diff --git a/bitchat/Nostr/NostrRelayManager.swift b/bitchat/Nostr/NostrRelayManager.swift
index 91cfaec4..ed291838 100644
--- a/bitchat/Nostr/NostrRelayManager.swift
+++ b/bitchat/Nostr/NostrRelayManager.swift
@@ -298,6 +298,41 @@ final class NostrRelayManager: ObservableObject {
         torReadyWaitAttempts = 0
         updateConnectionStatus()
     }
+
+    /// Panic wipe reset: close sockets and drop every user/session-specific
+    /// relay intent without invoking old callbacks. Unlike `disconnect()`, this
+    /// must not preserve subscription replay state because geohash DM handlers
+    /// can capture pre-wipe Nostr private keys.
+    func resetForPanicWipe() {
+        connectionGeneration &+= 1
+        for (_, task) in connections {
+            task.cancel(with: .goingAway, reason: nil)
+        }
+        connections.removeAll()
+        subscriptions.removeAll()
+        pendingSubscriptions.removeAll()
+        messageHandlers.removeAll()
+        subscriptionRequestState.removeAll()
+        subscribeCoalesce.removeAll()
+        eoseTrackers.removeAll()
+        pendingEOSECallbacks.removeAll()
+        pendingTorConnectionURLs.removeAll()
+        awaitingTorForConnections = false
+        torReadyWaitAttempts = 0
+        recentInboundEventKeys.removeAll()
+        recentInboundEventKeyOrder.removeAll()
+        duplicateInboundEventDropCount = 0
+        duplicateInboundEventDropCountBySubscription.removeAll()
+        inboundEventLogCount = 0
+        Self.pendingGiftWrapIDs.removeAll()
+
+        messageQueueLock.lock()
+        messageQueue.removeAll()
+        pendingSendDropCount = 0
+        messageQueueLock.unlock()
+
+        updateConnectionStatus()
+    }
     
     /// Ensure connections exist to the given relay URLs (idempotent).
     func ensureConnections(to relayUrls: [String]) {
@@ -1170,6 +1205,18 @@ final class NostrRelayManager: ObservableObject {
         return Set(map.keys)
     }
 
+    var debugMessageHandlerCount: Int {
+        messageHandlers.count
+    }
+
+    var debugSubscriptionRequestCount: Int {
+        subscriptionRequestState.count
+    }
+
+    var debugPendingEOSECallbackCount: Int {
+        pendingEOSECallbacks.count
+    }
+
     var debugDuplicateInboundEventDropCount: Int {
         duplicateInboundEventDropCount
     }
diff --git a/bitchat/ViewModels/ChatViewModel.swift b/bitchat/ViewModels/ChatViewModel.swift
index 4d26ed31..a38dc529 100644
--- a/bitchat/ViewModels/ChatViewModel.swift
+++ b/bitchat/ViewModels/ChatViewModel.swift
@@ -1158,13 +1158,25 @@ final class ChatViewModel: ObservableObject, BitchatDelegate, TransportEventDele
         // Clear selected private chat
         selectedPrivateChatPeer = nil
 
+        // Clear live location/geohash session state. Persisted location state
+        // was wiped above, but the running view model can still be scoped to a
+        // geohash channel and hold subscriptions tied to the old Nostr identity.
+        activeChannel = .mesh
+        setGeoChatSubscriptionID(nil)
+        setGeoDmSubscriptionID(nil)
+        _ = clearGeoSamplingSubs()
+        cachedGeohashIdentity = nil
+        nostrKeyMapping.removeAll()
+
         // Clear read receipt tracking
         sentReadReceipts.removeAll()
         deduplicationService.clearAll()
 
         // IMPORTANT: Clear Nostr-related state
-        // Disconnect from Nostr relays and clear subscriptions
-        nostrRelayManager?.disconnect()
+        // Drop relay subscriptions, handlers, pending sends, and replay state.
+        // Geohash DM handlers can capture pre-wipe Nostr identities, so a plain
+        // disconnect is not enough here.
+        NostrRelayManager.shared.resetForPanicWipe()
         nostrRelayManager = nil
 
