diff --git a/src/pages/inbox/report/ReportActionItemBasicMessage.tsx b/src/pages/inbox/report/ReportActionItemBasicMessage.tsx
index ab193cb88671..c44f43f90f45 100644
--- a/src/pages/inbox/report/ReportActionItemBasicMessage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/inbox/report/ReportActionItemBasicMessage.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import {Str} from 'expensify-common';
 import React, {useMemo} from 'react';
 import {View} from 'react-native';
 import Text from '@components/Text';
+import useResponsiveLayout from '@hooks/useResponsiveLayout';
 import useThemeStyles from '@hooks/useThemeStyles';
+import {canUseTouchScreen} from '@libs/DeviceCapabilities';
 import {containsCustomEmoji, containsOnlyCustomEmoji} from '@libs/EmojiUtils';
 import type ChildrenProps from '@src/types/utils/ChildrenProps';
 import TextWithEmojiFragment from './comment/TextWithEmojiFragment';
@@ -13,7 +15,9 @@ type ReportActionItemBasicMessageProps = Partial<ChildrenProps> & {
 
 function ReportActionItemBasicMessage({message, children}: ReportActionItemBasicMessageProps) {
     const styles = useThemeStyles();
+    const {shouldUseNarrowLayout} = useResponsiveLayout();
     const messageContainsCustomEmojiWithText = useMemo(() => containsCustomEmoji(message) && !containsOnlyCustomEmoji(message), [message]);
+    const selectableStyle = !canUseTouchScreen() || !shouldUseNarrowLayout ? styles.userSelectText : styles.userSelectNone;
 
     return (
         <View>
@@ -21,11 +25,11 @@ function ReportActionItemBasicMessage({message, children}: ReportActionItemBasic
                 (messageContainsCustomEmojiWithText ? (
                     <TextWithEmojiFragment
                         message={Str.htmlDecode(message)}
-                        style={[styles.chatItemMessage, styles.colorMuted]}
+                        style={[styles.chatItemMessage, styles.colorMuted, selectableStyle]}
                         alignCustomEmoji
                     />
                 ) : (
-                    <Text style={[styles.chatItemMessage, styles.colorMuted]}>{Str.htmlDecode(message)}</Text>
+                    <Text style={[styles.chatItemMessage, styles.colorMuted, selectableStyle]}>{Str.htmlDecode(message)}</Text>
                 ))}
             {children}
         </View>
diff --git a/src/pages/inbox/report/ReportActionItemMessageWithExplain.tsx b/src/pages/inbox/report/ReportActionItemMessageWithExplain.tsx
index 99ad7411423b..ae6cbf7cc96c 100644
--- a/src/pages/inbox/report/ReportActionItemMessageWithExplain.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/inbox/report/ReportActionItemMessageWithExplain.tsx
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ import useDelegateAccountID from '@hooks/useDelegateAccountID';
 import useEnvironment from '@hooks/useEnvironment';
 import useLocalize from '@hooks/useLocalize';
 import useOnyx from '@hooks/useOnyx';
+import useResponsiveLayout from '@hooks/useResponsiveLayout';
 import {openLink} from '@libs/actions/Link';
 import {explain} from '@libs/actions/Report';
+import {canUseTouchScreen} from '@libs/DeviceCapabilities';
 import {hasReasoning} from '@libs/ReportActionsUtils';
 import CONST from '@src/CONST';
 import ONYXKEYS from '@src/ONYXKEYS';
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ function ReportActionItemMessageWithExplain({message, action, childReport, origi
     const {translate} = useLocalize();
     const personalDetail = useCurrentUserPersonalDetails();
     const {environmentURL} = useEnvironment();
+    const {shouldUseNarrowLayout} = useResponsiveLayout();
     const [introSelected] = useOnyx(ONYXKEYS.NVP_INTRO_SELECTED);
     const [isSelfTourViewed] = useOnyx(ONYXKEYS.NVP_ONBOARDING, {selector: hasSeenTourSelector});
     const [betas] = useOnyx(ONYXKEYS.BETAS);
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ function ReportActionItemMessageWithExplain({message, action, childReport, origi
         <ReportActionItemBasicMessage>
             <RenderHTML
                 html={`<comment><muted-text>${computedMessage}</muted-text></comment>`}
-                isSelectable={false}
+                isSelectable={!canUseTouchScreen() || !shouldUseNarrowLayout}
                 onLinkPress={handleLinkPress}
             />
         </ReportActionItemBasicMessage>