diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/agents/agents_page.dart b/mobile/lib/features/agents/agents_page.dart
index a1077c8a4a7..c5d531c54d3 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/agents/agents_page.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/agents/agents_page.dart
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import '../../shared/community/community_provider.dart';
 import '../../shared/me/default_agent.dart';
 import '../../shared/hosted/hosted_flow.dart';
 import '../../shared/hosted/hosted_flow_provider.dart';
+import '../../shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import '../../shared/identity_names/identity_names_provider.dart';
 import '../../shared/mentions/agent_identity_provider.dart';
 import '../../shared/profile/user_cache_provider.dart';
@@ -317,12 +318,22 @@ class AgentsPage extends HookConsumerWidget {
     final owned =
         registered.data ??
         (lastOwned.value?.$1 == scope ? lastOwned.value?.$2 : null);
-    final keys = {
-      ...?owned,
-      for (final entry
-          in ownedDirectory.asData?.value ?? <AgentDirectoryEntry>[])
-        entry.pubkey,
-    }.where((key) => !controller.deletedAgents.contains(key)).toList();
+    // Archived agents are not offered, as on desktop, where archiving an
+    // agent takes it out of the library.
+    final archived = ref.watch(hiddenArchivedIdentitiesProvider);
+    final keys =
+        {
+              ...?owned,
+              for (final entry
+                  in ownedDirectory.asData?.value ?? <AgentDirectoryEntry>[])
+                entry.pubkey,
+            }
+            .where(
+              (key) =>
+                  !controller.deletedAgents.contains(key) &&
+                  !archived.contains(key),
+            )
+            .toList();
     final names = watchIdentityNames(
       ref,
       keys,
@@ -363,6 +374,9 @@ class AgentsPage extends HookConsumerWidget {
       if (context.mounted) {
         attempt.value++;
         ref.invalidate(ownedAgentDirectoryProvider);
+        // A refresh also rereads archives: an agent restored elsewhere
+        // reappears, and one archived elsewhere leaves.
+        ref.invalidate(identityArchivesProvider);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_actions_sheet.dart b/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_actions_sheet.dart
index de5d0c482b7..c8894123eb3 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_actions_sheet.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_actions_sheet.dart
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/theme/buzz_icons.dart';
 
 import '../../shared/clipboard_utils.dart';
+import '../../shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import '../../shared/identity_names/identity_names_provider.dart';
 import 'dm_channel_labels.dart';
 import '../../shared/mentions/agent_identity_provider.dart';
diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_detail_page.dart b/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_detail_page.dart
index 0790f1e4219..02b2383269f 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_detail_page.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_detail_page.dart
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import 'package:scrollable_positioned_list/scrollable_positioned_list.dart';
 
 import '../../shared/agents/owned_agent_directory.dart';
 import '../../shared/emoji/emoji_burst.dart';
-import '../../shared/me/me_archived_agents.dart';
+import '../../shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import '../../shared/me/me_assistants.dart';
 import '../../shared/me/me_sync.dart';
 import '../../shared/me/me_search_placement.dart';
diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_detail_page/huddle_agent_connection.dart b/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_detail_page/huddle_agent_connection.dart
index 40aeca288f8..3ba3b937a92 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_detail_page/huddle_agent_connection.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_detail_page/huddle_agent_connection.dart
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Future<void> _openMobileHuddle({
     final channel = ref.read(channelByIdProvider(invite.parentChannelId));
     if (ref.read(dmVoiceCandidateProvider(invite.parentChannelId)) != null) {
       ref.invalidate(ownedAgentDirectoryProvider);
-      ref.invalidate(meArchivedAgentsProvider);
+      ref.invalidate(identityArchivesProvider);
       final agents = await ref.read(ownedCodexVoiceAgentsProvider.future);
       if (!context.mounted) return;
       final agent = dmVoiceAgent(
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Future<void> _openMobileHuddle({
           );
           if (!confirmed || !context.mounted) return;
           ref.invalidate(ownedAgentDirectoryProvider);
-          ref.invalidate(meArchivedAgentsProvider);
+          ref.invalidate(identityArchivesProvider);
           final currentAgents = await ref.read(
             ownedCodexVoiceAgentsProvider.future,
           );
diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_details_page.dart b/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_details_page.dart
index 3bd79c05b0d..3f005bd1da5 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_details_page.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_details_page.dart
@@ -151,7 +151,19 @@ class ChannelDetailsPage extends HookConsumerWidget {
         membersAsync.value?.length ?? resolvedChannel.memberCount;
     final memberLabel =
         '$memberCount ${memberCount == 1 ? 'member' : 'members'}';
-    final previewMembers = members.take(_channelMemberPreviewLimit).toList();
+    // People, agents, then known-archived people and agents, as in the
+    // members sheet.
+    final archived = ref.watch(hiddenArchivedIdentitiesProvider);
+    bool isArchived(ChannelMember member) =>
+        archived.contains(member.pubkey.toLowerCase());
+    final previewMembers = [
+      for (final archivedPart in [false, true])
+        for (final bot in [false, true])
+          ...members.where(
+            (member) =>
+                member.isBot == bot && isArchived(member) == archivedPart,
+          ),
+    ].take(_channelMemberPreviewLimit).toList();
     final userCache = ref.watch(userCacheProvider);
     final memberLabels = watchChannelIdentityLabels(
       ref,
@@ -450,6 +462,7 @@ class ChannelDetailsPage extends HookConsumerWidget {
                     contextualLabel: memberLabels[member.pubkey.toLowerCase()],
                     avatarUrl:
                         userCache[member.pubkey.toLowerCase()]?.avatarUrl,
+                    isArchived: isArchived(member),
                   ),
                 if (memberCount > _channelMemberPreviewLimit)
                   AppListRowRaw(
@@ -738,6 +751,7 @@ class _ChannelMemberPreviewRow extends StatelessWidget {
     required this.displayName,
     required this.contextualLabel,
     required this.avatarUrl,
+    this.isArchived = false,
   });
 
   final ChannelMember member;
@@ -749,6 +763,9 @@ class _ChannelMemberPreviewRow extends StatelessWidget {
   final String? contextualLabel;
   final String? avatarUrl;
 
