diff --git a/apps/settings/src/components/AppNavigationGroupList.vue b/apps/settings/src/components/AppNavigationGroupList.vue
index d5362d6cf4c..ea5be964c31 100644
--- a/apps/settings/src/components/AppNavigationGroupList.vue
+++ b/apps/settings/src/components/AppNavigationGroupList.vue
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 		<NcAppNavigationList class="account-management__group-list"
 			aria-describedby="group-list-desc"
 			data-cy-users-settings-navigation-groups="custom">
-			<GroupListItem v-for="group in filteredGroups"
+			<GroupListItem v-for="group in userGroups"
 				:id="group.id"
 				ref="groupListItems"
 				:key="group.id"
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import type { Group } from '../utils/groups.ts'
+
 import { computed, ref, watch, onBeforeMount } from 'vue'
 import { Fragment } from 'vue-frag'
 import { useRoute, useRouter } from 'vue-router/composables'
@@ -76,17 +78,9 @@ import GroupListItem from './GroupListItem.vue'
 
 import { useFormatGroups } from '../composables/useGroupsNavigation.ts'
 import { useStore } from '../store'
+import { searchGroups } from '../service/groups.ts'
 import logger from '../logger.ts'
 
-interface Group {
-		id: string
-    displayname: string
-    usercount: number
-    disabled: number
-    canAdd: boolean
-    canRemove: boolean
-}
-
 const store = useStore()
 const route = useRoute()
 const router = useRouter()
@@ -123,10 +117,6 @@ const loadingGroups = ref(false)
 const offset = ref(0)
 /** Search query for groups */
 const groupsSearchQuery = ref('')
-/** Filtered groups */
-const filteredGroups = computed(() => userGroups.value.filter((group) => {
-	return group.title.toLocaleLowerCase().includes(groupsSearchQuery.value.toLocaleLowerCase())
-}))
 
 const groupListItems = ref([])
 const lastGroupListItem = computed(() => {
@@ -148,18 +138,24 @@ watch(groupsSearchQuery, async () => {
 	await loadGroups()
 })
 
+/** Cancelable promise for search groups request */
+const promise = ref(null)
+
 /**
  * Load groups
  */
 async function loadGroups() {
+	if (promise.value) {
+		promise.value.cancel()
+	}
 	loadingGroups.value = true
 	try {
-		const { data } = await store.dispatch('searchGroups', {
+		promise.value = searchGroups({
 			search: groupsSearchQuery.value,
 			offset: offset.value,
 			limit: 25,
 		})
-		const groups: Group[] = data.ocs?.data?.groups ?? []
+		const groups: Group[] = (await promise.value).data.ocs?.data?.groups ?? []
 		if (groups.length > 0) {
 			offset.value += 25
 		}
@@ -176,6 +172,7 @@ async function loadGroups() {
 	} catch (error) {
 		logger.error(t('settings', 'Failed to load groups'), { error })
 	}
+	promise.value = null
 	loadingGroups.value = false
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/settings/src/service/groups.ts b/apps/settings/src/service/groups.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..87b83a91140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/settings/src/service/groups.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import type { AxiosResponse } from '@nextcloud/axios'
+
+import axios from '@nextcloud/axios'
+import { generateOcsUrl } from '@nextcloud/router'
+import { CancelablePromise } from 'cancelable-promise'
+
+/**
+ * Search groups
+ *
+ * @param {object} options Options
+ * @param {string} options.search Search query
+ * @param {number} options.offset Offset
+ * @param {number} options.limit Limit
+ */
+export const searchGroups = ({ search, offset, limit }): CancelablePromise<AxiosResponse> => {
+	const controller = new AbortController()
+	return new CancelablePromise(async (resolve, reject, onCancel) => {
+		onCancel(() => controller.abort())
+		try {
+			const response = await axios.get(
+				generateOcsUrl('/cloud/groups/details?search={search}&offset={offset}&limit={limit}', { search, offset, limit }), {
+					signal: controller.signal,
+				},
+			)
+			resolve(response)
+		} catch (error) {
+			reject(error)
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/apps/settings/src/store/users.js b/apps/settings/src/store/users.js
index c997b04b40c..2a3a2d272d9 100644
--- a/apps/settings/src/store/users.js
+++ b/apps/settings/src/store/users.js
@@ -323,25 +323,6 @@ const actions = {
 		})
 	},
 
-	/**
-	 * search groups
-	 *
-	 * @param {object} context Store context
-	 * @param {object} options Options
-	 * @param {string} options.search Search query
-	 * @param {number} options.offset List offset
-	 * @param {number} options.limit List limit
-	 * @return {Promise}
-	 */
-	searchGroups(context, { search, offset, limit }) {
-		return api.get(generateOcsUrl('cloud/groups/details?search={search}&offset={offset}&limit={limit}', { search, offset, limit }))
-			.catch((error) => {
-				if (!axios.isCancel(error)) {
-					context.commit('API_FAILURE', error)
-				}
-			})
-	},
-
 	/**
 	 * Get user details
 	 *
diff --git a/apps/settings/src/utils/groups.ts b/apps/settings/src/utils/groups.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc2c789ec35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/settings/src/utils/groups.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+export interface Group {
+	id: string
+	displayname: string
+	usercount: number
+	disabled: number
+	canAdd: boolean
+	canRemove: boolean
+}
+
+export const formatGroup = (group: Group) => ({
+	id: group.id,
+	name: group.displayname,
+	usercount: group.usercount,
+	disabled: group.disabled,
+	canAdd: group.canAdd,
+	canRemove: group.canRemove,
+})