diff --git a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/mobile/transactions/TransactionListItem.tsx b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/mobile/transactions/TransactionListItem.tsx
index efc570a52a6..f46037d140a 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/mobile/transactions/TransactionListItem.tsx
+++ b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/mobile/transactions/TransactionListItem.tsx
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export function TransactionListItem({
                       }),
                     }}
                   >
-                    {prettyPayee || 'No Payee'}
+                    {prettyPayee || '(No payee)'}
                   </TextOneLine>
                 </View>
                 {isPreview ? (
diff --git a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/mobile/utils.ts b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/mobile/utils.ts
index a2a80c4f69b..db935fd7483 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/mobile/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/mobile/utils.ts
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ export function getPrettyPayee({
     return payee.name;
   }
 
-  return '(No payee)';
+  return '';
 }
diff --git a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/transactions/TransactionsTable.jsx b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/transactions/TransactionsTable.jsx
index f2195155b2e..152bed07a88 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/transactions/TransactionsTable.jsx
+++ b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/transactions/TransactionsTable.jsx
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ function getPayeePretty(transaction, payee, transferAcct, numHiddenPayees = 0) {
     return formatPayeeName(payeeId.slice('new:'.length));
   }
 
-  return '(No payee)';
+  return '';
 }
 
 function StatusCell({
@@ -672,7 +672,13 @@ function PayeeCell({
           isCreatingPayee.current = false;
         }
       }}
-      formatter={() => getPayeePretty(transaction, payee, transferAccount)}
+      formatter={() => {
+        const payeeName = getPayeePretty(transaction, payee, transferAccount);
+        if (!payeeName && isPreview) {
+          return '(No payee)';
+        }
+        return payeeName;
+      }}
       unexposedContent={props => {
         const payeeName = (
           <UnexposedCellContent