+  /// Known-archived: the row says so, in text a screen reader reads too.
+  final bool isArchived;
+
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     final isSelf = member.pubkey.toLowerCase() == currentPubkey?.toLowerCase();
@@ -765,7 +782,9 @@ class _ChannelMemberPreviewRow extends StatelessWidget {
     final initial = isSelf || hasName
         ? name[0].toUpperCase()
         : (member.pubkey.isNotEmpty ? member.pubkey[0].toUpperCase() : '?');
-    final roleLabel = _channelMemberRoleLabel(member.role);
+    final roleLabel = isArchived
+        ? 'Archived \u00b7 ${_channelMemberRoleLabel(member.role)}'
+        : _channelMemberRoleLabel(member.role);
     final titleStyle = context.textTheme.bodyLarge;
     final roleStyle = context.textTheme.bodySmall?.copyWith(
       color: context.colors.onSurfaceVariant,
diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/channels/dm_voice_agent_provider.dart b/mobile/lib/features/channels/dm_voice_agent_provider.dart
index bb4b25cf316..48b08bf64ea 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/channels/dm_voice_agent_provider.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/channels/dm_voice_agent_provider.dart
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
 
 import '../../shared/agents/owned_agent_directory.dart';
-import '../../shared/me/me_archived_agents.dart';
+import '../../shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import '../../shared/me/me_sync.dart';
 import '../../shared/relay/relay.dart';
 import '../../shared/mentions/agent_identity_provider.dart';
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import 'channels_provider.dart';
 /// adds no inventory read.
 final ownedCodexVoiceAgentsProvider = FutureProvider<Set<String>>((ref) async {
   ref.watch(_voiceInventoryChangesProvider);
-  final archived = ref.watch(meArchivedAgentsProvider.future);
+  final archived = ref.watch(identityArchivesProvider.future);
   final owned = await ref.watch(ownedAgentDirectoryProvider.future);
   final hidden = await archived;
   return {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ final _voiceInventoryChangesProvider = Provider.autoDispose<void>((ref) {
         NostrFilter(kinds: const [30177], authors: [sync.pubkey], limit: 0),
         (_) {
           if (!disposed) ref.invalidate(ownedAgentDirectoryProvider);
-          ref.invalidate(meArchivedAgentsProvider);
+          ref.invalidate(identityArchivesProvider);
         },
       );
       if (disposed) unsubscribe?.call();
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Future<String?> resolveDmVoiceAgent(Ref ref, String parentChannelId) async {
     return null;
   }
   ref.invalidate(ownedAgentDirectoryProvider);
-  ref.invalidate(meArchivedAgentsProvider);
+  ref.invalidate(identityArchivesProvider);
   final agents = await ref.read(ownedCodexVoiceAgentsProvider.future);
   final agent = dmVoiceAgent(channel, ref.read(currentPubkeyProvider), agents);
   if (agent == null) {
diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/channels/members_sheet.dart b/mobile/lib/features/channels/members_sheet.dart
index 7650713200a..43fe47ff9d0 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/channels/members_sheet.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/channels/members_sheet.dart
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_hooks/flutter_hooks.dart';
 import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/theme/buzz_icons.dart';
 
+import '../../shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import '../../shared/theme/theme.dart';
 import '../../shared/widgets/sheet_action_section.dart';
 import '../../shared/widgets/avatar_image.dart';
@@ -37,8 +38,24 @@ class MembersSheet extends HookConsumerWidget {
   Widget build(BuildContext context, WidgetRef ref) {
     final membersAsync = ref.watch(channelMembersProvider(channel.id));
     final allMembers = membersAsync.asData?.value ?? const <ChannelMember>[];
-    final people = allMembers.where((member) => !member.isBot).toList();
-    final bots = allMembers.where((member) => member.isBot).toList();
+    // Known-archived members leave People and Agents for their own section
+    // after both: archived people, then archived agents, in the relay's order.
+    final archived = ref.watch(hiddenArchivedIdentitiesProvider);
+    bool isArchived(ChannelMember member) =>
+        archived.contains(member.pubkey.toLowerCase());
+    final people = [
+      for (final member in allMembers)
+        if (!member.isBot && !isArchived(member)) member,
+    ];
+    final bots = [
+      for (final member in allMembers)
+        if (member.isBot && !isArchived(member)) member,
+    ];
+    final archivedMembers = [
+      for (final bot in [false, true])
+        for (final member in allMembers)
+          if (member.isBot == bot && isArchived(member)) member,
+    ];
     final userCache = ref.watch(userCacheProvider);
     final typingBotPubkeys = ref.watch(workingBotPubkeysProvider(channel.id));
     final statusCache = ref.watch(userStatusCacheProvider);
@@ -89,6 +106,28 @@ class MembersSheet extends HookConsumerWidget {
       return null;
     }, [allMembers.length]);
 
