diff --git a/src/components/Composer/implementation/index.tsx b/src/components/Composer/implementation/index.tsx
index 98ac9e00a98a9..5af76a2406b51 100755
--- a/src/components/Composer/implementation/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Composer/implementation/index.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type {MarkdownStyle} from '@expensify/react-native-live-markdown';
+import {useIsFocused} from '@react-navigation/native';
 import lodashDebounce from 'lodash/debounce';
 import type {BaseSyntheticEvent, ForwardedRef} from 'react';
 import React, {useCallback, useEffect, useImperativeHandle, useMemo, useRef, useState} from 'react';
@@ -252,7 +253,8 @@ function Composer(
         // eslint-disable-next-line react-compiler/react-compiler, react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
     }, [isComposerFullSize]);
 
-    useHtmlPaste(textInput, handlePaste, true);
+    const isActive = useIsFocused();
+    useHtmlPaste(textInput, handlePaste, isActive);
 
     useEffect(() => {
         setIsRendered(true);
diff --git a/src/components/TextInput/BaseTextInput/index.native.tsx b/src/components/TextInput/BaseTextInput/index.native.tsx
index cdfcb22f1f2c0..605fb284bf241 100644
--- a/src/components/TextInput/BaseTextInput/index.native.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TextInput/BaseTextInput/index.native.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import Text from '@components/Text';
 import * as styleConst from '@components/TextInput/styleConst';
 import TextInputClearButton from '@components/TextInput/TextInputClearButton';
 import TextInputLabel from '@components/TextInput/TextInputLabel';
+import useHtmlPaste from '@hooks/useHtmlPaste';
 import useLocalize from '@hooks/useLocalize';
 import useMarkdownStyle from '@hooks/useMarkdownStyle';
 import useStyleUtils from '@hooks/useStyleUtils';
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ function BaseTextInput(
     const input = useRef<TextInput | null>(null);
     const isLabelActive = useRef(initialActiveLabel);
 
+    useHtmlPaste(input, undefined, isMarkdownEnabled);
+
     // AutoFocus which only works on mount:
     useEffect(() => {
         // We are manually managing focus to prevent this issue: https://github.com/Expensify/App/issues/4514
diff --git a/src/components/TextInput/BaseTextInput/index.tsx b/src/components/TextInput/BaseTextInput/index.tsx
index 00675ca4ccd6c..45aa868ad2199 100644
--- a/src/components/TextInput/BaseTextInput/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TextInput/BaseTextInput/index.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {Str} from 'expensify-common';
-import type {ForwardedRef} from 'react';
+import type {ForwardedRef, MutableRefObject} from 'react';
 import React, {forwardRef, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState} from 'react';
-import type {GestureResponderEvent, LayoutChangeEvent, NativeSyntheticEvent, StyleProp, TextInputFocusEventData, ViewStyle} from 'react-native';
+import type {GestureResponderEvent, LayoutChangeEvent, NativeSyntheticEvent, StyleProp, TextInput, TextInputFocusEventData, ViewStyle} from 'react-native';
 import {ActivityIndicator, StyleSheet, View} from 'react-native';
 import {useSharedValue, withSpring} from 'react-native-reanimated';
 import Checkbox from '@components/Checkbox';
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import Text from '@components/Text';
 import * as styleConst from '@components/TextInput/styleConst';
 import TextInputClearButton from '@components/TextInput/TextInputClearButton';
 import TextInputLabel from '@components/TextInput/TextInputLabel';
+import useHtmlPaste from '@hooks/useHtmlPaste';
 import useLocalize from '@hooks/useLocalize';
 import useMarkdownStyle from '@hooks/useMarkdownStyle';
 import useStyleUtils from '@hooks/useStyleUtils';
@@ -107,6 +108,8 @@ function BaseTextInput(
     const isLabelActive = useRef(initialActiveLabel);
     const didScrollToEndRef = useRef(false);
 
