diff --git a/src/actions/app.ts b/src/actions/app.ts
index 6302233259..853a09f885 100644
--- a/src/actions/app.ts
+++ b/src/actions/app.ts
@@ -150,8 +150,12 @@ export function setupInitialUrlState(
       return;
     }
 
-    // Validate the initial URL state. We can't refresh on a from-file URL.
-    if (urlState.dataSource === 'from-file') {
+    // Validate the initial URL state. We can't refresh on from-file or
+    // unpublished URLs.
+    if (
+      urlState.dataSource === 'from-file' ||
+      urlState.dataSource === 'unpublished'
+    ) {
       urlState = null;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/actions/receive-profile.ts b/src/actions/receive-profile.ts
index 0bd60fb0ec..bfca2b3ba0 100644
--- a/src/actions/receive-profile.ts
+++ b/src/actions/receive-profile.ts
@@ -1400,9 +1400,10 @@ export function retrieveProfileForRawUrl(
     }
 
     let dataSource = ensureIsValidDataSource(possibleDataSource);
-    if (dataSource === 'from-file') {
-      // Redirect to 'none' if `dataSource` is 'from-file' since initial urls can't
-      // be 'from-file' and needs to be redirected to home page.
+    // Redirect to 'none' for from-file and unpublished data sources since initial
+    // urls can't be 'from-file' or 'unpublished' and need to be redirected to
+    // home page. 'unpublished' is a transient state after profile deletion.
+    if (dataSource === 'from-file' || dataSource === 'unpublished') {
       dataSource = 'none';
     }
     dispatch(setDataSource(dataSource));
@@ -1475,7 +1476,6 @@ export function retrieveProfileForRawUrl(
       case 'uploaded-recordings':
       case 'none':
       case 'local':
-      case 'unpublished':
         // There is no profile to download for these datasources.
         break;
       default:
diff --git a/src/test/store/receive-profile.test.ts b/src/test/store/receive-profile.test.ts
index b00a183beb..13a5618f8b 100644
--- a/src/test/store/receive-profile.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/store/receive-profile.test.ts
@@ -2190,6 +2190,20 @@ describe('actions/receive-profile', function () {
         });
       }
     );
+
+    it('redirects unpublished initial URLs to home page', async function () {
+      const { getState } = await setup({
+        pathname: '/unpublished/',
+        search: '',
+        hash: '',
+      });
+
+      // The data source should be redirected from 'unpublished' to 'none'.
+      expect(UrlStateSelectors.getDataSource(getState())).toEqual('none');
+
+      // No profile should be loaded.
+      expect(ProfileViewSelectors.getProfileOrNull(getState())).toEqual(null);
+    });
   });
 });