+    Widget tile(ChannelMember member) {
+      final key = member.pubkey.toLowerCase();
+      final working = member.isBot && typingBotPubkeys.contains(key);
+      return _MemberTile(
+        member: member,
+        currentPubkey: currentPubkey,
+        profile: userCache[key],
+        canManage: canManage,
+        isArchived: isArchived(member),
+        isSelf: !member.isBot && key == currentPubkey?.toLowerCase(),
+        channelId: channel.id,
+        userStatus: member.isBot ? null : statusCache[key],
+        isWorking: working,
+        onViewActivity: member.isBot ? () => openActivity(member) : null,
+        onActivityTap: member.isBot
+            ? (working ? () => openActivity(member) : null)
+            : onMemberTap == null
+            ? null
+            : () => onMemberTap!(context, member.pubkey),
+      );
+    }
+
     return Padding(
       key: const ValueKey('members-sheet-content-padding'),
       padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(Grid.gutter, 0, Grid.gutter, 0),
@@ -102,54 +141,19 @@ class MembersSheet extends HookConsumerWidget {
             shrinkWrap: true,
             slivers: [
               const SliverToBoxAdapter(child: SizedBox(height: Grid.xxs)),
-              if (people.isNotEmpty)
-                _MemberSection(
-                  label: 'People · ${people.length}',
-                  itemCount: people.length,
-                  itemBuilder: (context, index) {
-                    final member = people[index];
-                    return _MemberTile(
-                      member: member,
-                      currentPubkey: currentPubkey,
-                      profile: userCache[member.pubkey.toLowerCase()],
-                      canManage: canManage,
-                      isSelf:
-                          member.pubkey.toLowerCase() ==
-                          currentPubkey?.toLowerCase(),
-                      channelId: channel.id,
-                      userStatus: statusCache[member.pubkey.toLowerCase()],
-                      onActivityTap: onMemberTap == null
-                          ? null
-                          : () => onMemberTap!(context, member.pubkey),
-                    );
-                  },
-                ),
-              if (bots.isNotEmpty)
-                _MemberSection(
-                  label: 'Agents · ${bots.length}',
-                  semanticIndexOffset: people.length,
-                  itemCount: bots.length,
-                  itemBuilder: (context, index) {
-                    final bot = bots[index];
-                    return _MemberTile(
-                      member: bot,
-                      currentPubkey: currentPubkey,
-                      profile: userCache[bot.pubkey.toLowerCase()],
-                      canManage: canManage,
-                      isSelf: false,
-                      channelId: channel.id,
-                      isWorking: typingBotPubkeys.contains(
-                        bot.pubkey.toLowerCase(),
-                      ),
-                      onViewActivity: () => openActivity(bot),
-                      onActivityTap:
-                          typingBotPubkeys.contains(bot.pubkey.toLowerCase())
-                          ? () => openActivity(bot)
-                          : null,
-                    );
-                  },
-                ),
-              if (people.isEmpty && bots.isEmpty)
+              for (final (label, members, offset) in [
+                ('People', people, 0),
+                ('Agents', bots, people.length),
+                ('Archived', archivedMembers, people.length + bots.length),
+              ])
+                if (members.isNotEmpty)
+                  _MemberSection(
+                    label: '$label · ${members.length}',
+                    semanticIndexOffset: offset,
+                    itemCount: members.length,
+                    itemBuilder: (context, index) => tile(members[index]),
+                  ),
+              if (allMembers.isEmpty)
                 SliverToBoxAdapter(
                   child: Center(
                     child: Text(
@@ -196,6 +200,9 @@ class _MemberTile extends ConsumerWidget {
   final String? currentPubkey;
   final UserProfile? profile;
   final bool canManage;
+
+  /// Known-archived: the row says so, in text a screen reader reads too.
+  final bool isArchived;
   final bool isSelf;
   final String channelId;
   final bool isWorking;
@@ -208,6 +215,7 @@ class _MemberTile extends ConsumerWidget {
     required this.currentPubkey,
     required this.profile,
     required this.canManage,
+    this.isArchived = false,
     required this.isSelf,
     required this.channelId,
     this.isWorking = false,
@@ -240,7 +248,7 @@ class _MemberTile extends ConsumerWidget {
         isAgent: member.isBot || profile?.isAgent == true,
       ),
       title: Text(label),
-      subtitle: isWorking
+      subtitle: isWorking && !isArchived
           ? Row(
               mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
               children: [
@@ -259,7 +267,7 @@ class _MemberTile extends ConsumerWidget {
                 ),
               ],
             )
-          : userStatus != null && !userStatus!.isEmpty
+          : !isArchived && userStatus != null && !userStatus!.isEmpty
           ? Text(
               '${userStatus!.emoji.isNotEmpty ? '${userStatus!.emoji} ' : ''}${userStatus!.text}',
               style: context.textTheme.bodySmall?.copyWith(
@@ -269,7 +277,9 @@ class _MemberTile extends ConsumerWidget {
               overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
             )
           : Text(
-              _roleLabel(member.role),
+              isArchived
+                  ? 'Archived \u00b7 ${_roleLabel(member.role)}'
+                  : _roleLabel(member.role),
               style: context.textTheme.bodySmall?.copyWith(
                 color: context.colors.onSurfaceVariant,
               ),
diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/channels/mentions/mention_candidates_provider.dart b/mobile/lib/features/channels/mentions/mention_candidates_provider.dart
index 9826b3785cd..fa0015690a3 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/channels/mentions/mention_candidates_provider.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/channels/mentions/mention_candidates_provider.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
 
 import '../../../shared/agents/owned_agent_directory.dart';
 import '../../../shared/crypto/nip_oa.dart';
+import '../../../shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import '../../../shared/identity_names/identity_names.dart';
 import '../../../shared/identity_names/identity_names_provider.dart';
 import '../../../shared/mentions/agent_identity_provider.dart';
@@ -356,6 +357,9 @@ List<MentionCandidate> _chooserCandidates(
   final userCache = ref.watch(userCacheProvider);
   final currentPubkey = ref.watch(currentPubkeyProvider);
   final searches = ref.watch(mentionSearchCacheProvider);
+  // Removed before labels are scoped, so an archived namesake never adds a
+  // qualifier to a live name.
+  final archived = ref.watch(hiddenArchivedIdentitiesProvider);
 
   final sharedChannelIds = {
     for (final channel in channels)
@@ -384,7 +388,9 @@ List<MentionCandidate> _chooserCandidates(
       offerOwnedAgents: offerOwnedAgents,
       offerUnsharedAgents: offerUnsharedAgents,
     ))
-      if (isMentionKey(candidate.pubkey)) candidate,
+      if (isMentionKey(candidate.pubkey) &&
+          !archived.contains(candidate.pubkey))
+        candidate,
   ];
 
   // Admission does not gate the search: `@Mary J` can name a person
diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/search/search_page.dart b/mobile/lib/features/search/search_page.dart
index cc10d469582..cd852c94cfc 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/search/search_page.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/search/search_page.dart
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_hooks/flutter_hooks.dart';
 import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/theme/buzz_icons.dart';
+import '../../shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import '../../shared/identity_names/identity_names_provider.dart';
 import '../../shared/mentions/agent_identity_provider.dart';
 import '../../shared/mentions/mention_tags.dart';
@@ -327,12 +328,19 @@ class _SearchBody extends ConsumerWidget {
         filter == _SearchFilter.all || filter == _SearchFilter.people;
     final showMessages =
         filter == _SearchFilter.all || filter == _SearchFilter.messages;
+    // Known-archived people leave the results. The search asks for more
+    // people than are shown, so they do not push live people out.
+    final archived = ref.watch(hiddenArchivedIdentitiesProvider);
+    final people = state.userResults
+        .where((user) => !archived.contains(user.pubkey.toLowerCase()))
+        .take(searchPeopleShown)
+        .toList();
 
