diff --git a/native/navigation/nav-selectors.js b/native/navigation/nav-selectors.js
--- a/native/navigation/nav-selectors.js
+++ b/native/navigation/nav-selectors.js
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
     },
   );
 
-function getChatNavState(
+function getTabNavState(
   navigationState: ?PossiblyStaleNavigationState,
 ): ?PossiblyStaleNavigationState {
   if (!navigationState) {
@@ -335,6 +335,12 @@
   }
 
   const tabState = getStateFromNavigatorRoute(firstCommunityDrawerSubroute);
+  return tabState;
+}
+
+function getChatNavStateFromTabNavState(
+  tabState: ?PossiblyStaleNavigationState,
+): ?PossiblyStaleNavigationState {
   if (!tabState) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -400,5 +406,6 @@
   drawerSwipeEnabledSelector,
   useCurrentLeafRouteName,
   getRemoveEditMode,
-  getChatNavState,
+  getTabNavState,
+  getChatNavStateFromTabNavState,
 };
diff --git a/native/navigation/overlay-router.js b/native/navigation/overlay-router.js
--- a/native/navigation/overlay-router.js
+++ b/native/navigation/overlay-router.js
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
   clearOverlayModalsActionType,
   setRouteParamsActionType,
 } from './action-types.js';
-import { getRemoveEditMode, getChatNavState } from './nav-selectors.js';
+import {
+  getChatNavStateFromTabNavState,
+  getRemoveEditMode,
+  getTabNavState,
+} from './nav-selectors.js';
 import { removeScreensFromStack } from './navigation-utils.js';
 
 type ClearOverlayModalsAction = {
@@ -57,7 +61,8 @@
       action: OverlayRouterNavigationAction,
       options: RouterConfigOptions,
     ) => {
-      const chatNavState = getChatNavState(lastState);
+      const tabNavState = getTabNavState(lastState);
+      const chatNavState = getChatNavStateFromTabNavState(tabNavState);
       const removeEditMode = getRemoveEditMode(chatNavState);
       if (action.type === clearOverlayModalsActionType) {
         const { keys } = action.payload;
diff --git a/native/navigation/tab-router.js b/native/navigation/tab-router.js
--- a/native/navigation/tab-router.js
+++ b/native/navigation/tab-router.js
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import { TabRouter } from '@react-navigation/native';
 
+import {
+  getChatNavStateFromTabNavState,
+  getRemoveEditMode,
+} from './nav-selectors.js';
+
 type TabRouterNavigationAction = empty;
 
 export type TabRouterExtraNavigationHelpers = {};
@@ -24,6 +29,11 @@
       action: TabRouterNavigationAction,
       options: RouterConfigOptions,
     ) => {
+      const chatNavState = getChatNavStateFromTabNavState(lastState);
+      const removeEditMode = getRemoveEditMode(chatNavState);
+      if (removeEditMode && !removeEditMode(action)) {
+        return lastState;
+      }
       return baseGetStateForAction(lastState, action, options);
     },
   };