diff --git a/stream-chat-android-compose/api/stream-chat-android-compose.api b/stream-chat-android-compose/api/stream-chat-android-compose.api
index 44e7788d5fb..ab16848ae3b 100644
--- a/stream-chat-android-compose/api/stream-chat-android-compose.api
+++ b/stream-chat-android-compose/api/stream-chat-android-compose.api
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ public final class io/getstream/chat/android/compose/ui/channel/info/GroupChanne
 }
 
 public final class io/getstream/chat/android/compose/ui/channels/ChannelsScreenKt {
-	public static final fun ChannelsScreen (Lio/getstream/chat/android/compose/viewmodel/channels/ChannelViewModelFactory;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZLio/getstream/chat/android/compose/ui/channels/SearchMode;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function0;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function0;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function0;Landroidx/compose/runtime/Composer;III)V
+	public static final fun ChannelsScreen (Lio/getstream/chat/android/compose/viewmodel/channels/ChannelViewModelFactory;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZLio/getstream/chat/android/compose/ui/channels/SearchMode;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function0;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function0;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function0;ZLandroidx/compose/runtime/Composer;III)V
 }
 
 public final class io/getstream/chat/android/compose/ui/channels/SearchMode : java/lang/Enum {
diff --git a/stream-chat-android-compose/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/compose/ui/channels/ChannelsScreen.kt b/stream-chat-android-compose/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/compose/ui/channels/ChannelsScreen.kt
index f03c91128a6..dcfbf128d06 100644
--- a/stream-chat-android-compose/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/compose/ui/channels/ChannelsScreen.kt
+++ b/stream-chat-android-compose/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/compose/ui/channels/ChannelsScreen.kt
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ import io.getstream.chat.android.ui.common.state.channels.actions.ViewInfo
  * @param onChannelClick Handler for Channel item clicks.
  * @param onViewChannelInfoAction Handler for when the user selects the [ViewInfo] option for a [Channel].
  * @param onBackPressed Handler for back press action.
+ * @param isBackPressEnabled Indicator if the default back handler is enabled. Set to `false` to fully disable the back
+ * handling and catch the back-press event in a [BackHandler] higher in the compose hierarchy. Default: `true`.
  */
 @Composable
 @Suppress("LongMethod")
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ public fun ChannelsScreen(
     onSearchMessageItemClick: (Message) -> Unit = {},
     onViewChannelInfoAction: (Channel) -> Unit = {},
     onBackPressed: () -> Unit = {},
+    isBackPressEnabled: Boolean = true,
 ) {
     val listViewModel: ChannelListViewModel = viewModel(
         ChannelListViewModel::class.java,
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ public fun ChannelsScreen(
     val user by listViewModel.user.collectAsState()
     val connectionState by listViewModel.connectionState.collectAsState()
 
-    BackHandler(enabled = true) {
+    BackHandler(enabled = isBackPressEnabled) {
         if (selectedChannel != null) {
             listViewModel.selectChannel(null)
         } else {