+    useHtmlPaste(input as MutableRefObject<TextInput | null>, undefined, isMarkdownEnabled);
+
     // AutoFocus which only works on mount:
     useEffect(() => {
         // We are manually managing focus to prevent this issue: https://github.com/Expensify/App/issues/4514
diff --git a/src/hooks/useHtmlPaste/index.ts b/src/hooks/useHtmlPaste/index.ts
index ebffbf1b54b6e..1a7e62f3141e7 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useHtmlPaste/index.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useHtmlPaste/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import {useNavigation} from '@react-navigation/native';
 import {useCallback, useEffect} from 'react';
 import Parser from '@libs/Parser';
 import CONST from '@src/CONST';
@@ -38,9 +37,7 @@ const insertAtCaret = (target: HTMLElement, insertedText: string, maxLength: num
     }
 };
 
-const useHtmlPaste: UseHtmlPaste = (textInputRef, preHtmlPasteCallback, removeListenerOnScreenBlur = false, maxLength = CONST.MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH + 1) => {
-    const navigation = useNavigation();
-
+const useHtmlPaste: UseHtmlPaste = (textInputRef, preHtmlPasteCallback, isActive = false, maxLength = CONST.MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH + 1) => {
     /**
      * Set pasted text to clipboard
      * @param {String} text
@@ -145,27 +142,16 @@ const useHtmlPaste: UseHtmlPaste = (textInputRef, preHtmlPasteCallback, removeLi
     );
 
     useEffect(() => {
-        // we need to re-register listener on navigation focus/blur if the component (like Composer) is not unmounting
-        // when navigating away to different screen (report) to avoid paste event on other screen being wrongly handled
-        // by current screen paste listener
-        let unsubscribeFocus: () => void;
-        let unsubscribeBlur: () => void;
-        if (removeListenerOnScreenBlur) {
-            unsubscribeFocus = navigation.addListener('focus', () => document.addEventListener('paste', handlePaste, true));
-            unsubscribeBlur = navigation.addListener('blur', () => document.removeEventListener('paste', handlePaste, true));
+        if (!isActive) {
+            return;
         }
-
         document.addEventListener('paste', handlePaste, true);
 
         return () => {
-            if (removeListenerOnScreenBlur) {
-                unsubscribeFocus();
-                unsubscribeBlur();
-            }
             document.removeEventListener('paste', handlePaste, true);
         };
         // eslint-disable-next-line react-compiler/react-compiler, react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-    }, []);
+    }, [isActive]);
 };
 
 export default useHtmlPaste;
diff --git a/src/hooks/useHtmlPaste/types.ts b/src/hooks/useHtmlPaste/types.ts
index 0aaa12a49ac9f..65778463f80ec 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useHtmlPaste/types.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useHtmlPaste/types.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type {TextInput} from 'react-native';
 type UseHtmlPaste = (
     textInputRef: MutableRefObject<(HTMLTextAreaElement & TextInput) | TextInput | null>,
     preHtmlPasteCallback?: (event: ClipboardEvent) => boolean,
-    removeListenerOnScreenBlur?: boolean,
+    isActive?: boolean,
     maxLength?: number, // Maximum length of the text input value after pasting
 ) => void;
 
diff --git a/src/pages/PrivateNotes/PrivateNotesEditPage.tsx b/src/pages/PrivateNotes/PrivateNotesEditPage.tsx
index a0370ef6cbbdc..4d084cfa924d2 100644
--- a/src/pages/PrivateNotes/PrivateNotesEditPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/PrivateNotes/PrivateNotesEditPage.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import type {AnimatedTextInputRef} from '@components/RNTextInput';
 import ScreenWrapper from '@components/ScreenWrapper';
 import Text from '@components/Text';
 import TextInput from '@components/TextInput';
-import useHtmlPaste from '@hooks/useHtmlPaste';
 import useLocalize from '@hooks/useLocalize';
 import useThemeStyles from '@hooks/useThemeStyles';
 import Navigation from '@libs/Navigation/Navigation';
@@ -66,8 +65,6 @@ function PrivateNotesEditPage({route, report, accountID}: PrivateNotesEditPagePr
     const privateNotesInput = useRef<AnimatedTextInputRef | null>(null);
     const focusTimeoutRef = useRef<NodeJS.Timeout | null>(null);
 
-    useHtmlPaste(privateNotesInput);
-
     useFocusEffect(
         useCallback(() => {
             focusTimeoutRef.current = setTimeout(() => {