diff --git a/frontend/src/screens/HomeScreen.tsx b/frontend/src/screens/HomeScreen.tsx
index e3bda60..aca5cad 100644
--- a/frontend/src/screens/HomeScreen.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/screens/HomeScreen.tsx
@@ -76,29 +76,6 @@ export function HomeScreen({ onNavigate, onCreateProfile }: HomeScreenProps) {
           </Button>
         </header>
 
-        {active && (
-          <section className="card home-identity-card">
-            <div className="home-identity-content">
-              <Avatar npub={active.npub} label={active.label} size="lg" picture={active.picture} />
-              <div className="home-identity-copy">
-                <strong className="home-identity-name" aria-label="Active profile name">
-                  {active.label}
-                </strong>
-                <code className="mono" title={active.npub}>
-                  {shortenNpub(active.npub, shorten)}
-                </code>
-                <p className="hint">
-                  Notes will be signed as this profile. Private keys never leave this computer.
-                </p>
-              </div>
-            </div>
-            <Button variant="secondary" onClick={() => onNavigate('profiles')}>
-              <Icon name="users" size={16} />
-              Switch profile
-            </Button>
-          </section>
-        )}
-
         <div className="home-grid">
           <section className="card">
             <header className="card-header">
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles.css b/frontend/src/styles.css
index 6ea2b17..0884c8a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles.css
@@ -1468,57 +1468,6 @@ select {
   gap: 10px;
 }
 
-.home-identity-card {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: space-between;
-  gap: 20px;
-  border-color: var(--success);
-  background: var(--surface);
-}
-
-.home-identity-content {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 16px;
-  min-width: 0;
-}
-
-.home-identity-copy {
-  min-width: 0;
-}
-
-.home-identity-name {
-  margin: 0 0 4px;
-  color: var(--text);
-  font-size: 16px;
-  font-weight: 650;
-}
-
-.home-identity-copy .mono {
-  display: inline-block;
-  max-width: 100%;
-  overflow: hidden;
-  text-overflow: ellipsis;
-  vertical-align: bottom;
-}
-
-.home-identity-copy .hint {
-  max-width: 58ch;
-  margin: 8px 0 0;
-}
-
-@media (max-width: 620px) {
-  .home-identity-card {
-    align-items: stretch;
-    flex-direction: column;
-  }
-
-  .home-identity-card .btn {
-    width: 100%;
-  }
-}
-
 .home-profile-row {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/HomeScreen.test.tsx b/frontend/src/test/HomeScreen.test.tsx
index a43e92d..9eec91b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/HomeScreen.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/test/HomeScreen.test.tsx
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@ describe('HomeScreen', () => {
     const { onNavigate } = renderHome(backend);
     renderWithApp(<HomeScreen onNavigate={onNavigate} onCreateProfile={vi.fn()} />);
 
-    // Wait for the identity card to appear after state loads.
-    const switchBtn = await screen.findByRole('button', { name: 'Switch profile' });
-    const identityCard = switchBtn.closest('.home-identity-card') as HTMLElement;
-    expect(within(identityCard).getByText('Alice')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(within(identityCard).getByText(/npub1alice\.\.\./)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    // The active profile appears in the profile list with its shortened npub.
+    const profileList = await screen.findByRole('listbox');
+    expect(within(profileList).getByText('Alice')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(within(profileList).getByText(/npub1alice\.\.\./)).toBeInTheDocument();
 
     const compose = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Compose' });
     await userEvent.setup().click(compose);