         // Clear Nostr identity associations
diff --git a/bitchatTests/ChatViewModelTests.swift b/bitchatTests/ChatViewModelTests.swift
index 8045feae..3e9c2daa 100644
--- a/bitchatTests/ChatViewModelTests.swift
+++ b/bitchatTests/ChatViewModelTests.swift
@@ -1042,6 +1042,38 @@ struct ChatViewModelPanicTests {
         #expect(viewModel.unreadPrivateMessages.isEmpty)
         #expect(viewModel.selectedPrivateChatPeer == nil)
     }
+
+    @Test @MainActor
+    func panicClearAllData_resetsLiveGeohashAndNostrState() async throws {
+        let (viewModel, _) = makeTestableViewModel()
+        let geohash = "u4pruy"
+        let channel = GeohashChannel(level: .city, geohash: geohash)
+        let identity = try NostrIdentity.generate()
+        let pubkey = String(repeating: "ab", count: 32)
+        let peerID = PeerID(nostr: pubkey)
+
+        viewModel.activeChannel = .location(channel)
+        viewModel.setGeoChatSubscriptionID("geo-\(geohash)")
+        viewModel.setGeoDmSubscriptionID("geo-dm-\(geohash)")
+        viewModel.addGeoSamplingSub("geo-sample-\(geohash)", forGeohash: geohash)
+        viewModel.cachedGeohashIdentity = (geohash, identity)
+        viewModel.registerNostrKeyMapping(pubkey, for: peerID)
+        viewModel.currentGeohash = geohash
+        viewModel.geoNicknames = [pubkey: "alice"]
+        viewModel.teleportedGeo = [pubkey]
+
+        viewModel.panicClearAllData()
+
+        #expect(viewModel.activeChannel == .mesh)
+        #expect(viewModel.geoSubscriptionID == nil)
+        #expect(viewModel.geoDmSubscriptionID == nil)
+        #expect(viewModel.geoSamplingSubs.isEmpty)
+        #expect(viewModel.cachedGeohashIdentity == nil)
+        #expect(viewModel.nostrKeyMapping.isEmpty)
+        #expect(viewModel.currentGeohash == nil)
+        #expect(viewModel.geoNicknames.isEmpty)
+        #expect(viewModel.teleportedGeo.isEmpty)
+    }
 }
 
 // MARK: - Service Lifecycle Tests
diff --git a/bitchatTests/Services/NostrRelayManagerTests.swift b/bitchatTests/Services/NostrRelayManagerTests.swift
index 8184564a..ce07f303 100644
--- a/bitchatTests/Services/NostrRelayManagerTests.swift
+++ b/bitchatTests/Services/NostrRelayManagerTests.swift
@@ -1328,6 +1328,49 @@ final class NostrRelayManagerTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(context.manager.debugPendingSubscriptionCount(for: relayURL), 0)
     }
 
+    func test_resetForPanicWipe_dropsSessionRelayStateWithoutFiringCallbacks() async throws {
+        let relayURL = "wss://panic-reset.example"
+        let context = makeContext(permission: .denied, userTorEnabled: true, torEnforced: true, torIsReady: false)
+        let event = try makeSignedEvent(content: "queued before panic")
+        var handledEvents = 0
+        var eoseCount = 0
+
+        context.manager.subscribe(
+            filter: makeFilter(),
+            id: "panic-sub",
+            relayUrls: [relayURL],
+            handler: { _ in handledEvents += 1 },
+            onEOSE: { eoseCount += 1 }
+        )
+        context.manager.sendEvent(event, to: [relayURL])
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(context.manager.debugMessageHandlerCount, 1)
+        XCTAssertEqual(context.manager.debugSubscriptionRequestCount, 1)
+        XCTAssertEqual(context.manager.debugPendingSubscriptionCount(for: relayURL), 1)
+        XCTAssertEqual(context.manager.debugPendingEOSECallbackCount, 1)
+        XCTAssertEqual(context.manager.debugPendingMessageQueueCount, 1)
+        XCTAssertTrue(context.sessionFactory.requestedURLs.isEmpty)
+
+        context.manager.resetForPanicWipe()
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(context.manager.debugMessageHandlerCount, 0)
+        XCTAssertEqual(context.manager.debugSubscriptionRequestCount, 0)
+        XCTAssertEqual(context.manager.debugPendingSubscriptionCount(for: relayURL), 0)
+        XCTAssertEqual(context.manager.debugPendingEOSECallbackCount, 0)
+        XCTAssertEqual(context.manager.debugPendingMessageQueueCount, 0)
+        XCTAssertEqual(handledEvents, 0)
+        XCTAssertEqual(eoseCount, 0)
+
+        // Stale Tor wait and fallback callbacks from the pre-wipe generation
+        // must not resurrect connections or settle callbacks after reset.
+        context.torWaiter.resolve(true)
+        context.scheduler.runNext()
+        try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 20_000_000)
+
+        XCTAssertTrue(context.sessionFactory.requestedURLs.isEmpty)
+        XCTAssertEqual(eoseCount, 0)
+    }
+
     func test_reconnectBackoff_appliesJitterWithinConfiguredBounds() async {
         let relayURL = "wss://jitter-bounds.example"
         // Pin the jitter source to the extremes and the midpoint of [0, 1).