diff --git a/src/components/FloatingActionButton.tsx b/src/components/FloatingActionButton.tsx
index e4943489..fdbb80a2 100644
--- a/src/components/FloatingActionButton.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FloatingActionButton.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { MenuAction, MenuView } from '@react-native-menu/menu';
 import { ParamListBase } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import { NativeStackNavigationProp } from '@react-navigation/native-stack';
-import { StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
+import { Keyboard, StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
 import { Icon } from 'react-native-elements';
 import { useSafeAreaInsets } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ const FloatingActionButton: React.FunctionComponent<Props> = ({ navigation }) =>
         }]}>
             <MenuView
                 style={StyleSheet.absoluteFill}
+                // A text input elsewhere (e.g. the edit-player name field) can leave
+                // a dangling first responder that iOS tries to restore when this
+                // native menu presents, popping the keyboard up alongside it.
+                // Dismiss the keyboard as the menu opens so that can't happen.
+                onOpenMenu={() => Keyboard.dismiss()}
                 onPressAction={async ({ nativeEvent }) => {
                     const playerNumber = parseInt(nativeEvent.event);
                     addGameHandler(playerNumber);
diff --git a/src/screens/EditPlayerScreen.test.tsx b/src/screens/EditPlayerScreen.test.tsx
index 6da3070f..667650b0 100644
--- a/src/screens/EditPlayerScreen.test.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/EditPlayerScreen.test.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 
 import { configureStore } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import { act, fireEvent, render, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react-native';
+import { Keyboard } from 'react-native';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 
 import gamesReducer from '../../redux/GamesSlice';
@@ -463,6 +464,45 @@ describe('EditPlayerScreen', () => {
         expect(input).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
+    it('dismisses the keyboard when the screen is removed', () => {
+        // Regression: the clear button focuses the input programmatically. If the
+        // screen unmounts while it is still the first responder, iOS re-shows the
+        // keyboard the next time a native menu (the new-game player-count menu)
+        // presents. Leaving the screen must dismiss the keyboard.
+        const dismissSpy = jest.spyOn(Keyboard, 'dismiss').mockImplementation(() => { });
+
+        let beforeRemoveCallback: (() => void) | undefined;
+        mockNavigation.addListener.mockImplementation((event: string, cb: () => void) => {
+            if (event === 'beforeRemove') {
+                beforeRemoveCallback = cb;
+            }
+            return jest.fn();
+        });
+
+        const mockRoute = {
+            params: {
+                index: 0,
+                playerId: 'player-1',
+            },
+        };
+
+        render(
+            <Provider store={mockStore}>
+                <EditPlayerScreen navigation={mockNavigation} route={mockRoute as any} />
+            </Provider>
+        );
+
+        expect(beforeRemoveCallback).toBeDefined();
+
+        act(() => {
+            beforeRemoveCallback?.();
+        });
+
+        expect(dismissSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        dismissSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+
     it('should limit input to 15 characters', () => {
         const store = createMockStore({
             settings: {
diff --git a/src/screens/EditPlayerScreen.tsx b/src/screens/EditPlayerScreen.tsx
index d04ab210..29ff1c63 100644
--- a/src/screens/EditPlayerScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/EditPlayerScreen.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import React, { useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { ParamListBase, RouteProp } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import { NativeStackNavigationProp } from '@react-navigation/native-stack';
 import {
+    Keyboard,
     NativeSyntheticEvent,
     ScrollView,
     StyleSheet,
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ const EditPlayerScreen: React.FC<EditPlayerScreenProps> = ({
         navigation.setOptions({
             headerLeft: ({ tintColor }) => (
                 <HeaderButton accessibilityLabel='EditPlayerBack' onPress={async () => {
+                    // Resign the first responder before the back transition starts,
+                    // while the input is still mounted, so iOS doesn't keep it around
+                    // and re-show the keyboard later (see beforeRemove handler below).
+                    Keyboard.dismiss();
                     navigation.goBack();
                     await logEvent('edit_player_back');
                 }}>
@@ -53,6 +58,18 @@ const EditPlayerScreen: React.FC<EditPlayerScreenProps> = ({
             ),
         });
     }, [navigation, theme.tint]);
+
+    // The clear button focuses the input programmatically. If the screen is
+    // removed while that input is still the first responder, iOS keeps a
+    // dangling reference and re-shows the keyboard the next time a native view
+    // (e.g. the new-game player-count menu) presents. Dismiss it on the way out.
+    useEffect(() => {
+        const unsubscribe = navigation.addListener('beforeRemove', () => {
+            Keyboard.dismiss();
+        });
+        return unsubscribe;
+    }, [navigation]);
+
     const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
     const currentGame = useAppSelector(selectCurrentGame);
     const { index, playerId } = route.params;