diff --git a/src/screens/Notes/NoteList.tsx b/src/screens/Notes/NoteList.tsx
index eb14ba0a..6a5883a4 100644
--- a/src/screens/Notes/NoteList.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Notes/NoteList.tsx
@@ -222,7 +222,10 @@ export const NoteList = (props: Props) => {
             <AndroidSearchBar
               ref={androidSearchBarInputRef}
               onChangeText={onChangeSearchText}
-              onCancel={props.onSearchCancel}
+              onCancel={() => {
+                props.onSearchCancel();
+                onSearchBlur();
+              }}
               onDelete={props.onSearchCancel}
               onFocus={onSearchFocus}
               onBlur={onSearchBlur}
diff --git a/src/screens/Notes/Notes.tsx b/src/screens/Notes/Notes.tsx
index 9fbda2e0..32b332d2 100644
--- a/src/screens/Notes/Notes.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Notes/Notes.tsx
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ export const Notes = React.memo(
     const [includeTrashedNotes, setIncludeTrashedNotes] = useState<boolean>(
       true
     );
+    const [
+      protectedTogglingStarted,
+      setProtectedTogglingStarted,
+    ] = useState<boolean>(false);
     const [shouldFocusSearch, setShouldFocusSearch] = useState<boolean>(false);
 
     // Ref
@@ -179,6 +183,17 @@ export const Notes = React.memo(
       [application, navigation, openNote]
     );
 
+    useEffect(() => {
+      const removeBlurScreenListener = navigation.addListener('blur', () => {
+        if (protectedTogglingStarted) {
+          setProtectedTogglingStarted(false);
+          setShouldFocusSearch(true);
+        }
+      });
+
+      return removeBlurScreenListener;
+    }, [navigation, protectedTogglingStarted]);
+
     useEffect(() => {
       let mounted = true;
       const removeEditorObserver = application?.editorGroup.addChangeObserver(
@@ -264,7 +279,7 @@ export const Notes = React.memo(
     );
 
     const toggleIncludeProtected = useCallback(async () => {
-      setShouldFocusSearch(true);
+      setProtectedTogglingStarted(true);
 
       const includeProtected = !includeProtectedNoteText;
       const allowToggling = includeProtected