diff --git a/src/app/mainview/components/UserProfile.qml b/src/app/mainview/components/UserProfile.qml
index d9bddf491f21ef94bfead831479e3a444f88be61..fd28e0e50ca2ff4fae5c666a778cb6967bb3cc26 100644
--- a/src/app/mainview/components/UserProfile.qml
+++ b/src/app/mainview/components/UserProfile.qml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ BaseModalDialog {
                 visible: aliasText ? (aliasText === idText ? false : true) : false
 
                 selectByMouse: true
+                readOnly: true
 
                 wrapMode: Text.NoWrap
                 text: textMetricsContactAliasText.elidedText