diff --git a/src/features/receive/ReceivePaymentDialog.test.tsx b/src/features/receive/ReceivePaymentDialog.test.tsx
index 2f40ce89..0b128c18 100644
--- a/src/features/receive/ReceivePaymentDialog.test.tsx
+++ b/src/features/receive/ReceivePaymentDialog.test.tsx
@@ -39,3 +39,24 @@ describe('a created invoice', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText('Scan to pay this Lightning invoice')).toBeNull();
   });
 });
+
+describe('receive tabs', () => {
+  it('takes the tabs away once an invoice exists, and gives a way back', async () => {
+    await openDialog();
+
+    expect(await screen.findByTestId('btc-tab')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    fireEvent.click(await screen.findByTestId('show-amount-panel-button'));
+    fireEvent.change(await screen.findByTestId('invoice-amount-input'), { target: { value: '5000' } });
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('generate-invoice-button'));
+
+    await screen.findByTestId('lightning-invoice-text');
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('btc-tab')).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('usd-tab')).toBeNull();
+
+    // `useSheetBack` registers through an effect, so the arrow lands a render late.
+    fireEvent.click(await screen.findByRole('button', { name: 'Back' }));
+
+    expect(await screen.findByTestId('show-amount-panel-button')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('btc-tab')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/features/receive/ReceivePaymentDialog.tsx b/src/features/receive/ReceivePaymentDialog.tsx
index bb2daf51..e9960751 100644
--- a/src/features/receive/ReceivePaymentDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/features/receive/ReceivePaymentDialog.tsx
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ const QRCodeDisplay: React.FC<QRCodeDisplayProps> = ({ paymentData, feeSats, amo
 const ReceivePaymentDialog: React.FC<ReceivePaymentDialogProps> = ({ isOpen, onClose }) => {
   const receive = useReceivePayment();
   const [showChangeConfirm, setShowChangeConfirm] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  // The tabs belong to choosing, not to what you have made with the choice:
+  // past the USD amount form there is a quote to lose, and on a created
+  // invoice there is an invoice. The header arrow carries the way back from
+  // both instead.
+  const [usdResting, setUsdResting] = useState<boolean>(true);
 
   // First-paint deferral. On a fresh post-install launch the main
   // thread is still contending with WASM compile + SDK connect
@@ -284,6 +289,9 @@ const ReceivePaymentDialog: React.FC<ReceivePaymentDialogProps> = ({ isOpen, onC
     // Cleared, so a QR replacing its placeholder does not turn in again.
     later(320, () => setTurning(null));
   };
+  // Tabs while the user is choosing what to receive, gone once there is
+  // something made: a USD request past its amount form, or a created invoice.
+  const tabsVisible = receive.activeTab === 'usd' ? usdResting : receive.currentStep === 'input';
   // Under 400px the code shrinks so the switch and label have room beside its corners.
   const qrSize = window.innerWidth < 400 ? 184 : 200;
   const qrCardClassName = `${turning === 'out' ? 'animate-qr-turn-out' : turning === 'close' ? 'qr-turn-close' : turning === 'in' ? 'animate-qr-turn-in' : pendingMode ? 'qr-turn-wait' : ''} motion-reduce:animate-none`;
@@ -325,12 +333,16 @@ const ReceivePaymentDialog: React.FC<ReceivePaymentDialogProps> = ({ isOpen, onC
           <DialogHeader
             title="Receive"
             onClose={onClose}
+            // The USD steps lend theirs through `useSheetBack`; the invoice is
+            // rendered here, so its way back is passed in directly.
+            onBack={receive.currentStep === 'qr' ? receive.dismissInvoice : undefined}
             icon={<ArrowDownIcon />}
           />
 
           {isContentReady ? (
             <TabContainer>
-              <TabList>
+              {tabsVisible && (
+                <TabList>
                 <Tab isActive={isBtcTab} onClick={() => { if (!isBtcTab) { handleTabChange('lightning'); setShownMode('lightning'); } }} data-testid="btc-tab">
                   <span className="font-bold text-sm">₿</span>
                   BTC
@@ -339,14 +351,22 @@ const ReceivePaymentDialog: React.FC<ReceivePaymentDialogProps> = ({ isOpen, onC
                   <span className="font-bold text-sm">$</span>
                   USD
                 </Tab>
-              </TabList>
+                </TabList>
+              )}
 
