diff --git a/bitchat/Views/ContentSheetViews.swift b/bitchat/Views/ContentSheetViews.swift
index 4d9d5c5b..f8fb9411 100644
--- a/bitchat/Views/ContentSheetViews.swift
+++ b/bitchat/Views/ContentSheetViews.swift
@@ -393,6 +393,11 @@ private struct ContentPrivateChatSheetView: View {
             )
             .themedSurface()
             .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
+            // Swipe-right-to-leave lives on the message list only. On the
+            // whole sheet it preempted the composer's press-and-hold mic
+            // gesture (a high-priority ancestor drag cancels child gestures
+            // within milliseconds — same starvation as the image-reveal bug).
+            .highPriorityGesture(swipeToLeaveGesture)
 
             if !theme.usesGlassChrome {
                 Divider()
@@ -423,18 +428,19 @@ private struct ContentPrivateChatSheetView: View {
         }
         .themedSheetBackground()
         .foregroundColor(palette.primary)
-        .highPriorityGesture(
-            DragGesture(minimumDistance: 25, coordinateSpace: .local)
-                .onEnded { value in
-                    let horizontal = value.translation.width
-                    let vertical = abs(value.translation.height)
-                    guard horizontal > 80, vertical < 60 else { return }
-                    withAnimation(.easeInOut(duration: TransportConfig.uiAnimationMediumSeconds)) {
-                        showSidebar = true
-                        privateConversationModel.endConversation()
-                    }
+    }
+
+    private var swipeToLeaveGesture: some Gesture {
+        DragGesture(minimumDistance: 25, coordinateSpace: .local)
+            .onEnded { value in
+                let horizontal = value.translation.width
+                let vertical = abs(value.translation.height)
+                guard horizontal > 80, vertical < 60 else { return }
+                withAnimation(.easeInOut(duration: TransportConfig.uiAnimationMediumSeconds)) {
+                    showSidebar = true
+                    privateConversationModel.endConversation()
                 }
-        )
+            }
     }
 
     /// Persistent one-line reminder that this composer feeds a private