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
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
 import type { LayoutEvent } from '../types/react-native.js';
 import { type AnimatedViewStyle, AnimatedView } from '../types/styles.js';
 import { runTiming } from '../utils/animation-utils.js';
+import { exitEditAlert } from '../utils/edit-messages-utils.js';
 import { nativeTypeaheadRegex } from '../utils/typeahead-utils.js';
 
 /* eslint-disable import/no-named-as-default-member */
@@ -864,19 +865,7 @@
       this.exitEditMode();
       return;
     }
-    Alert.alert('Are you sure?', 'Your edits will be discarded.', [
-      {
-        text: 'Continue editing',
-        style: 'cancel',
-      },
-      {
-        text: 'Discard edit',
-        style: 'destructive',
-        onPress: () => {
-          this.exitEditMode();
-        },
-      },
-    ]);
+    exitEditAlert(this.exitEditMode);
   };
 
   exitEditMode = () => {
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
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   type TooltipMenuProps,
 } from '../tooltip/tooltip.react.js';
 import type { ChatTextMessageInfoItemWithHeight } from '../types/chat-types.js';
+import { exitEditAlert } from '../utils/edit-messages-utils.js';
 
 export type TextMessageTooltipModalParams = TooltipParams<{
   +item: ChatTextMessageInfoItemWithHeight,
@@ -69,7 +70,14 @@
         mode: 'replace',
       });
     };
-    inputState.setEditedMessage(messageInfo, updateInputBar);
+    const enterEditMode = () => {
+      inputState.setEditedMessage(messageInfo, updateInputBar);
+    };
+    if (inputState.editState.editedMessage) {
+      exitEditAlert(enterEditMode);
+    } else {
+      enterEditMode();
+    }
   }, [inputState, messageInfo, text]);
   const renderEditIcon = React.useCallback(
     style => <SWMansionIcon name="edit-1" style={style} size={16} />,
diff --git a/native/utils/edit-messages-utils.js b/native/utils/edit-messages-utils.js
--- a/native/utils/edit-messages-utils.js
+++ b/native/utils/edit-messages-utils.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
+import Alert from 'react-native/Libraries/Alert/Alert.js';
 
 import { FeatureFlagsContext } from '../components/feature-flags-provider.react.js';
 
@@ -11,4 +12,20 @@
   return !!featureFlagConfig['EDIT_BUTTON_DISPLAY'];
 }
 
-export { useShouldRenderEditButton };
+function exitEditAlert(onDiscard: () => void): void {
+  Alert.alert('Are you sure?', 'Your edits will be discarded.', [
+    {
+      text: 'Continue editing',
+      style: 'cancel',
+    },
+    {
+      text: 'Discard edit',
+      style: 'destructive',
+      onPress: () => {
+        onDiscard();
+      },
+    },
+  ]);
+}
+
+export { useShouldRenderEditButton, exitEditAlert };