diff --git a/tui/tui.go b/tui/tui.go
index aa768c4..0dce43c 100644
--- a/tui/tui.go
+++ b/tui/tui.go
@@ -3159,7 +3159,7 @@ func (m model) groupColumns(width int) []tableColumn {
 		{Key: "time", Title: activeTimeLabel("latest", active), Width: timeW},
 		{Key: "age", Title: activeTimeLabel("age", active), Width: ageW},
 	}
-	if m.hasVisibleGroupScope() {
+	if m.shouldShowGroupScopeColumn() {
 		scopeW := minInt(maxInt(8, width/7), 16)
 		titleW := maxInt(1, width-kindW-countW-timeW-ageW-scopeW-5)
 		columns = append(columns, tableColumn{Key: "scope", Title: activeLabel("scope", active == sortScope), Width: scopeW})
@@ -3171,7 +3171,10 @@ func (m model) groupColumns(width int) []tableColumn {
 	return columns
 }
 
-func (m model) hasVisibleGroupScope() bool {
+func (m model) shouldShowGroupScopeColumn() bool {
+	if m.layoutPreset == LayoutChat {
+		return false
+	}
 	for _, group := range m.groups {
 		if strings.TrimSpace(group.Scope) != "" {
 			return true
diff --git a/tui/tui_test.go b/tui/tui_test.go
index c28e0a6..405b884 100644
--- a/tui/tui_test.go
+++ b/tui/tui_test.go
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func TestViewUsesGitcrawlStylePaneTables(t *testing.T) {
 	m.width = 300
 	m.height = 28
 	view := stripANSI(m.View())
-	for _, want := range []string{"kind", "msgs", "latest", "scope", "channel", "time", "who", "title"} {
+	for _, want := range []string{"kind", "msgs", "latest", "channel", "time", "who", "title"} {
 		if !strings.Contains(view, want) {
 			t.Fatalf("table view missing %q:\n%s", want, view)
 		}
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func TestWideRenderFillsTerminalAndKeepsThreePaneColumns(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(lines[0]) != 220 || len(lines[len(lines)-1]) != 220 {
 		t.Fatalf("view did not fill terminal width: first=%d last=%d\n%s", len(lines[0]), len(lines[len(lines)-1]), view)
 	}
-	for _, want := range []string{"Channels", "Messages", "3/3 rows", "Conversation", "kind", "msgs", "latest", "age", "scope", "channel", "time", "who", "title"} {
+	for _, want := range []string{"Channels", "Messages", "3/3 rows", "Conversation", "kind", "msgs", "latest", "age", "channel", "time", "who", "title"} {
 		if !strings.Contains(view, want) {
 			t.Fatalf("wide render missing %q:\n%s", want, view)
 		}