diff --git a/ui/src/ui/chat/grouped-render.ts b/ui/src/ui/chat/grouped-render.ts
index d4f2be30e46..adc5df0da58 100644
--- a/ui/src/ui/chat/grouped-render.ts
+++ b/ui/src/ui/chat/grouped-render.ts
@@ -670,9 +670,13 @@ function renderMessageImages(
   return html`
     <div class="chat-message-images">
       ${images.map((img) => {
+        const isLocalImage = isLocalAssistantAttachmentSource(img.url);
         const canProxyLocalImage =
-          isLocalAssistantAttachmentSource(img.url) &&
+          isLocalImage &&
           isLocalAttachmentPreviewAllowed(img.url, opts?.localMediaPreviewRoots ?? []);
+        if (isLocalImage && !canProxyLocalImage) {
+          return nothing;
+        }
         const imageUrl = canProxyLocalImage
           ? buildAssistantAttachmentUrl(img.url, opts?.basePath, opts?.authToken)
           : img.url;
diff --git a/ui/src/ui/views/chat.test.ts b/ui/src/ui/views/chat.test.ts
index aedc309faf9..5c555697762 100644
--- a/ui/src/ui/views/chat.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/ui/views/chat.test.ts
@@ -974,6 +974,31 @@ describe("chat view", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("does not render blocked local transcript image paths", () => {
+    const container = document.createElement("div");
+
+    renderGroupedMessage(
+      container,
+      {
+        id: "user-history-image-blocked",
+        role: "user",
+        content: "",
+        MediaPath: "/Users/test/Documents/private.png",
+        MediaType: "image/png",
+        timestamp: Date.now(),
+      },
+      "user",
+      {
+        showToolCalls: false,
+        basePath: "/openclaw",
+        assistantAttachmentAuthToken: "session-token",
+        localMediaPreviewRoots: ["/tmp/openclaw"],
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect(container.querySelector(".chat-message-image")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it("skips non-image transcript media paths after history reload", () => {
     const container = document.createElement("div");