     // Only the active tab's results count, so a tab with none of its own
     // says so rather than showing a blank list.
     final hasAnyResults =
         (showChannels && state.channelResults.isNotEmpty) ||
-        (showPeople && state.userResults.isNotEmpty) ||
+        (showPeople && people.isNotEmpty) ||
         (showMessages && state.messageResults.isNotEmpty);
     void recordResultSelection() =>
         ref.read(recentSearchesProvider.notifier).record(state.query);
@@ -388,9 +396,9 @@ class _SearchBody extends ConsumerWidget {
                 SliverToBoxAdapter(
                   child: _ChannelSearchFailed(onRetry: retryChannels),
                 ),
-              if (showPeople && state.userResults.isNotEmpty)
+              if (showPeople && people.isNotEmpty)
                 _PeopleSection(
-                  users: state.userResults,
+                  users: people,
                   onResultSelected: recordResultSelection,
                 ),
               if (showMessages && state.messageResults.isNotEmpty)
diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/search/search_provider.dart b/mobile/lib/features/search/search_provider.dart
index 3b920f47ab1..0f44c93cc8f 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/search/search_provider.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/search/search_provider.dart
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ bool _searchesOpenChannels(String query) => _channelNeedle(query).isNotEmpty;
 /// Most channel rows one query shows, ranked best first.
 const searchChannelResultLimit = 8;
 
+/// Most people rows one query shows.
+const searchPeopleShown = 8;
+
 /// How long a loaded open-channel directory serves searches before the next
 /// search reads it again, as desktop's `PUBLIC_CHANNEL_PAGE_TTL` does.
 const searchDirectoryMaxAge = Duration(seconds: 30);
@@ -380,12 +383,16 @@ class SearchNotifier extends Notifier<SearchState> {
     }
   }
 
+  /// People asked of the directory search: more than [searchPeopleShown],
+  /// so archived people the page leaves out do not leave it short.
+  static const _peopleSearchLimit = 3 * searchPeopleShown;
+
   Future<void> _searchUsers(String query, int generation) async {
     List<DirectoryUser>? users;
     try {
       users = await ref
           .read(channelActionsProvider)
-          .searchUsers(query, limit: 8);
+          .searchUsers(query, limit: _peopleSearchLimit);
     } catch (_) {
       // User search failure is non-critical — keep existing results.
     }
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/me/me_archived_agents.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart
similarity index 62%
rename from mobile/lib/shared/me/me_archived_agents.dart
rename to mobile/lib/shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart
index 66b48944660..f1428f6b82d 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/me/me_archived_agents.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart
@@ -7,19 +7,20 @@ import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
 
 import '../relay/relay.dart';
-import 'me_sync.dart';
+import '../me/me_sync.dart';
 
-final meRelayInformationClientProvider = Provider<http.Client>((ref) {
+final relayInformationClientProvider = Provider<http.Client>((ref) {
   final client = http.Client();
   ref.onDispose(client.close);
   return client;
 });
 
-/// Matches desktop's known-archived filtering. Unknown archive evidence does
-/// not hide identities; this is presentation, never ownership or admission.
-final meArchivedAgentsProvider = FutureProvider<Set<String>>((ref) async {
+/// The identities this relay's NIP-IA archive list (kind 13535) names, never
+/// the viewer: an archive stays visible to its subject. Empty when the list
+/// cannot be read. This is presentation, never ownership or admission.
+final identityArchivesProvider = FutureProvider<Set<String>>((ref) async {
   final sync = ref.watch(meSyncProvider);
-  final client = ref.watch(meRelayInformationClientProvider);
+  final client = ref.watch(relayInformationClientProvider);
   try {
     final uri = Uri.parse(sync.community);
     final response = await client
@@ -61,12 +62,36 @@ final meArchivedAgentsProvider = FutureProvider<Set<String>>((ref) async {
       timeout: const Duration(seconds: 3),
     );
     sync.check();
-    return await _parseArchives(events, authority);
+    return (await _parseArchives(events, authority))..remove(sync.pubkey);
   } catch (_) {
     return {};
   }
 });
 
+/// [identityArchivesProvider] with the relay configuration (community and
+/// account) it was read for.
+final _scopedArchivesProvider = FutureProvider<(RelayConfig, Set<String>)>((
+  ref,
+) async {
+  final config = ref.watch(relayConfigProvider);
+  return (config, await ref.watch(identityArchivesProvider.future));
+});
+
+/// Identities to leave out of forward-looking choices (pickers, search and
+/// the Agents page), as desktop's `archiveHides`: the known-archived ones.
+/// None while the archive list loads or cannot be read. History (messages,
+/// activity, profiles) keeps showing archived identities.
+///
+/// A refresh keeps the last known set, but after a community or account
+/// switch the previous set does not apply: nobody is hidden until the new
+/// community's list arrives.
+final hiddenArchivedIdentitiesProvider = Provider<Set<String>>((ref) {
+  final config = ref.watch(relayConfigProvider);
+  final known = ref.watch(_scopedArchivesProvider).value;
+  if (known == null || !identical(known.$1, config)) return const {};
+  return known.$2;
+});
+
 Future<Set<String>> _parseArchives(List<NostrEvent> events, String authority) =>
     Isolate.run(() => _archived(events, authority));
 
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/me/me_assistants.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/me/me_assistants.dart
index 1f3913cc96a..077a054ab57 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/me/me_assistants.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/me/me_assistants.dart
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import '../agents/remote_agents.dart';
 import '../mentions/agent_identity_provider.dart';
 import '../relay/relay.dart';
 import 'me_agent_inventory.dart';
-import 'me_archived_agents.dart';
+import '../identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import 'me_sync.dart';
 
 /// The owner's current inventory, with verified ownership and desktop's
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ final meAssistantsProvider = FutureProvider<List<AgentDirectoryEntry>>((
   ref.watch(remoteAgentRegistrationRevisionProvider);
   // Refresh archive evidence with the inventory, including explicit retries.
   // Ordinary sheet openings reuse this provider's completed directory.
-  final archivedRequest = ref.refresh(meArchivedAgentsProvider.future);
+  final archivedRequest = ref.refresh(identityArchivesProvider.future);
   final inventory = await loadMeAgentInventory(sync);
   sync.check();
   final profiles = await _loadProfiles(sync, inventory.keys.toList());
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/agents/agent_ordering_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/agents/agent_ordering_test.dart
index 3fff34201aa..b6c82acbe90 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/agents/agent_ordering_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/agents/agent_ordering_test.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import 'package:buzz/features/agents/agent_card.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/features/agents/agents_page.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/profile/user_cache_provider.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/profile/user_profile.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
 
