diff --git a/src/app/hooks/useHydrateMsgDrafts.ts b/src/app/hooks/useHydrateMsgDrafts.ts
index a67b6cb65..2f97f5b39 100644
--- a/src/app/hooks/useHydrateMsgDrafts.ts
+++ b/src/app/hooks/useHydrateMsgDrafts.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useStore } from 'jotai';
-import { Descendant } from 'slate';
 import { roomIdToMsgDraftAtomFamily } from '../state/room/roomInputDrafts';
 import { DRAFT_MSG_KEY_PREFIX, hasMsgDraft } from '../utils/draft';
+import { useMatrixClient } from './useMatrixClient';
 
 /**
  * On startup, pre-fill the per-room message-draft atoms from their localStorage
@@ -13,11 +13,19 @@ import { DRAFT_MSG_KEY_PREFIX, hasMsgDraft } from '../utils/draft';
  * (identical content), so composer restore is unaffected.
  *
  * Thread drafts (key contains `::`) are skipped — the nav indicator is room-level.
+ *
+ * [Gitea #41] Drafts are stored as `{ userId, nodes }` (RoomInput's persist
+ * path) so a draft written by a different account never gets hydrated into the
+ * currently logged-in user's session. A legacy draft (stored as a bare array,
+ * pre-dating user-scoping) has no userId to check, so it's treated as foreign
+ * and dropped rather than trusted.
  */
 export function useHydrateMsgDrafts(): void {
   const store = useStore();
+  const mx = useMatrixClient();
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    const userId = mx.getUserId();
     let keys: string[];
     try {
       keys = Object.keys(localStorage);
@@ -34,7 +42,19 @@ export function useHydrateMsgDrafts(): void {
       try {
         const stored = localStorage.getItem(key);
         if (!stored) return;
-        const nodes = JSON.parse(stored) as Descendant[];
+        const parsed = JSON.parse(stored);
+        const foreign =
+          !parsed ||
+          typeof parsed !== 'object' ||
+          Array.isArray(parsed) ||
+          parsed.userId !== userId;
+        if (foreign) {
+          // Another account's (or a pre-scoping legacy) draft — never hydrate it,
+          // and drop it so it can't resurface for the next login either.
+          localStorage.removeItem(key);
+          return;
+        }
+        const nodes = parsed.nodes;
         if (Array.isArray(nodes) && hasMsgDraft(nodes)) {
           store.set(roomIdToMsgDraftAtomFamily(draftKey), nodes);
         }
@@ -42,5 +62,5 @@ export function useHydrateMsgDrafts(): void {
         // Ignore a malformed stored draft.
       }
     });
-  }, [store]);
+  }, [store, mx]);
 }
diff --git a/src/app/state/plaintextCaches.ts b/src/app/state/plaintextCaches.ts
index f771936c0..ef3893911 100644
--- a/src/app/state/plaintextCaches.ts
+++ b/src/app/state/plaintextCaches.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,31 @@ import { clearRecentForwardTargets } from './recentForwardTargets';
 import { clearRecentGifs } from './recentGifs';
 import { clearRecentStickers } from './recentStickers';
 import { clearNavToActivePathStore } from './navToActivePath';
+import { DRAFT_MSG_KEY_PREFIX } from '../utils/draft';
+
+/**
+ * [Gitea #41] Wipe every persisted composer draft (`draft-msg-<roomId>`). Drafts
+ * hold decrypted, unsent message text with no user scoping, so leaving them in
+ * place across logout lets the next account on this device see (and send) the
+ * previous user's draft the moment they open the same room.
+ */
+const clearMsgDrafts = (): void => {
+  let keys: string[];
+  try {
+    keys = Object.keys(localStorage);
+  } catch {
+    return;
+  }
+  keys.forEach((key) => {
+    if (key.startsWith(DRAFT_MSG_KEY_PREFIX)) {
+      try {
+        localStorage.removeItem(key);
+      } catch {
+        // Best-effort — a single unreadable/blocked key must not abort the sweep.
+      }
+    }
+  });
+};
 
 /**
  * Single auditable place that wipes the `localStorage` caches holding decrypted
@@ -18,6 +43,10 @@ import { clearNavToActivePathStore } from './navToActivePath';
  * - `cinny_recent_forward_targets_v1` — recent forward contact/room graph (PII)
  * - `cinny_recent_gifs_v1` / `cinny_recent_stickers_v1` — media the user sent
  * - `navToActivePath<userId>` — per-space last-visited room paths (needs userId)
+ * - `draft-msg-*` — unsent composer drafts (decrypted message text, unscoped by
+ *   user — see [Gitea #41]; previously deliberately preserved across logout
+ *   (N98), which let the next account on this device see/send a prior user's
+ *   draft, so this is no longer a "by design" exemption)
  *
  * NOT swept here (by design):
  * - session credential keys → `removeFallbackSession()`
@@ -25,9 +54,8 @@ import { clearNavToActivePathStore } from './navToActivePath';
  *   bookmarks, user notes, status presets — themselves plaintext) → wiped by
  *   `mx.clearStores()` on both logout paths
  * - the opt-in encrypted-search index (IndexedDB) → `deleteSearchCacheDatabase()`
- * - unsent composer drafts (`draft-msg-*`) and the presence status message
- *   (`lotus-status-msg-*`) are deliberately preserved across a normal logout
- *   (N98); clearing them is a separate product decision
+ * - the presence status message (`lotus-status-msg-*`) is deliberately
+ *   preserved across a normal logout; clearing it is a separate product decision
  * - low-sensitivity UI/metadata residue (`io.lotus.mute_timers`, collapsed
  *   nav/space categories, `cinny_oidc_dynamic_clients`) is treated as
  *   preferences, not swept here
@@ -39,5 +67,6 @@ export const clearPlaintextCaches = (userId?: string): void => {
   clearRecentForwardTargets();
   clearRecentGifs();
   clearRecentStickers();
+  clearMsgDrafts();
   if (userId) clearNavToActivePathStore(userId);
 };