diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.test.ts b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.test.ts
index 5bf53f25fd270a861c5820c64538d0291201f8f1..6caeffed31bd2bbddfde34e34c3715047aeb26e9 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.test.ts
@@ -2,30 +2,23 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { shouldOpenProjectFolderPickerImmediately } from "./Sidebar.logic";
 
 describe("shouldOpenProjectFolderPickerImmediately", () => {
-  it("opens the folder picker immediately in Electron on desktop", () => {
+  it("opens the folder picker immediately in Electron", () => {
     expect(
       shouldOpenProjectFolderPickerImmediately({
         isElectron: true,
-        isMobile: false,
       }),
     ).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it("keeps manual project entry on mobile Electron layouts", () => {
+  it("still opens the folder picker immediately for mobile-width Electron layouts", () => {
     expect(
       shouldOpenProjectFolderPickerImmediately({
         isElectron: true,
-        isMobile: true,
       }),
-    ).toBe(false);
+    ).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it("keeps manual project entry outside Electron", () => {
-    expect(
-      shouldOpenProjectFolderPickerImmediately({
-        isElectron: false,
-        isMobile: false,
-      }),
-    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldOpenProjectFolderPickerImmediately({ isElectron: false })).toBe(false);
   });
 });
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts
index 9fa649bc01710a7dfc76be22e903549a686c513b..95346241e2d46df3fd0a10ffa3c0d58b8b17e297 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 export function shouldOpenProjectFolderPickerImmediately(input: {
   isElectron: boolean;
-  isMobile: boolean;
 }): boolean {
-  return input.isElectron && !input.isMobile;
+  return input.isElectron;
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
index 67d5feccb007aba93cffdff01238f79851dc9b2c..6421343827b44d271be740daa66054676c312ef3 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import { type Thread } from "../types";
 import { derivePendingApprovals } from "../session-logic";
 import { gitRemoveWorktreeMutationOptions, gitStatusQueryOptions } from "../lib/gitReactQuery";
 import { serverConfigQueryOptions } from "../lib/serverReactQuery";
-import { useMediaQuery } from "../hooks/useMediaQuery";
 import { readNativeApi } from "../nativeApi";
 import { type DraftThreadEnvMode, useComposerDraftStore } from "../composerDraftStore";
 import { selectThreadTerminalState, useTerminalStateStore } from "../terminalStateStore";
@@ -268,7 +267,6 @@ function ProjectFavicon({ cwd }: { cwd: string }) {
 }
 
 export default function Sidebar() {
-  const isMobile = useMediaQuery("(max-width: 767px)");
   const projects = useStore((store) => store.projects);
   const threads = useStore((store) => store.threads);
   const markThreadUnread = useStore((store) => store.markThreadUnread);
@@ -317,7 +315,6 @@ export default function Sidebar() {
   const [desktopUpdateState, setDesktopUpdateState] = useState<DesktopUpdateState | null>(null);
   const shouldBrowseForProjectImmediately = shouldOpenProjectFolderPickerImmediately({
     isElectron,
-    isMobile,
   });
   const shouldShowProjectPathEntry = addingProject && !shouldBrowseForProjectImmediately;
   const pendingApprovalByThreadId = useMemo(() => {