diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsNavigation.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsNavigation.tsx
index 3cf107458d08e03a06d5377977a8d9aaf952b934..81bd82186944a0ae100baaa810129676e572779a 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsNavigation.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsNavigation.tsx
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const SETTINGS_NAV_ITEMS: ReadonlyArray<{
   to: SettingsPath;
   icon: ComponentType<{ className?: string }>;
 }> = (Object.keys(SETTINGS_SECTION_LABELS) as SettingsPath[])
-  .filter((to) => to !== "/settings/diagnostics")
+  .filter((to) => to !== "/settings/diagnostics" && to !== "/settings/snap-shot")
   .map((to) => ({
     to,
     label: SETTINGS_SECTION_LABELS[to],
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.test.ts b/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.test.ts
index b3d7b0c29a60206d2ae5da55f93d2da157c7a03a..d72ba871469856cc1e30905a47bcff8d991a98c3 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.test.ts
@@ -339,25 +339,14 @@ describe("searchSettings", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("routes conditional window capture settings to the stable toggle row", () => {
-    const targets = [
-      "capture accessibility data",
-      "capture shortcut",
-      "capture sound",
-      "capture flash",
-      "capture animations",
-    ].map((query) => {
-      const match = searchSettings(query)[0];
-      return [match?.id, match?.targetId];
-    });
-
-    expect(targets).toEqual([
-      ["snap-shot-accessibility", "snap-shot-enabled"],
-      ["snap-shot-shortcut", "snap-shot-enabled"],
-      ["snap-shot-sound", "snap-shot-enabled"],
-      ["snap-shot-flash", "snap-shot-enabled"],
-      ["snap-shot-animations", "snap-shot-enabled"],
-    ]);
+  it.each([
+    "capture accessibility data",
+    "capture shortcut",
+    "capture sound",
+    "capture flash",
+    "capture animations",
+  ])("hides disabled SnapShots settings for %s", (query) => {
+    expect(searchSettings(query).some((item) => item.to === "/settings/snap-shot")).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it("routes browser recording quality to integrations", () => {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts b/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts
index 723b39f6a0d9319d0c5366d789148ed38c83aa5c..a63ef8209cf3d742e92afbbd4bbbeaccb9a0e3a3 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts
@@ -1153,6 +1153,7 @@ export function filterAvailableSettingsSearchItems(
   const items: ReadonlyArray<SettingsSearchItem> = SETTINGS_SEARCH_ITEMS;
   return items.filter(
     (item) =>
+      item.to !== "/settings/snap-shot" &&
       (!item.cloudOnly || availability.hasCloudPublicConfig) &&
       (!item.environmentOnly || availability.hasEnvironment) &&
       (!item.providerSettingsOnly || availability.hasProviderSettingsEnvironment) &&
@@ -1176,6 +1177,7 @@ export function searchSettings(
 
   return items
     .flatMap((item, index) => {
+      if (item.to === "/settings/snap-shot") return [];
       if (!isElectron && item.desktopOnly === true) return [];
       if (item.releaseChannelOnly && !isElectron && HOSTED_APP_CHANNEL === null) return [];
       if (item.macOnly && !isMacPlatform(platform)) return [];
diff --git a/apps/web/src/routes/__root.tsx b/apps/web/src/routes/__root.tsx
index 8e43622738d95e8a041d9ecda79ae4b79250c82f..f2301f4d7604fb6e0f32fd7f4c1e2a10a136cb31 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/routes/__root.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/routes/__root.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { scopedProjectKey, scopeProjectRef } from "@t3tools/client-runtime/envir
 import {
   Outlet,
   Link,
-  redirect,
   createRootRoute,
   type ErrorComponentProps,
   useLocation,
@@ -85,9 +84,7 @@ import {
   type KeybindingsUpdateToastController,
 } from "../components/KeybindingsUpdateToast.logic";
 
-import { getDesktopSnapShotBridge } from "../lib/desktopSnapShot";
 import { installDesktopPasteAsText } from "../lib/desktopPasteAsText";
-import { shouldResumeSnapShotSetupOnStartup } from "../lib/snapShotSetupResume";
 
 export const Route = createRootRoute({
   beforeLoad: async ({ location }) => {
@@ -108,14 +105,6 @@ export const Route = createRootRoute({
     }
 
     const authGateState = await resolveInitialServerAuthGateState();
-    if (
-      authGateState.status === "authenticated" &&
-      getDesktopSnapShotBridge() &&
-      shouldResumeSnapShotSetupOnStartup() &&
-      location.pathname !== "/settings/snap-shot"
-    ) {
-      throw redirect({ to: "/settings/snap-shot", replace: true });
-    }
     return {
       authGateState,
     };
diff --git a/apps/web/src/routes/settings.snap-shot.tsx b/apps/web/src/routes/settings.snap-shot.tsx
index 0b7a96dc42b6fddf1edefce7d00230e39e4f6c40..6cc4da465632f8a44f21280f4101991be4b72bb3 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/routes/settings.snap-shot.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/routes/settings.snap-shot.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-import { createFileRoute } from "@tanstack/react-router";
-
-import { SnapShotSettings } from "../components/settings/SnapShotSettings";
-
-function SettingsSnapShotRoute() {
-  return <SnapShotSettings />;
-}
+import { createFileRoute, redirect } from "@tanstack/react-router";
 
 export const Route = createFileRoute("/settings/snap-shot")({
-  component: SettingsSnapShotRoute,
+  beforeLoad: () => {
+    throw redirect({ to: "/settings/general", replace: true });
+  },
 });
diff --git a/packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts b/packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts
index c289b4a2592547298c6736b982a194d431875ac5..c343f73fec816467445dd9e8062f1985cc31607c 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   ClientSettingsPatch,
   ClaudeSettings,
   DEFAULT_SERVER_SETTINGS,
+  DEFAULT_CLIENT_SETTINGS,
   requiredScopesForProjectMutation,
   resolveProjectProviderInstanceEnabled,
   resolveProviderInstanceEnabled,
@@ -473,6 +474,12 @@ describe("ClientSettings window capture", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("keeps SnapShots disabled when older settings enable them or a caller tries to persist them", () => {
+    expect(decodeClientSettings({ snapShotEnabled: true }).snapShotEnabled).toBe(false);
+    const saved = encodeClientSettings({ ...DEFAULT_CLIENT_SETTINGS, snapShotEnabled: true });
+    expect(saved.snapShotEnabled).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it("rejects unknown capture sounds", () => {
     expect(() => decodeClientSettingsPatch({ snapShotSound: "doorbell" })).toThrow();
   });
diff --git a/packages/contracts/src/settings.ts b/packages/contracts/src/settings.ts
index 52ebb8947c7762c7a4de47520d6db445b1dd2502..237160cf07115df154a6b4db719c8909b364d4f9 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src/settings.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/src/settings.ts
@@ -491,7 +491,13 @@ export const ClientSettingsSchema = Schema.Struct({
   timestampFormat: TimestampFormat.pipe(
     Schema.withDecodingDefault(Effect.succeed(DEFAULT_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT)),
   ),
-  snapShotEnabled: Schema.Boolean.pipe(Schema.withDecodingDefault(Effect.succeed(false))),
+  snapShotEnabled: Schema.Boolean.pipe(
+    Schema.decodeTo(
+      Schema.Boolean,
+      SchemaTransformation.transform({ decode: () => false, encode: () => false }),
+    ),
+    Schema.withDecodingDefault(Effect.succeed(false)),
+  ),
   snapShotIncludeAccessibility: Schema.Boolean.pipe(
     Schema.withDecodingDefault(Effect.succeed(true)),
   ),