diff --git a/src/main/capacitor/components/app.css b/src/main/capacitor/components/app.css
index b2b0a71583..fcecfd297b 100644
--- a/src/main/capacitor/components/app.css
+++ b/src/main/capacitor/components/app.css
@@ -241,3 +241,9 @@ html[data-color=logseq] {
 .graph-switcher .action-sheet-button {
   font-size: 1.125em;
 }
+
+div.block-content[contenteditable][data-readonly] {
+    user-select: text;          /* allow text selection */
+    caret-color: transparent;   /* hide caret */
+    outline: none;              /* remove focus outline */
+}
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs b/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
index 2523db7efe..b643c2c3b9 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
             [frontend.handler.ui :as ui-handler]
             [frontend.handler.whiteboard :as whiteboard-handler]
             [frontend.mixins :as mixins]
+            [frontend.mobile.core :as mobile]
             [frontend.mobile.haptics :as haptics]
             [frontend.mobile.intent :as mobile-intent]
             [frontend.mobile.util :as mobile-util]
@@ -3012,14 +3013,19 @@
                                                 (block-content-on-pointer-down e block block-id edit-input-id content config))))))))]
     [:div.block-content.inline
      (cond-> {:id (str "block-content-" uuid)
-              :key (str "block-content-" uuid)
-              :content-editable (and (mobile-util/native-ios?) (not page-title?))}
+              :key (str "block-content-" uuid)}
+       (and (mobile-util/native-ios?) (not page-title?))
+       (assoc :content-editable true
+              :data-readonly true
+              :on-key-down util/stop
+              :on-before-input util/stop
+              :on-input util/stop)
        true
        (merge attrs))
 
      [:<>
       (when (and (> (count content) (state/block-content-max-length (state/get-current-repo)))
-              (not (contains? #{:code} (:logseq.property.node/display-type block))))
+                 (not (contains? #{:code} (:logseq.property.node/display-type block))))
         [:div.warning.text-sm
          "Large block will not be editable or searchable to not slow down the app, please use another editor to edit this block."])
       [:div.flex.flex-row.justify-between.block-content-inner
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/state.cljs b/src/main/frontend/state.cljs
index 9911646ec6..75509381d9 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/state.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/state.cljs
@@ -1218,7 +1218,9 @@ Similar to re-frame subscriptions"
       (doseq [node (dom/sel (util/format "[blockid='%s']" id))]
         (dom/remove-class! node "selected")
         (when (dom/has-class? node "ls-table-row")
-          (.blur node))))))
+          (.blur node))))
+    (doseq [node (dom/sel ".block-content[contenteditable=true]")]
+      (dom/set-attr! node "contenteditable" "false"))))
 
 (defn set-selection-blocks!
   ([blocks]
@@ -1242,7 +1244,9 @@ Similar to re-frame subscriptions"
 (defn clear-selection!
   []
   (dom-clear-selection!)
-  (state-clear-selection!))
+  (state-clear-selection!)
+  (doseq [node (dom/sel ".block-content[contenteditable=false]")]
+    (dom/set-attr! node "contenteditable" "true")))
 
 (defn get-selection-start-block-or-first
   []