diff --git a/packages/mobile/src/screens/profile-screen/DeactivatedProfileTombstone.tsx b/packages/mobile/src/screens/profile-screen/DeactivatedProfileTombstone.tsx
index bb8bc3e9406..c7005903b57 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/src/screens/profile-screen/DeactivatedProfileTombstone.tsx
+++ b/packages/mobile/src/screens/profile-screen/DeactivatedProfileTombstone.tsx
@@ -2,13 +2,25 @@ import { useCallback } from 'react'
 
 import { route } from '@audius/common/utils'
 import { useLinkTo } from '@react-navigation/native'
+import { ImageBackground } from 'react-native'
 
-import { Button, Flex, IconArrowRight, Text } from '@audius/harmony-native'
+import {
+  Avatar,
+  Button,
+  Flex,
+  IconArrowRight,
+  Text
+} from '@audius/harmony-native'
+import imageCoverPhotoBlank from 'app/assets/images/imageCoverPhotoBlank.jpg'
+import imageProfilePicEmpty from 'app/assets/images/imageProfilePicEmpty2X.png'
 
 const { FEED_PAGE } = route
 
+const COVER_PHOTO_HEIGHT = 96
+
 const messages = {
   helpText: 'This Account No Longer Exists',
+  description: 'The account you’re looking for has been deleted.',
   buttonText: 'Take Me Back To The Music'
 }
 
@@ -20,18 +32,41 @@ export const DeactivatedProfileTombstone = () => {
   }, [linkTo])
 
   return (
-    <Flex column alignItems='center' ph='m' pv='xl' gap='m'>
-      <Text variant='body' strength='default' textAlign='center'>
-        {messages.helpText}
-      </Text>
-      <Button
-        variant='primary'
-        fullWidth
-        iconRight={IconArrowRight}
-        onPress={handlePress}
+    <Flex flex={1} column backgroundColor='white'>
+      <ImageBackground
+        source={imageCoverPhotoBlank}
+        style={{ height: COVER_PHOTO_HEIGHT }}
+        resizeMode='repeat'
+      />
+      {/* Fills the remaining viewport so the message sits centered rather
+          than pinned beneath the cover photo. */}
+      <Flex
+        flex={1}
+        column
+        alignItems='center'
+        justifyContent='center'
+        gap='xl'
+        ph='l'
+        pv='2xl'
       >
-        {messages.buttonText}
-      </Button>
+        <Avatar source={imageProfilePicEmpty} size='xxl' variant='strong' />
+        <Flex column alignItems='center' gap='s'>
+          <Text variant='heading' size='s' textAlign='center'>
+            {messages.helpText}
+          </Text>
+          <Text variant='body' size='l' color='subdued' textAlign='center'>
+            {messages.description}
+          </Text>
+        </Flex>
+        <Button
+          variant='primary'
+          fullWidth
+          iconRight={IconArrowRight}
+          onPress={handlePress}
+        >
+          {messages.buttonText}
+        </Button>
+      </Flex>
     </Flex>
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/DeactivatedProfileTombstone.module.css b/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/DeactivatedProfileTombstone.module.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e1e0e6b656..00000000000
--- a/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/DeactivatedProfileTombstone.module.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-.deactivated {
-  color: var(--harmony-neutral);
-  font-size: var(--harmony-font-m);
-  font-weight: var(--harmony-font-medium);
-  text-align: center;
-
-  margin-top: 38px;
-  padding: 3px;
-  user-select: none;
-}
-.deactivated:not(.mobile) {
-  /** Offset to undo desktop left padding **/
-  width: calc(100% + 229px);
-  margin-left: -229px;
-}
-.deactivatedText {
-  margin: 42px 0;
-  padding: 22px 0;
-}
-
-.mobile.deactivated {
-  margin: 0;
-  padding: 24px 12px;
-  background-color: var(--harmony-white);
-}
-.mobile .deactivatedText {
-  margin: 24px 0 12px;
-}
diff --git a/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/DeactivatedProfileTombstone.tsx b/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/DeactivatedProfileTombstone.tsx
index f07f16467ed..8e8228839f9 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/DeactivatedProfileTombstone.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/DeactivatedProfileTombstone.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 import { route } from '@audius/common/utils'
-import { Button, IconArrowRight } from '@audius/harmony'
-import cn from 'classnames'
+import { Button, Flex, IconArrowRight, Text } from '@audius/harmony'
 import { Link } from 'react-router'
 
