diff --git a/static/js/profiles.js b/static/js/profiles.js
index 87e1e94..f507cd5 100644
--- a/static/js/profiles.js
+++ b/static/js/profiles.js
@@ -238,7 +238,10 @@ function _applyPendingProfileUsers() {
   if (!ids || !ids.length || !S._allUsers.length) return;
   const wanted = new Set(ids);
   // A saved google:<email> may since have merged onto an M365 user (platform 'both')
-  const matches = u => wanted.has(u.id) || (u.googleEmail && wanted.has('google:' + u.googleEmail));
+  // Must return a real boolean: the sidebar and getSelectedUsers() treat any
+  // selected value other than `false` as ticked, so an `undefined` here (users
+  // without googleEmail) ticked — and scanned — every M365-only/GWS-only user.
+  const matches = u => wanted.has(u.id) || !!(u.googleEmail && wanted.has('google:' + u.googleEmail));
   S._allUsers.forEach(u => { u.selected = matches(u); });
   renderAccountList();
   const found = S._allUsers.filter(matches).length;