diff --git a/web/modals/threads/settings/thread-settings-modal.react.js b/web/modals/threads/settings/thread-settings-modal.react.js
index d82cf424f..66fb7bc6d 100644
--- a/web/modals/threads/settings/thread-settings-modal.react.js
+++ b/web/modals/threads/settings/thread-settings-modal.react.js
@@ -1,227 +1,229 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import {
   deleteThreadActionTypes,
   changeThreadSettingsActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors';
 import { threadInfoSelector } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors';
 import { getAvailableRelationshipButtons } from 'lib/shared/relationship-utils';
 import {
   threadHasPermission,
   robotextName,
   getSingleOtherUser,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils';
 import {
   type ThreadInfo,
   threadTypes,
   threadPermissions,
   type ThreadChanges,
 } from 'lib/types/thread-types';
 
 import Tabs from '../../../components/tabs.react';
 import { useSelector } from '../../../redux/redux-utils';
 import { useModalContext } from '../../modal-provider.react';
 import Modal from '../../modal.react';
 import ThreadSettingsDeleteTab from './thread-settings-delete-tab.react';
 import ThreadSettingsGeneralTab from './thread-settings-general-tab.react';
 import css from './thread-settings-modal.css';
 import ThreadSettingsPrivacyTab from './thread-settings-privacy-tab.react';
 import ThreadSettingsRelationshipTab from './thread-settings-relationship-tab.react';
 
 type TabType = 'general' | 'privacy' | 'delete' | 'relationship';
 type BaseProps = {
   +threadID: string,
 };
 
 const deleteThreadLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   deleteThreadActionTypes,
 );
 const changeThreadSettingsLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   changeThreadSettingsActionTypes,
 );
 
 const ConnectedThreadSettingsModal: React.ComponentType<BaseProps> = React.memo<BaseProps>(
   function ConnectedThreadSettingsModal(props) {
     const changeInProgress = useSelector(
       state =>
         deleteThreadLoadingStatusSelector(state) === 'loading' ||
         changeThreadSettingsLoadingStatusSelector(state) === 'loading',
     );
     const viewerID = useSelector(
       state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
     );
     const userInfos = useSelector(state => state.userStore.userInfos);
     const threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo = useSelector(
       state => threadInfoSelector(state)[props.threadID],
     );
     const modalContext = useModalContext();
     const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = React.useState<?string>('');
     const [currentTabType, setCurrentTabType] = React.useState<TabType>(
       'general',
     );
     const [queuedChanges, setQueuedChanges] = React.useState<ThreadChanges>(
       Object.freeze({}),
     );
 
     const namePlaceholder: string = React.useMemo(() => {
       invariant(threadInfo, 'threadInfo should exist in namePlaceholder');
       return robotextName(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos);
     }, [threadInfo, userInfos, viewerID]);
 
     const otherMemberID = React.useMemo(() => {
       if (!threadInfo) {
         return null;
       }
       return getSingleOtherUser(threadInfo, viewerID);
     }, [threadInfo, viewerID]);
 
     const otherUserInfo = otherMemberID ? userInfos[otherMemberID] : null;
 
     const availableRelationshipActions = React.useMemo(() => {
       if (!otherUserInfo) {
         return [];
       }
       return getAvailableRelationshipButtons(otherUserInfo);
     }, [otherUserInfo]);
 
     const hasPermissionForTab = React.useCallback(
       (thread: ThreadInfo, tab: TabType) => {
         if (tab === 'general') {
           return (
             threadHasPermission(thread, threadPermissions.EDIT_THREAD_NAME) ||
             threadHasPermission(thread, threadPermissions.EDIT_THREAD_COLOR) ||
             threadHasPermission(
               thread,
               threadPermissions.EDIT_THREAD_DESCRIPTION,
             )
           );
         } else if (tab === 'privacy') {
           return threadHasPermission(
             thread,
             threadPermissions.EDIT_PERMISSIONS,
           );
         } else if (tab === 'delete') {
           return threadHasPermission(thread, threadPermissions.DELETE_THREAD);
         } else if (tab === 'relationship') {
           return true;
         }
         invariant(false, `invalid tab: ${tab}`);
       },
       [],
     );
 