               {/* The USD tab sits outside StepContainer: its steps size to their
                   own content (matching the cross-chain send flow), so the 280px
                   floor would pad the short ones out with dead space. */}
-              {receive.activeTab === 'usd' ? (
-                <CrossChainReceiveWorkflow key={`usd-${receive.resetCount}`} />
-              ) : (
+              {/* Stays mounted across tab switches and renders nothing while it
+                  is off screen: a quote, its network and the typed amount are
+                  too much to lose to a stray tap on BTC. Unkeyed for the same
+                  reason, since `resetCount` is bumped by closing the amount
+                  panel, which has nothing to do with this flow. */}
+              <CrossChainReceiveWorkflow
+                active={receive.activeTab === 'usd'}
+                onRestingChange={setUsdResting}
+              />
+              {receive.activeTab !== 'usd' && (
                 <StepContainer>
                   <>
                     {receive.currentStep === 'input' && (
diff --git a/src/features/receive/hooks/useReceivePayment.ts b/src/features/receive/hooks/useReceivePayment.ts
index fe00c66e..e5ff1055 100644
--- a/src/features/receive/hooks/useReceivePayment.ts
+++ b/src/features/receive/hooks/useReceivePayment.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ export interface UseReceivePaymentReturn {
   // available as an escape hatch for the SDK-error-recovery path
   // where the amount must survive the panel closing and reopening.
   closeAmountPanel: () => void;
+  /** Leaves a created invoice for the address view; the invoice stays payable. */
+  dismissInvoice: () => void;
   handleTabChange: (tab: PaymentMethod, loadLightningAddress: () => void) => void;
   generateBitcoinAddress: () => Promise<void>;
   generateBolt11Invoice: () => Promise<void>;
@@ -232,6 +234,20 @@ export function useReceivePayment(): UseReceivePaymentReturn {
     }
   }, [wallet, amountSats, amountDisplay, description, showAmountPanel]);
 
+  // Back from a created invoice to the address view. The invoice itself stays
+  // valid and payable: nothing here revokes it, it just leaves the screen.
+  // Clears the amount so the next trip through the panel starts empty.
+  const dismissInvoice = useCallback(() => {
+    setCurrentStep('input');
+    setPaymentData('');
+    setFeeSats(0);
+    setError(null);
+    setAmountSats(null);
+    setDescription('');
+    setInvoiceAmount(null);
+    setResetCount((c) => c + 1);
+  }, []);
+
   const handleTabChange = useCallback((tab: PaymentMethod, loadLightningAddress: () => void) => {
     setActiveTab(tab);
     setCurrentStep('input');
@@ -271,6 +287,7 @@ export function useReceivePayment(): UseReceivePaymentReturn {
     setAmountDisplay,
     setShowAmountPanel,
     closeAmountPanel,
+    dismissInvoice,
     handleTabChange,
     generateBitcoinAddress,
     generateBolt11Invoice,
diff --git a/src/features/receive/workflows/CrossChainReceiveWorkflow.tsx b/src/features/receive/workflows/CrossChainReceiveWorkflow.tsx
index bbcb85fc..53a9c02a 100644
--- a/src/features/receive/workflows/CrossChainReceiveWorkflow.tsx
+++ b/src/features/receive/workflows/CrossChainReceiveWorkflow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import type {
   CrossChainReceiveInfo,
   CrossChainRoutePair,
@@ -40,7 +40,16 @@ type WorkflowStep = 'amount' | 'loading' | 'asset' | 'chain' | 'provider' | 'gen
 
 const QUICK_USD_AMOUNTS = [10, 50, 200];
 
-const CrossChainReceiveWorkflow: React.FC = () => {
+interface CrossChainReceiveWorkflowProps {
+  /** Whether the USD tab is the one on screen. Kept mounted while it is not,
+   *  so a trip to BTC and back does not discard a typed amount or a quote. */
+  active: boolean;
+  /** True while the flow is still on its amount form, which is where the tabs
+   *  still belong. */
+  onRestingChange?: (resting: boolean) => void;
+}
+
+const CrossChainReceiveWorkflow: React.FC<CrossChainReceiveWorkflowProps> = ({ active, onRestingChange }) => {
   const wallet = useWallet();
   const stableBalance = useStableBalance();
   const { showToast } = useToast();
@@ -62,7 +71,9 @@ const CrossChainReceiveWorkflow: React.FC = () => {
 
   // The provider and result steps cap and scroll themselves, same as the
   // asset / chain steps do from inside their own components.
-  useSheetOwnsScroll(step === 'provider' || step === 'result');
+  useSheetOwnsScroll(active && (step === 'provider' || step === 'result'));
+
+  useEffect(() => { onRestingChange?.(step === 'amount'); }, [step, onRestingChange]);
 
   const { uniqueAssets, chainGroupKey, getChainsForAsset } = useCrossChainRouteGroups(routes);
   const chainsForAsset = selectedAsset ? getChainsForAsset(selectedAsset) : [];
@@ -259,6 +270,8 @@ const CrossChainReceiveWorkflow: React.FC = () => {
   // short step is not padded out to the tallest one. `pt-6` is the step padding
   // the other receive tabs use. The selection lists cap themselves against the
   // viewport (see CrossChainAssetStep) rather than against this container.
+  if (!active) return null;
+
   return (
     <div className="pt-6">
       {/* Step 1: Amount */}