diff --git a/app/components/remove_markdown/index.tsx b/app/components/remove_markdown/index.tsx
index af9a3e7e1..d01e9a368 100644
--- a/app/components/remove_markdown/index.tsx
+++ b/app/components/remove_markdown/index.tsx
@@ -9,21 +9,24 @@ import {type StyleProp, Text, type TextStyle} from 'react-native';
 import Emoji from '@components/emoji';
 import {computeTextStyle} from '@utils/markdown';
 
+import ChannelMention from '../markdown/channel_mention';
+
 import AtMention from './at_mention';
 
-import type {MarkdownBaseRenderer, MarkdownEmojiRenderer, MarkdownTextStyles} from '@typings/global/markdown';
+import type {MarkdownBaseRenderer, MarkdownChannelMentionRenderer, MarkdownEmojiRenderer, MarkdownTextStyles} from '@typings/global/markdown';
 
 type Props = {
     enableEmoji?: boolean;
     enableCodeSpan?: boolean;
     enableHardBreak?: boolean;
     enableSoftBreak?: boolean;
+    enableChannelLink?: boolean;
     baseStyle?: StyleProp<TextStyle>;
     textStyle?: MarkdownTextStyles;
     value: string;
 };
 
-const RemoveMarkdown = ({enableEmoji, enableHardBreak, enableSoftBreak, enableCodeSpan, baseStyle, textStyle = {}, value}: Props) => {
+const RemoveMarkdown = ({enableEmoji, enableChannelLink, enableHardBreak, enableSoftBreak, enableCodeSpan, baseStyle, textStyle = {}, value}: Props) => {
     const renderEmoji = useCallback(({emojiName, literal}: MarkdownEmojiRenderer) => {
         if (!enableEmoji) {
             return renderText({literal});
@@ -56,6 +59,16 @@ const RemoveMarkdown = ({enableEmoji, enableHardBreak, enableSoftBreak, enableCo
         );
     };
 
+    const renderChannelLink = ({context, channelName}: MarkdownChannelMentionRenderer) => {
+        return (
+            <ChannelMention
+                linkStyle={textStyle.link}
+                textStyle={computeTextStyle(textStyle, [], context)}
+                channelName={channelName}
+            />
+        );
+    };
+
     const renderCodeSpan = useCallback(({context, literal}: MarkdownBaseRenderer) => {
         if (!enableCodeSpan) {
             return renderText({literal});
@@ -88,7 +101,7 @@ const RemoveMarkdown = ({enableEmoji, enableHardBreak, enableSoftBreak, enableCo
                 link: Renderer.forwardChildren,
                 image: renderNull,
                 atMention: renderAtMention,
-                channelLink: Renderer.forwardChildren,
+                channelLink: enableChannelLink ? renderChannelLink : Renderer.forwardChildren,
                 emoji: renderEmoji,
                 hashtag: Renderer.forwardChildren,
                 latexinline: Renderer.forwardChildren,
diff --git a/app/screens/global_threads/threads_list/thread/thread.tsx b/app/screens/global_threads/threads_list/thread/thread.tsx
index a96197f58..c85a1e11b 100644
--- a/app/screens/global_threads/threads_list/thread/thread.tsx
+++ b/app/screens/global_threads/threads_list/thread/thread.tsx
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ const Thread = ({author, channel, location, post, teammateNameDisplay, testID, t
                     <RemoveMarkdown
                         enableCodeSpan={true}
                         enableEmoji={true}
+                        enableChannelLink={true}
                         enableHardBreak={true}
                         enableSoftBreak={true}
                         textStyle={textStyles}