@@ -37,4 +39,46 @@ void main() {
       ['aardvark', 'alpha'],
     );
   });
+
+  testWidgets('leaves archived agents out of the directory until restored', (
+    tester,
+  ) async {
+    final h = await AgentsHarness.create();
+    final existing = existingDesktopKeys.public;
+    var archived = {fakeAgent};
+    await h.open(
+      tester,
+      directory: [existing, fakeAgent],
+      overrides: [
+        identityArchivesProvider.overrideWith((ref) async => archived),
+      ],
+    );
+    final container = ProviderScope.containerOf(
+      tester.element(find.byType(AgentsPage)),
+    );
+    final profiles = container.read(userCacheProvider.notifier);
+    profiles.put(UserProfile(pubkey: existing, displayName: 'Zulu'));
+    profiles.put(UserProfile(pubkey: fakeAgent, displayName: 'alpha'));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    expect(
+      tester
+          .widgetList<AgentCard>(find.byType(AgentCard))
+          .map((card) => card.name),
+      ['Zulu'],
+    );
+    // Restored elsewhere: pulling to refresh rereads the archive list.
+    archived = {};
+    await tester.fling(
+      find.byType(CustomScrollView).first,
+      const Offset(0, 400),
+      1000,
+    );
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    expect(
+      tester
+          .widgetList<AgentCard>(find.byType(AgentCard))
+          .map((card) => card.name),
+      ['alpha', 'Zulu'],
+    );
+  });
 }
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/channels/add_members_sheet_names_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/channels/add_members_sheet_names_test.dart
index 1a7e90e6830..5b357a5b123 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/channels/add_members_sheet_names_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/channels/add_members_sheet_names_test.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:buzz/features/channels/add_members_sheet.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/features/channels/channel_management_provider.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/profile/user_cache_provider.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/profile/user_profile.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/relay/relay.dart';
@@ -190,4 +191,67 @@ void main() {
       ]);
     },
   );
+
+  testWidgets(
+    'leaves out an archived namesake, and shows both while archives are unknown',
+    (tester) async {
+      final live = 'a' * 64;
+      final archived = 'b' * 64;
+      Future<List<String>> shownScouts(
+        Future<Set<String>> Function() archives,
+      ) async {
+        await tester.pumpWidget(
+          ProviderScope(
+            // A new scope per case, so no state is carried between them.
+            key: UniqueKey(),
+            overrides: [
+              userCacheProvider.overrideWith(_RecordingUserCache.new),
+              channelMembersProvider('channel').overrideWith((ref) async => []),
+              relaySessionProvider.overrideWith(
+                () => RecipientDirectorySession(
+                  {live: 'Scout', archived: 'Scout'},
+                  agents: {live, archived},
+                ),
+              ),
+              identityArchivesProvider.overrideWith((ref) => archives()),
+            ],
+            child: MaterialApp(
+              theme: AppTheme.light(),
+              home: const Scaffold(
+                body: AddChannelMembersSheet(
+                  channelId: 'channel',
+                  existingPubkeys: {},
+                ),
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+        );
+        await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+        await tester.enterText(
+          find.byKey(const ValueKey('add-channel-members-search')),
+          'Scout',
+        );
+        await tester.pump();
+        await tester.pump(const Duration(milliseconds: 300));
+        await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+        return [
+          for (final text in tester.widgetList<Text>(find.byType(Text)))
+            if (text.data?.startsWith('Scout') == true) text.data!,
+        ];
+      }
+
+      // The archived agent is not offered, and the live one keeps its
+      // plain name: a hidden namesake adds no qualifier.
+      expect(await shownScouts(() async => {archived}), ['Scout']);
+
+      // A failed archive read hides no one: both agents are offered, told
+      // apart from each other.
+      final unknown = await shownScouts(
+        () => Future.error(StateError('relay information unavailable')),
+      );
+      expect(unknown, hasLength(2));
+      expect(unknown.toSet(), hasLength(2));
+      expect(unknown, isNot(contains('Scout')));
+    },
+  );
 }
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/channels/channel_detail_page_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/channels/channel_detail_page_test.dart
index 7757af969f0..bd23e37ae44 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/channels/channel_detail_page_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/channels/channel_detail_page_test.dart
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ import 'package:buzz/shared/agents/owned_agent_directory.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/profile/user_cache_provider.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/profile/user_profile.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/features/profile/user_profile_sheet.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/identity_names/identity_names.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/community/community_provider.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/emoji/emoji_burst.dart';
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ Widget _buildTestable({
   Future<Map<String, String>> Function()? loadAgentOwners,
   UserCacheNotifier? userCacheNotifier,
   List<ChannelMember> members = const [],
+  Set<String>? archived,
   List<ChannelMember> huddleMembers = const [],
   _MutableHuddleMembersNotifier? huddleMembersNotifier,
   Channel? channel,
@@ -326,6 +328,8 @@ Widget _buildTestable({
     retry: providerRetry ?? (disableRetries ? (_, _) => null : null),
     overrides: [
       ownedCodexVoiceAgentsProvider.overrideWith((ref) async => voiceAgents),
+      if (archived != null)
+        identityArchivesProvider.overrideWith((ref) async => archived),
       if (bestie != null)
         defaultAgentProvider.overrideWith((ref) => Stream.value(bestie)),
       if (sender != null) sendMessageProvider.overrideWithValue(sender),
@@ -4642,6 +4646,61 @@ void main() {
       expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
     });
 
