diff --git a/components/chat/message-gestures.tsx b/components/chat/message-gestures.tsx
index 613cfcd7..b38eb193 100644
--- a/components/chat/message-gestures.tsx
+++ b/components/chat/message-gestures.tsx
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export function MessageGestures({
       // Full width so the whole row is draggable — WhatsApp lets you start the
       // gesture anywhere on the line, including the empty space opposite the
       // bubble. The bubble caps its own width inside this.
-      className="relative w-full"
+      className="relative w-full select-none [-webkit-touch-callout:none]"
       onPointerDown={onPointerDown}
       onPointerMove={onPointerMove}
       onPointerUp={onPointerUp}
diff --git a/components/chat/message-menu.tsx b/components/chat/message-menu.tsx
index c9acebc0..5b47cf09 100644
--- a/components/chat/message-menu.tsx
+++ b/components/chat/message-menu.tsx
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export function MessageMenu({
         // min-w-56 rather than something tighter: "Delete for everyone" is the
         // longest label and, with its icon and padding, was wrapping or sitting
         // flush against the edge at a narrower width.
-        className="fixed z-50 min-w-56 overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-border bg-background pb-1 shadow-lg"
+        className="fixed z-50 min-w-56 select-none overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-border bg-background pb-1 shadow-lg"
       >
         {/* Reactions lead: they are the most common thing to want from a
             long press, and putting them in this menu keeps one gesture