-import styles from './DeactivatedProfileTombstone.module.css'
-
 const { HOME_PAGE } = route
 
 const messages = {
   helpText: 'This Account No Longer Exists',
+  description: 'The account you’re looking for has been deleted.',
   buttonText: 'Take Me Back To The Music'
 }
 
@@ -18,16 +16,46 @@ export const DeactivatedProfileTombstone = ({
   isMobile?: boolean
 }) => {
   return (
-    <div className={cn(styles.deactivated, { [styles.mobile]: isMobile })}>
-      <div className={styles.deactivatedText}>{messages.helpText}</div>
-      <Button
-        variant='primary'
-        fullWidth={isMobile}
-        asChild
-        iconRight={IconArrowRight}
+    <Flex
+      w='100%'
+      column
+      alignItems='center'
+      justifyContent='center'
+      p='xl'
+      // Fill the space below the profile header so the message reads as a
+      // centered empty state rather than being pinned to the top. On mobile
+      // web the page container is stretched to the viewport, so `flex: 1`
+      // claims everything below the header; on desktop the page is sized by
+      // its content, so fall back to a fixed minimum.
+      flex={isMobile ? 1 : undefined}
+      css={{
+        minHeight: isMobile ? undefined : 'clamp(240px, 32vh, 420px)',
+        userSelect: 'none'
+      }}
+    >
+      <Flex
+        column
+        alignItems='center'
+        gap='xl'
+        css={{ width: '100%', maxWidth: 400 }}
       >
-        <Link to={HOME_PAGE}>{messages.buttonText}</Link>
-      </Button>
-    </div>
+        <Flex column alignItems='center' gap='s'>
+          <Text variant='heading' size='m' textAlign='center'>
+            {messages.helpText}
+          </Text>
+          <Text variant='body' size='l' color='subdued' textAlign='center'>
+            {messages.description}
+          </Text>
+        </Flex>
+        <Button
+          variant='primary'
+          fullWidth={isMobile}
+          asChild
+          iconRight={IconArrowRight}
+        >
+          <Link to={HOME_PAGE}>{messages.buttonText}</Link>
+        </Button>
+      </Flex>
+    </Flex>
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/desktop/ProfilePage.tsx b/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/desktop/ProfilePage.tsx
index 35d4317e55e..66a91b2c85f 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/desktop/ProfilePage.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/desktop/ProfilePage.tsx
@@ -450,8 +450,12 @@ const ProfilePage = ({ containerRef }: ProfilePageProps) => {
       fromOpacity={1}
     >
       <Box ref={profileFocusRootRef} w='100%' pb='2xl'>
+        {/* `useCoverPhoto`/`useProfilePicture` already scrub deactivated
+            accounts' images and return the default placeholders, so pass the
+            real userId — withholding it leaves the hooks unresolved and the
+            images stuck on a loading skeleton. */}
         <CoverPhoto
-          userId={isDeactivated ? null : userId}
+          userId={userId}
           updatedCoverPhoto={updatedCoverPhoto ? updatedCoverPhoto.url : ''}
           error={updatedCoverPhoto ? updatedCoverPhoto.error : false}
           loading={status === Status.LOADING}
@@ -484,7 +488,7 @@ const ProfilePage = ({ containerRef }: ProfilePageProps) => {
               >
                 {/* @ts-ignore */}
                 <ProfilePicture
-                  userId={isDeactivated ? undefined : userId}
+                  userId={userId}
                   updatedProfilePicture={
                     updatedProfilePicture ? updatedProfilePicture.url : ''
                   }
@@ -551,12 +555,7 @@ const ProfilePage = ({ containerRef }: ProfilePageProps) => {
           <Box>
             <EmptyStatBanner />
             <EmptyNavBanner />
-            <FlushPageContainer>
-              <Flex flex='1 1 100%' mh='auto' columnGap={PROFILE_COLUMN_GAP}>
-                <LeftColumnSpacer />
-                {status === Status.SUCCESS && <DeactivatedProfileTombstone />}
-              </Flex>
-            </FlushPageContainer>
+            {status === Status.SUCCESS && <DeactivatedProfileTombstone />}
           </Box>
         ) : (
           <Mask show={editMode} zIndex={zIndex.PROFILE_EDIT_MASK}>
diff --git a/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/mobile/ProfileHeader.module.css b/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/mobile/ProfileHeader.module.css
index ec4fbcad3b8..b3d1bee8382 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/mobile/ProfileHeader.module.css
+++ b/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/mobile/ProfileHeader.module.css
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@
   flex-direction: column;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Deactivated profiles render no artist info below the cover photo, so the
+ * header must size to its content instead of growing into the space the
+ * tombstone claims — otherwise the two split the viewport and leave a blank
+ * band between the avatar and the message.
+ */
+.headerContainer.deactivated {
+  flex: none;
+}
+
 .coverPhoto {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
diff --git a/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/mobile/ProfileHeader.tsx b/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/mobile/ProfileHeader.tsx
index 945cbfa9c90..44391052c28 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/mobile/ProfileHeader.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/mobile/ProfileHeader.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { useState, useRef, useCallback, useEffect } from 'react'
 
