diff --git a/class/blue-app.ts b/class/blue-app.ts
index fd983dc1e..9bd1e798e 100644
--- a/class/blue-app.ts
+++ b/class/blue-app.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ export type TCounterpartyMetadata = {
      * custom human-readable name we assign ourselves
      */
     label: string;
+    /**
+     * some counterparties cannot be deleted because they sent a notif tx onchain, so we just mark them as hidden when user deletes
+     */
+    hidden?: boolean;
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/loc/en.json b/loc/en.json
index d3cf3d62c..2692da545 100644
--- a/loc/en.json
+++ b/loc/en.json
@@ -634,6 +634,7 @@
     "pay_this_contact": "Pay this contact",
     "rename_contact": "Rename contact",
     "copy_payment_code": "Copy Payment Code",
+    "hide_contact": "Hide contact",
     "rename": "Rename",
     "provide_name": "Provide new name for this contact",
     "add_contact": "Add Contact",
diff --git a/screen/wallets/PaymentCodesList.tsx b/screen/wallets/PaymentCodesList.tsx
index 9bb716e01..ac0841264 100644
--- a/screen/wallets/PaymentCodesList.tsx
+++ b/screen/wallets/PaymentCodesList.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ enum Actions {
   pay,
   rename,
   copyToClipboard,
+  hide,
 }
 
 const actionKeys: Action[] = [
@@ -61,6 +62,14 @@ const actionKeys: Action[] = [
       iconValue: 'doc.on.doc',
     },
   },
+  {
+    id: Actions.hide,
+    text: loc.bip47.hide_contact,
+    icon: {
+      iconType: 'SYSTEM',
+      iconValue: 'eye.slash',
+    },
+  },
 ];
 
 function onlyUnique(value: any, index: number, self: any[]) {
@@ -160,6 +169,17 @@ export default function PaymentCodesList() {
 
       _navigateToSend(pc);
     }
+
+    if (String(id) === String(Actions.hide)) {
+      if (!(await confirm(loc.wallets.details_are_you_sure))) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      counterpartyMetadata[pc] = { label: counterpartyMetadata?.[pc]?.label ?? '', hidden: true };
+
+      setReload(Math.random());
+      await saveToDisk();
+    }
   };
 
   const _navigateToSend = (pc: string) => {
@@ -176,6 +196,8 @@ export default function PaymentCodesList() {
   };
 
   const renderItem = (pc: string) => {
+    if (counterpartyMetadata?.[pc]?.hidden) return null; // hidden contact, do not render
+
     const color = createHash('sha256').update(pc).digest().toString('hex').substring(0, 6);
 
     const displayName = shortenContactName(counterpartyMetadata?.[pc]?.label ?? pc);
@@ -229,6 +251,14 @@ export default function PaymentCodesList() {
     const foundWallet = wallets.find(w => w.getID() === walletID) as unknown as HDSegwitBech32Wallet;
     assert(foundWallet, 'Internal error: cant find walletID ' + walletID);
 
+    if (counterpartyMetadata[newPc]?.hidden) {
+      // contact already present, just need to unhide it
+      counterpartyMetadata[newPc].hidden = false;
+      await saveToDisk();
+      setReload(Math.random());
+      return;
+    }
+
     const cl = new ContactList();
 
     if (!cl.isPaymentCodeValid(newPc)) {
@@ -302,6 +332,7 @@ export default function PaymentCodesList() {
       } catch (_) {}
       setLoadingText('Fetching transactions...');
       await foundWallet.fetchTransactions();
+      setLoadingText('');
     }
   };