     React.useEffect(() => {
       if (
         threadInfo &&
         currentTabType !== 'general' &&
         !hasPermissionForTab(threadInfo, currentTabType)
       ) {
         setCurrentTabType('general');
       }
     }, [currentTabType, hasPermissionForTab, threadInfo]);
 
+    React.useEffect(() => () => setErrorMessage(''), [currentTabType]);
+
     if (!threadInfo) {
       return (
         <Modal onClose={modalContext.popModal} name="Invalid chat">
           <div className={css.modal_body}>
             <p>You no longer have permission to view this chat</p>
           </div>
         </Modal>
       );
     }
 
     const tabs = [
       <Tabs.Item id="general" header="General" key="general">
         <div className={css.tab_body}>
           <ThreadSettingsGeneralTab
             threadSettingsOperationInProgress={changeInProgress}
             threadInfo={threadInfo}
             threadNamePlaceholder={namePlaceholder}
             queuedChanges={queuedChanges}
             setQueuedChanges={setQueuedChanges}
             setErrorMessage={setErrorMessage}
             errorMessage={errorMessage}
           />
         </div>
       </Tabs.Item>,
     ];
 
     // This UI needs to be updated to handle sidebars but we haven't gotten
     // there yet. We'll probably end up ripping it out anyways, so for now we
     // are just hiding the privacy tab for any thread that was created as a
     // sidebar
     const canSeePrivacyTab =
       (queuedChanges['parentThreadID'] ?? threadInfo['parentThreadID']) &&
       !threadInfo.sourceMessageID &&
       (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD ||
         threadInfo.type === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD);
     if (canSeePrivacyTab) {
       tabs.push(
         <Tabs.Item id="privacy" header="Privacy" key="privacy">
           <div className={css.tab_body}>
             <ThreadSettingsPrivacyTab
               threadSettingsOperationInProgress={changeInProgress}
               threadInfo={threadInfo}
               queuedChanges={queuedChanges}
               setQueuedChanges={setQueuedChanges}
               setErrorMessage={setErrorMessage}
               errorMessage={errorMessage}
             />
           </div>
         </Tabs.Item>,
       );
     }
 
     if (availableRelationshipActions.length > 0 && otherUserInfo) {
       tabs.push(
         <Tabs.Item id="relationship" header="Relationship" key="relationship">
           <div className={css.tab_body}>
             <ThreadSettingsRelationshipTab
               setErrorMessage={setErrorMessage}
               relationshipButtons={availableRelationshipActions}
               otherUserInfo={otherUserInfo}
             />
             <div className={css.modal_form_error}>{errorMessage}</div>
           </div>
         </Tabs.Item>,
       );
     }
 
     const canDeleteThread = hasPermissionForTab(threadInfo, 'delete');
     if (canDeleteThread) {
       tabs.push(
         <Tabs.Item id="delete" header="Delete" key="delete">
           <div className={css.tab_body}>
             <ThreadSettingsDeleteTab
               threadSettingsOperationInProgress={changeInProgress}
               threadInfo={threadInfo}
               setErrorMessage={setErrorMessage}
               errorMessage={errorMessage}
             />
           </div>
         </Tabs.Item>,
       );
     }
 
     return (
       <Modal
         name="Chat settings"
         onClose={modalContext.popModal}
         icon="settings"
         size="fit-content"
       >
         <div className={css.modal_body}>
           <Tabs.Container activeTab={currentTabType} setTab={setCurrentTabType}>
             {tabs}
           </Tabs.Container>
         </div>
       </Modal>
     );
   },
 );
 
 export default ConnectedThreadSettingsModal;