+    testWidgets('previews archived members after live ones, marked', (
+      tester,
+    ) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        _buildTestable(
+          messages: const [],
+          archived: {'alice'},
+          members: [
+            for (final (key, role, name) in [
+              ('self', 'owner', 'Self'),
+              ('alice', 'member', 'Alice'),
+              ('agent', 'bot', 'Agent'),
+              ('bob', 'member', 'Bob'),
+            ])
+              ChannelMember(
+                pubkey: key,
+                role: role,
+                joinedAt: DateTime(2025),
+                displayName: name,
+              ),
+          ],
+        ),
+      );
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      await tester.tap(
+        find.byKey(const ValueKey('channel-header-settings-trigger')),
+      );
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+      final rows = [
+        // People, agents, then archived Alice, as in the members sheet.
+        for (final key in ['self', 'bob', 'agent', 'alice'])
+          find.byKey(ValueKey('channel-details-member-$key')),
+      ];
+      final tops = [for (final row in rows) tester.getTopLeft(row).dy];
+      expect(tops, orderedEquals([...tops]..sort()));
+      expect(
+        find.descendant(
+          of: rows[3],
+          matching: find.textContaining(
+            'Archived \u00b7 Member',
+            findRichText: true,
+          ),
+        ),
+        findsOne,
+      );
+      expect(
+        find.descendant(
+          of: rows[1],
+          matching: find.textContaining('Archived', findRichText: true),
+        ),
+        findsNothing,
+      );
+    });
+
     testWidgets('previews five members before an icon-free See all row', (
       tester,
     ) async {
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/channels/members_sheet_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/channels/members_sheet_test.dart
index e464d9efebe..da90fad951f 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/channels/members_sheet_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/channels/members_sheet_test.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import 'package:buzz/features/channels/channel_management_provider.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/features/channels/members_sheet.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/features/profile/user_status.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/features/profile/user_status_cache_provider.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/identity_names/identity_names.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/profile/user_cache_provider.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/profile/user_profile.dart';
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ Future<void> _pump(
   WidgetTester tester,
   List<ChannelMember> members, {
   ValueChanged<String>? onTap,
+  Set<String> archived = const {},
+  Set<String> working = const {},
 }) async {
   final names = IdentityNameSources.empty.scope(
     members.map((m) => m.pubkey),
@@ -46,7 +49,8 @@ Future<void> _pump(
         channelIdentityNamesProvider('channel').overrideWith((ref) => names),
         userCacheProvider.overrideWith(_Cache.new),
         userStatusCacheProvider.overrideWith(_Statuses.new),
-        workingBotPubkeysProvider('channel').overrideWith((ref) => {}),
+        workingBotPubkeysProvider('channel').overrideWith((ref) => working),
+        identityArchivesProvider.overrideWith((ref) async => archived),
       ],
       child: MaterialApp(
         theme: AppTheme.light(),
@@ -72,7 +76,13 @@ Future<void> _pump(
       ),
     ),
   );
-  await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+  if (working.isEmpty) {
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+  } else {
+    // A working indicator animates forever, so settle the data only.
+    await tester.pump();
+    await tester.pump();
+  }
 }
 
 List<ChannelMember> _roster(int people, int bots) => [
@@ -160,6 +170,54 @@ void main() {
     expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
   });
 
+  testWidgets('archived members get their own section and say so', (
+    tester,
+  ) async {
+    final semantics = tester.ensureSemantics();
+    // Person 1 and Agent 3 are archived.
+    await _pump(
+      tester,
+      _roster(3, 2),
+      archived: {_key(1), _key(3)},
+      working: {_key(3), _key(4)},
+    );
+    List<String> titles() => [
+      for (final tile in tester.widgetList<ListTile>(find.byType(ListTile)))
+        (tile.title! as Text).data!,
+    ];
+    // Archived people, then archived agents, after People and Agents.
+    expect(find.text('People \u00b7 2'), findsOne);
+    expect(find.text('Agents \u00b7 1'), findsOne);
+    expect(find.text('Archived \u00b7 2'), findsOne);
+    expect(titles(), ['You', 'Person 2', 'Agent 4', 'Person 1', 'Agent 3']);
+    expect(
+      tester.getTopLeft(find.text('Archived \u00b7 2')).dy,
+      greaterThan(tester.getTopLeft(find.text('Agent 4')).dy),
+    );
+    String subtitle(String name) =>
+        ((tester
+                    .widget<ListTile>(
+                      find.ancestor(
+                        of: find.text(name),
+                        matching: find.byType(ListTile),
+                      ),
+                    )
+                    .subtitle)!
+                as Text)
+            .data!;
+    expect(subtitle('Person 1'), 'Archived \u00b7 Member');
+    // An archived agent says Archived even while it reads as working.
+    expect(subtitle('Agent 3'), 'Archived \u00b7 Agent');
+    expect(subtitle('Person 2'), 'Member');
+    expect(find.text('Working\u2026'), findsOne);
+    expect(find.bySemanticsLabel(RegExp(r'Person 1[\s\S]*Archived')), findsOne);
+    expect(
+      find.bySemanticsLabel(RegExp(r'Person 2[\s\S]*Archived')),
+      findsNothing,
+    );
+    semantics.dispose();
+  });
+
   testWidgets('owner actions stay available after lazy scrolling', (
     tester,
   ) async {
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/search/search_channels_journey_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/search/search_channels_journey_test.dart
index 09ae96f7652..8fbd5b793fc 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/search/search_channels_journey_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/search/search_channels_journey_test.dart
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import 'package:buzz/features/profile/profile_provider.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/features/search/recent_searches_provider.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/features/search/search_page.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/features/search/search_provider.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/profile/user_profile.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/relay/relay.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/widgets/buzz_loading_indicator.dart';
@@ -602,6 +603,56 @@ void main() {
       expect(find.text('ops-room'), findsOneWidget);
     },
   );
+
+  testWidgets('archived people do not crowd live people out of People', (
+    tester,
+  ) async {
+    // Tall enough that every row is built.
+    tester.view.physicalSize = const Size(800, 4000);
+    tester.view.devicePixelRatio = 1;
+    addTearDown(tester.view.reset);
+    final session = _HeldSession();
+    final actions = _HeldUserSearch();
+    // The relay ranks more archived matches first than the page shows.
+    final archived = [
+      for (var i = 0; i <= searchPeopleShown; i++) i.toRadixString(16) * 64,
+    ];
+    final live = [for (var i = 0; i < searchPeopleShown; i++) 'f$i' * 32];
+
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      WidgetHelpers.testable(
+        overrides: [
+          relayConfigProvider.overrideWith(_Community.new),
+          relaySessionProvider.overrideWith(() => session),
+          channelActionsProvider.overrideWith((ref) => actions),
+          channelsProvider.overrideWith(_NoMemberChannels.new),
+          recentSearchesProvider.overrideWith(_NoRecentSearches.new),
+          profileProvider.overrideWith(_Profile.new),
+          identityArchivesProvider.overrideWith((ref) async => {...archived}),
+        ],
+        child: const SearchPage(),
+      ),
+    );
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+    await tester.enterText(find.byType(TextField), 'scout');
+    await tester.pump(const Duration(milliseconds: 300));
+    for (final search in session.searches) {
+      search.complete(const []);
+    }
+    actions.searches.removeAt(0).complete([
+      for (final key in [...archived, ...live])
+        DirectoryUser(pubkey: key, displayName: 'Scout ${key.substring(0, 2)}'),
+    ]);
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+    for (final key in archived) {
+      expect(find.byKey(ValueKey('search-person-row-$key')), findsNothing);
+    }
+    for (final key in live) {
+      expect(find.byKey(ValueKey('search-person-row-$key')), findsOneWidget);
+    }
+  });
 }
 