 import { useArtistCreatedFanClub } from '@audius/common/api'
-import { imageCoverPhotoBlank } from '@audius/common/assets'
+import {
+  imageCoverPhotoBlank,
+  imageProfilePicEmpty
+} from '@audius/common/assets'
 import {
   Name,
   SquareSizes,
@@ -277,7 +280,11 @@ const ProfileHeader = ({
   }
 
   return (
-    <div className={styles.headerContainer}>
+    <div
+      className={cn(styles.headerContainer, {
+        [styles.deactivated]: isDeactivated
+      })}
+    >
       <GrowingCoverPhoto
         src={updatedCoverPhoto || coverPhoto}
         style={coverPhotoStyle}
@@ -297,7 +304,9 @@ const ProfileHeader = ({
       </GrowingCoverPhoto>
       <Image
         src={
-          isDeactivated ? undefined : updatedProfilePicture || profilePicture
+          isDeactivated
+            ? imageProfilePicEmpty
+            : updatedProfilePicture || profilePicture
         }
         alt={messages.profilePicAltText}
         className={cn(styles.profilePictureWrapper, styles.profilePicture, {
diff --git a/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/mobile/ProfilePage.module.css b/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/mobile/ProfilePage.module.css
index d4d173e28e1..19c83714285 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/mobile/ProfilePage.module.css
+++ b/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/mobile/ProfilePage.module.css
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 .container {
   flex-direction: column;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Deactivated profiles have no tabs or lineups, so the page would otherwise
+ * end just below the header and leave the rest of the viewport blank. Stretch
+ * the container to the full viewport so the tombstone (flex: 1) can fill it.
+ */
+.deactivatedContainer {
+  /**
+   * 100% (not 100dvh) so the page stops at the bottom of the scroll area
+   * rather than overflowing by the height of anything stacked above it,
+   * e.g. the announcement banner.
+   */
+  min-height: 100%;
+}
+
 /* Bottom Section */
 
 .tracksLineupContainer {
diff --git a/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/mobile/ProfilePage.tsx b/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/mobile/ProfilePage.tsx
index 49ef7c50de0..30912f8ad98 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/mobile/ProfilePage.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/pages/profile-page/components/mobile/ProfilePage.tsx
@@ -433,11 +433,9 @@ const ProfilePage = ({ containerRef }: ProfilePageProps) => {
   }
 
   if (profile.is_deactivated) {
-    content = (
-      <div className={styles.contentContainer}>
-        <DeactivatedProfileTombstone isMobile />
-      </div>
-    )
+    // Rendered as a direct child of the page container (a flex column) so the
+    // tombstone's `flex: 1` can claim the space left below the header.
+    content = <DeactivatedProfileTombstone isMobile />
   } else if (!isLoading && !isEditing) {
     content = (
       <div className={styles.contentContainer}>
@@ -463,7 +461,9 @@ const ProfilePage = ({ containerRef }: ProfilePageProps) => {
         structuredData={structuredData}
         entityType='user'
         hashId={profile?.user_id ? Id.parse(profile.user_id) : undefined}
-        containerClassName={styles.container}
+        containerClassName={cn(styles.container, {
+          [styles.deactivatedContainer]: profile.is_deactivated
+        })}
       >
         <ProfileHeader
           isDeactivated={profile.is_deactivated ?? false}