diff --git a/components/profile-modal.html b/components/profile-modal.html
index 997ef0c6..5b19d656 100644
--- a/components/profile-modal.html
+++ b/components/profile-modal.html
@@ -1012,6 +1012,59 @@
               <p class="text-sm text-muted">
                 View encrypted conversations sent with NIP-04 or NIP-44. bitvid keeps message data on this device only.
               </p>
+              <div class="card space-y-4 p-4">
+                <div class="flex flex-wrap items-start justify-between gap-3">
+                  <div class="space-y-1">
+                    <h3 class="text-sm font-semibold text-text">Direct message actions</h3>
+                    <p class="text-xs text-muted">
+                      Start a new DM or jump to relay preferences before you send.
+                    </p>
+                  </div>
+                  <button
+                    id="profileMessagesSendDm"
+                    type="button"
+                    class="btn focus-ring inline-flex items-center gap-2"
+                    data-size="sm"
+                  >
+                    Send DM
+                  </button>
+                </div>
+                <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3 border-t border-border/60 pt-3">
+                  <div class="space-y-1">
+                    <h4 class="text-xs font-semibold text-text">Preferred DM relay</h4>
+                    <p class="text-xs text-muted">
+                      Select a relay to prioritize encrypted message delivery.
+                    </p>
+                  </div>
+                  <button
+                    id="profileMessagesOpenRelays"
+                    type="button"
+                    class="btn-ghost focus-ring inline-flex items-center gap-2"
+                    data-size="sm"
+                  >
+                    Manage relays
+                  </button>
+                </div>
+                <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3 border-t border-border/60 pt-3">
+                  <div class="space-y-1">
+                    <h4 class="text-xs font-semibold text-text">Privacy mode (coming soon)</h4>
+                    <p class="text-xs text-muted">
+                      Pause inbound DM sync and clear cached previews on this device.
+                    </p>
+                  </div>
+                  <label
+                    for="profileMessagesPrivacyToggle"
+                    class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 text-xs font-medium text-muted-strong"
+                  >
+                    <input
+                      id="profileMessagesPrivacyToggle"
+                      type="checkbox"
+                      class="checkbox"
+                    />
+                    Enable
+                  </label>
+                </div>
+              </div>
               <div
                 id="profileMessagesStatus"
                 class="sr-only"
diff --git a/js/ui/profileModalController.js b/js/ui/profileModalController.js
index 0da7c098..e7fd360f 100644
--- a/js/ui/profileModalController.js
+++ b/js/ui/profileModalController.js
@@ -1020,6 +1020,9 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
       onAdminNotifyError: callbacks.onAdminNotifyError || noop,
       onModerationSettingsChange:
         callbacks.onModerationSettingsChange || noop,
+      onSendDm: callbacks.onSendDm || noop,
+      onTogglePrivacy: callbacks.onTogglePrivacy || noop,
+      onOpenRelays: callbacks.onOpenRelays || noop,
     };
 
     this.profileModal = null;
@@ -1103,6 +1106,9 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
     this.profileMessageInput = null;
     this.profileMessageSendButton = null;
     this.profileMessagesComposerHelper = null;
+    this.profileMessagesSendDmButton = null;
+    this.profileMessagesOpenRelaysButton = null;
+    this.profileMessagesPrivacyToggle = null;
     this.walletUriInput = null;
     this.walletDefaultZapInput = null;
     this.walletSaveButton = null;
@@ -1364,6 +1370,12 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
       document.getElementById("profileMessageSendBtn") || null;
     this.profileMessagesComposerHelper =
       document.getElementById("profileMessagesComposerHelper") || null;
+    this.profileMessagesSendDmButton =
+      document.getElementById("profileMessagesSendDm") || null;
+    this.profileMessagesOpenRelaysButton =
+      document.getElementById("profileMessagesOpenRelays") || null;
+    this.profileMessagesPrivacyToggle =
+      document.getElementById("profileMessagesPrivacyToggle") || null;
 
     if (this.pendingMessagesRender) {
       const { messages, actorPubkey } = this.pendingMessagesRender;
@@ -2044,6 +2056,30 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
     }
   }
 
+  handleSendDmRequest() {
+    const callback = this.callbacks.onSendDm;
+    if (callback && callback !== noop) {
+      callback({
+        actorPubkey: this.resolveActiveDmActor(),
+        controller: this,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  handleOpenDmRelaysRequest() {
+    const callback = this.callbacks.onOpenRelays;
+    if (callback && callback !== noop) {
+      callback({ controller: this });
+    }
+  }
+
+  handlePrivacyToggle(enabled) {
+    const callback = this.callbacks.onTogglePrivacy;
+    if (callback && callback !== noop) {
+      callback({ controller: this, enabled: Boolean(enabled) });
+    }
+  }
+
   describeDirectMessageSendError(code) {
     switch (code) {
       case "sign-event-unavailable":
@@ -2804,6 +2840,27 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
       });
     }
 
+    if (this.profileMessagesSendDmButton instanceof HTMLElement) {
+      this.profileMessagesSendDmButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
+        this.handleSendDmRequest();
+      });
+    }
+
+    if (this.profileMessagesOpenRelaysButton instanceof HTMLElement) {
+      this.profileMessagesOpenRelaysButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
+        this.handleOpenDmRelaysRequest();
+      });
+    }
+
+    if (this.profileMessagesPrivacyToggle instanceof HTMLElement) {
+      this.profileMessagesPrivacyToggle.addEventListener("change", (event) => {
+        const toggle = event.currentTarget;
+        if (toggle instanceof HTMLInputElement) {
+          this.handlePrivacyToggle(toggle.checked);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
     if (this.profileMessageSendButton instanceof HTMLElement) {
       this.profileMessageSendButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
         void this.handleSendProfileMessage();