diff --git a/components/profile-modal.html b/components/profile-modal.html
index 9018e1ac..be56000c 100644
--- a/components/profile-modal.html
+++ b/components/profile-modal.html
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@
                   <h4 class="text-base font-semibold text-text">Whitelist</h4>
                 </div>
                 <p class="text-sm text-muted">
-                  Creators listed here remain visible when whitelist mode is enabled. Adding someone removes them from the blacklist.
+                  Creators listed here remain visible when whitelist mode is enabled. Accounts can appear in both lists, and the blacklist always takes precedence.
                 </p>
                 <div class="flex flex-col gap-3 sm:flex-row sm:items-end">
                   <label class="flex-1 text-sm text-muted-strong" for="adminWhitelistInput">
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@
                   <h4 class="text-base font-semibold text-text">Blacklist</h4>
                 </div>
                 <p class="text-sm text-muted">
-                  Creators on the blacklist are hidden from bitvid everywhere. Adding someone removes them from the whitelist.
+                  Creators on the blacklist are hidden from bitvid everywhere. Accounts can appear in both lists, and the blacklist always takes precedence.
                 </p>
                 <div class="flex flex-col gap-3 sm:flex-row sm:items-end">
                   <label class="flex-1 text-sm text-muted-strong" for="adminBlacklistInput">
diff --git a/js/accessControl.js b/js/accessControl.js
index 0e0f4b70..96dd35d8 100644
--- a/js/accessControl.js
+++ b/js/accessControl.js
@@ -581,9 +581,7 @@ class AccessControl {
     }
 
     const nextWhitelist = dedupeNpubs([...this.getWhitelist(), normalized]);
-    const nextBlacklist = this.getBlacklist().filter(
-      (value) => value !== normalized
-    );
+    const nextBlacklist = this.getBlacklist();
 
     try {
       await persistAdminState(actorNpub, {
@@ -642,9 +640,7 @@ class AccessControl {
     }
 
     const nextBlacklist = dedupeNpubs([...this.getBlacklist(), normalized]);
-    const nextWhitelist = this.getWhitelist().filter(
-      (value) => value !== normalized
-    );
+    const nextWhitelist = this.getWhitelist();
 
     try {
       await persistAdminState(actorNpub, {
diff --git a/js/adminListStore.js b/js/adminListStore.js
index 5d070bf1..4e1aadf7 100644
--- a/js/adminListStore.js
+++ b/js/adminListStore.js
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ function sanitizeNpubList(values) {
 function sanitizeAdminState(state = {}) {
   const sanitizedEditors = sanitizeNpubList(state.editors || []);
   const sanitizedWhitelist = sanitizeNpubList(state.whitelist || []);
-  const whitelistSet = new Set(sanitizedWhitelist.map(normalizeNpub));
 
   const adminGuardSet = new Set([
     normalizeNpub(ADMIN_SUPER_NPUB),
@@ -207,9 +206,6 @@ function sanitizeAdminState(state = {}) {
       if (!normalized) {
         return false;
       }
-      if (whitelistSet.has(normalized)) {
-        return false;
-      }
       if (adminGuardSet.has(normalized)) {
         return false;
       }
@@ -848,9 +844,6 @@ async function persistNostrState(actorNpub, updates = {}) {
   }
 
   if (Array.isArray(updates.blacklist)) {
-    const whitelistSet = new Set(
-      (sanitizedUpdates.whitelist || []).map(normalizeNpub)
-    );
     const editorGuard = new Set([
       normalizeNpub(ADMIN_SUPER_NPUB),
       ...ADMIN_EDITORS_NPUBS.map(normalizeNpub),
@@ -867,9 +860,6 @@ async function persistNostrState(actorNpub, updates = {}) {
         if (!normalized) {
           return false;
         }
-        if (whitelistSet.has(normalized)) {
-          return false;
-        }
         if (editorGuard.has(normalized)) {
           return false;
         }
diff --git a/js/ui/profileModalController.js b/js/ui/profileModalController.js
index 23aa5c1b..aa6e962e 100644
--- a/js/ui/profileModalController.js
+++ b/js/ui/profileModalController.js
@@ -7033,8 +7033,14 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
       return;
     }
 
-    const { onRemove, removeLabel = "Remove", confirmMessage, removable = true } =
-      options;
+    const {
+      onRemove,
+      removeLabel = "Remove",
+      confirmMessage,
+      removable = true,
+      overlapSet,
+      overlapLabel,
+    } = options;
 
     const formatNpub =
       typeof this.formatShortNpub === "function"
@@ -7076,6 +7082,8 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
         "card flex flex-col gap-3 p-4 sm:flex-row sm:items-center sm:justify-between";
 
       const normalizedNpub = typeof npub === "string" ? npub.trim() : "";
+      const comparableNpub =
+        this.normalizeNpubValue(normalizedNpub) || normalizedNpub;
       const decodedHex =
         normalizedNpub && normalizedNpub.startsWith("npub1")
           ? this.safeDecodeNpub(normalizedNpub)
@@ -7110,6 +7118,20 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
         avatarSrc,
       });
 
+      if (
+        summary &&
+        overlapLabel &&
+        overlapSet instanceof Set &&
+        comparableNpub &&
+        overlapSet.has(comparableNpub)
+      ) {
+        const overlapBadge = document.createElement("span");
+        overlapBadge.className = "badge whitespace-nowrap";
+        overlapBadge.dataset.variant = "warning";
+        overlapBadge.textContent = overlapLabel;
+        summary.appendChild(overlapBadge);
+      }
+
       const actions = document.createElement("div");
       actions.className =
         "flex flex-wrap items-center justify-end gap-2 sm:flex-none";
@@ -7175,6 +7197,15 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
     const blacklist = this.normalizeAdminListEntries(
       this.services.accessControl.getBlacklist(),
     );
+    const normalizeForCompare = (value) =>
+      this.normalizeNpubValue(value) ||
+      (typeof value === "string" ? value.trim() : "");
+    const whitelistCompare = new Set(
+      whitelist.map(normalizeForCompare).filter(Boolean),
+    );
+    const blacklistCompare = new Set(
+      blacklist.map(normalizeForCompare).filter(Boolean),
+    );
 
     this.renderAdminList(
       this.adminModeratorList,
@@ -7199,6 +7230,8 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
         removeLabel: "Remove",
         confirmMessage: "Remove {npub} from the whitelist?",
         removable: true,
+        overlapSet: blacklistCompare,
+        overlapLabel: "Also blacklisted",
       },
     );
 
@@ -7212,6 +7245,8 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
         removeLabel: "Unblock",
         confirmMessage: "Remove {npub} from the blacklist?",
         removable: true,
+        overlapSet: whitelistCompare,
+        overlapLabel: "Also whitelisted",
       },
     );
   }