 Channel _channel(String name, {required bool isMember}) => Channel(
@@ -645,11 +696,12 @@ class _HeldSession extends RelaySessionNotifier {
 class _HeldUserSearch implements ChannelActions {
   final searches = <Completer<List<DirectoryUser>>>[];
 
+  /// Answers with at most [limit] people, as the relay does.
   @override
   Future<List<DirectoryUser>> searchUsers(String query, {int limit = 8}) {
     final search = Completer<List<DirectoryUser>>();
     searches.add(search);
-    return search.future;
+    return search.future.then((users) => users.take(limit).toList());
   }
 
   @override
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/search/search_page_lazy_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/search/search_page_lazy_test.dart
index 56f88b74664..db087e0daf7 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/search/search_page_lazy_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/search/search_page_lazy_test.dart
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ void main() {
       await tester.pumpAndSettle();
       final key = category == 'Channels'
           ? 'search-channel-row-channel-29'
-          : 'search-person-row-person-29';
+          // The page shows at most [searchPeopleShown] people.
+          : 'search-person-row-person-${searchPeopleShown - 1}';
       final last = find.byKey(ValueKey(key));
       expect(last, findsNothing);
       await tester.scrollUntilVisible(
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/search/search_page_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/search/search_page_test.dart
index 4fa4b6c964c..291142ceec2 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/search/search_page_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/search/search_page_test.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:buzz/shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/widgets/buzz_agent_icon.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/features/channels/channel.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/features/channels/channel_detail_page.dart';
@@ -568,13 +569,20 @@ void main() {
   });
 
   testWidgets('same-name people results get distinct labels', (tester) async {
-    final first = 'a' * 64, second = 'b' * 64;
+    final first = 'a' * 64, second = 'b' * 64, archived = 'c' * 64;
+    // Tall enough that every row is built.
+    tester.view.physicalSize = const Size(800, 4000);
+    tester.view.devicePixelRatio = 1;
+    addTearDown(tester.view.reset);
     final state = SearchState(
       query: 'scout',
       channelResults: const [],
       userResults: [
+        DirectoryUser(pubkey: archived, displayName: 'Scout'),
         DirectoryUser(pubkey: first, displayName: 'Scout'),
         DirectoryUser(pubkey: second, displayName: 'Scout'),
+        for (var i = 0; i < 8; i++)
+          DirectoryUser(pubkey: '$i' * 64, displayName: 'Scout fan $i'),
       ],
       messageResults: const [],
     );
@@ -592,6 +600,7 @@ void main() {
               UserProfile(pubkey: first, displayName: 'Scout'),
             ),
           ),
+          identityArchivesProvider.overrideWith((ref) async => {archived}),
         ],
         child: const SearchPage(),
       ),
@@ -603,6 +612,19 @@ void main() {
         .data!;
     expect(title(first), isNot(title(second)));
     expect(title(first), isNot('Scout'));
+    // An archived person is left out, and does not take a live person's
+    // place among the eight rows shown.
+    final rows = find.byWidgetPredicate(
+      (widget) =>
+          widget.key is ValueKey<String> &&
+          (widget.key! as ValueKey<String>).value.startsWith(
+            'search-person-row-',
+          ),
+    );
+    expect(find.byKey(ValueKey('search-person-row-$archived')), findsNothing);
+    expect(rows, findsNWidgets(searchPeopleShown));
+    expect(find.byKey(ValueKey('search-person-row-${'5' * 64}')), findsOne);
+    expect(find.byKey(ValueKey('search-person-row-${'6' * 64}')), findsNothing);
   });
 
   testWidgets('uses compact content styles and keeps message time by author', (
diff --git a/mobile/test/shared/agents/remote_agents_test.dart b/mobile/test/shared/agents/remote_agents_test.dart
index 96ea0919cd2..68e35eb6b7c 100644
--- a/mobile/test/shared/agents/remote_agents_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/shared/agents/remote_agents_test.dart
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import 'package:buzz/shared/hosted/account_identity_store.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/hosted/builderlab_account.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/hosted/hosted_environment.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/hosted/hosted_relay_auth.dart';
-import 'package:buzz/shared/me/me_archived_agents.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/me/me_assistants.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/me/me_sync.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/relay/relay.dart';
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ void main() {
               RelayConfig(baseUrl: 'https://relay.test', nsec: fakeOwner.nsec),
             ),
           ),
-          meArchivedAgentsProvider.overrideWith((ref) async => {}),
+          identityArchivesProvider.overrideWith((ref) async => {}),
           remoteAgentControllerProvider.overrideWithValue(controller),
         ],
       );
diff --git a/mobile/test/shared/me/me_archived_agents_test.dart b/mobile/test/shared/identity_archives/identity_archives_test.dart
similarity index 55%
rename from mobile/test/shared/me/me_archived_agents_test.dart
rename to mobile/test/shared/identity_archives/identity_archives_test.dart
index 99a53534ba7..230a4c61898 100644
--- a/mobile/test/shared/me/me_archived_agents_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/shared/identity_archives/identity_archives_test.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:convert';
 
