.replyCallbacks = this.replyCallbacks.filter(
-      candidate => candidate !== callbackReply,
+  removeEditInputMessageListener = (
+    callbackEditInputBar: (params: EditInputBarMessageParameters) => void,
+  ) => {
+    this.editInputBarCallbacks = this.editInputBarCallbacks.filter(
+      candidate => candidate !== callbackEditInputBar,
     );
   };
 
diff --git a/native/input/input-state.js b/native/input/input-state.js
--- a/native/input/input-state.js
+++ b/native/input/input-state.js
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
   +editedMessageID: ?string,
 };
 
+export type EditInputBarMessageParameters = {
+  +message: string,
+  +mode: 'prepend' | 'replace',
+};
+
 export type InputState = {
   +pendingUploads: PendingMultimediaUploads,
   +sendTextMessage: (
@@ -37,9 +42,13 @@
     selections: $ReadOnlyArray<NativeMediaSelection>,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   ) => Promise<void>,
-  +addReply: (text: string) => void,
-  +addReplyListener: ((message: string) => void) => void,
-  +removeReplyListener: ((message: string) => void) => void,
+  +editInputMessage: (params: EditInputBarMessageParameters) => void,
+  +addEditInputMessageListener: (
+    (params: EditInputBarMessageParameters) => void,
+  ) => void,
+  +removeEditInputMessageListener: (
+    (params: EditInputBarMessageParameters) => void,
+  ) => void,
   +messageHasUploadFailure: (localMessageID: string) => boolean,
   +retryMessage: (
     localMessageID: string,