-import 'package:buzz/shared/me/me_archived_agents.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/me/me_sync.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/relay/relay.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ void main() {
               RelayConfig(baseUrl: 'https://relay.test', nsec: owner.nsec),
             ),
           ),
-          meRelayInformationClientProvider.overrideWithValue(client),
+          relayInformationClientProvider.overrideWithValue(client),
         ],
       );
       addTearDown(container.dispose);
       addTearDown(client.close);
-      expect(await container.read(meArchivedAgentsProvider.future), {target});
+      expect(await container.read(identityArchivesProvider.future), {target});
       expect(relay.author, authority.public);
       for (final invalid in [
         snapshot(impostor),
@@ -60,12 +60,79 @@ void main() {
         NostrEvent.fromJson(snapshot(authority).toJson()..['sig'] = '0' * 128),
       ]) {
         relay.event = invalid;
-        container.invalidate(meArchivedAgentsProvider);
-        expect(await container.read(meArchivedAgentsProvider.future), isEmpty);
+        container.invalidate(identityArchivesProvider);
+        expect(await container.read(identityArchivesProvider.future), isEmpty);
       }
       relay.event = snapshot(authority);
-      container.invalidate(meArchivedAgentsProvider);
-      expect(await container.read(meArchivedAgentsProvider.future), {target});
+      container.invalidate(identityArchivesProvider);
+      expect(await container.read(identityArchivesProvider.future), {target});
+    },
+  );
+
+  test(
+    'hides archived identities for the current community only, never the viewer',
+    () async {
+      final viewer = nostr.Keys.generate();
+      final other = nostr.Keys.generate();
+      final authority = nostr.Keys.generate();
+      final archivedInA = 'a' * 64;
+      final archivedInB = 'b' * 64;
+      NostrEvent snapshot(List<String> keys) => NostrEvent.fromJson(
+        nostr.Event.from(
+          kind: 13535,
+          content: '',
+          secretKey: authority.secret,
+          tags: [
+            ['-'],
+            for (final key in keys) ['p', key],
+          ],
+        ).toMap(),
+      );
+      // Community A's list also names the viewer, who must stay visible.
+      final relay = _ArchiveRelay(snapshot([archivedInA, viewer.public]));
+      final communityB = Completer<void>();
+      final client = MockClient((request) async {
+        if (request.url.host == 'b.test') await communityB.future;
+        return http.Response(jsonEncode({'self': authority.public}), 200);
+      });
+      final container = ProviderContainer(
+        overrides: [
+          relayConfigProvider.overrideWith(
+            () => _Config(
+              RelayConfig(baseUrl: 'https://a.test', nsec: viewer.nsec),
+            ),
+          ),
+          meSyncProvider.overrideWith(
+            (ref) => MeSync(relay, ref.watch(relayConfigProvider)),
+          ),
+          relayInformationClientProvider.overrideWithValue(client),
+        ],
+      );
+      addTearDown(container.dispose);
+      addTearDown(client.close);
+      container.listen(hiddenArchivedIdentitiesProvider, (_, _) {});
+      Future<Set<String>> settled() async {
+        await container.read(identityArchivesProvider.future);
+        await pumpEventQueue();
+        return container.read(hiddenArchivedIdentitiesProvider);
+      }
+
+      expect(await settled(), {archivedInA});
+      // A refresh in the same community keeps the known set meanwhile.
+      container.invalidate(identityArchivesProvider);
+      expect(container.read(hiddenArchivedIdentitiesProvider), {archivedInA});
+      expect(await settled(), {archivedInA});
+
+      // Switch community and account: A's list no longer applies, so nobody
+      // is hidden until B's list arrives.
+      relay.event = snapshot([archivedInB]);
+      container
+          .read(relayConfigProvider.notifier)
+          .update(baseUrl: 'https://b.test', nsec: other.nsec);
+      await pumpEventQueue();
+      expect(container.read(hiddenArchivedIdentitiesProvider), isEmpty);
+      communityB.complete();
+      expect(await settled(), {archivedInB});
     },
   );
 
@@ -85,7 +152,7 @@ void main() {
             RelayConfig(baseUrl: 'https://relay.test', nsec: owner.nsec),
           ),
         ),
-        meRelayInformationClientProvider.overrideWithValue(client),
+        relayInformationClientProvider.overrideWithValue(client),
       ],
     );
     addTearDown(container.dispose);
@@ -96,7 +163,7 @@ void main() {
     });
     addTearDown(trickle.cancel);
     final result = await container
-        .read(meArchivedAgentsProvider.future)
+        .read(identityArchivesProvider.future)
         .timeout(const Duration(seconds: 5));
     expect(result, isEmpty);
     expect(cancelled, isTrue);
@@ -119,12 +186,12 @@ void main() {
               RelayConfig(baseUrl: 'https://relay.test', nsec: owner.nsec),
             ),
           ),
-          meRelayInformationClientProvider.overrideWithValue(client),
+          relayInformationClientProvider.overrideWithValue(client),
         ],
       );
       addTearDown(container.dispose);
       addTearDown(client.close);
-      expect(await container.read(meArchivedAgentsProvider.future), isEmpty);
+      expect(await container.read(identityArchivesProvider.future), isEmpty);
       expect(relay.author, isNull);
     },
   );
@@ -144,3 +211,10 @@ class _ArchiveRelay extends RelaySessionNotifier {
     return [?event];
   }
 }
+
+class _Config extends RelayConfigNotifier {
+  _Config(this.initial);
+  final RelayConfig initial;
+  @override
+  RelayConfig build() => initial;
+}
diff --git a/mobile/test/shared/me/me_assistants_test.dart b/mobile/test/shared/me/me_assistants_test.dart
index b370edc86ac..90c805823a3 100644
--- a/mobile/test/shared/me/me_assistants_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/shared/me/me_assistants_test.dart
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import 'package:buzz/features/channels/dm_voice_agent_provider.dart';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/agents/owned_agent_directory.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/me/me_assistants.dart';
-import 'package:buzz/shared/me/me_archived_agents.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/me/me_agent_inventory.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/me/me_sync.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/relay/relay.dart';
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void main() {
       overrides: [
         relaySessionProvider.overrideWith(() => relay),
         meSyncProvider.overrideWithValue(sync),
-        meArchivedAgentsProvider.overrideWith((ref) async => archived),
+        identityArchivesProvider.overrideWith((ref) async => archived),
         if (viewer != null) myPubkeyProvider.overrideWithValue(viewer),
       ],
     );
diff --git a/mobile/test/shared/me/me_sync_test.dart b/mobile/test/shared/me/me_sync_test.dart
index 718a8666af2..8cde0fed64d 100644
--- a/mobile/test/shared/me/me_sync_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/shared/me/me_sync_test.dart
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import 'package:buzz/shared/crypto/nip44.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/me/me_groups.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/me/me_chat_creation.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/me/me_assistants.dart';
-import 'package:buzz/shared/me/me_archived_agents.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/shared/identity_archives/identity_archives.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/me/me_sync.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/me/me_recovery.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/relay/relay.dart';
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ void main() {
       final config = _Config(RelayConfig(baseUrl: origin, nsec: nsec));
       final container = ProviderContainer(
         overrides: [
-          meArchivedAgentsProvider.overrideWith((ref) async => {}),
+          identityArchivesProvider.overrideWith((ref) async => {}),
           relayConfigProvider.overrideWith(() => config),
           relaySessionProvider.overrideWith(() => relay),
           savedPrefsProvider.overrideWithValue(prefs),