diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/command-palette/index.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/command-palette/index.tsx
index ce9f0149e5..f9a640000a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/command-palette/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/command-palette/index.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
   HUD_SURFACE,
   HUD_TEXT
 } from '@/app/floating-hud'
-import { setTerminalTakeover } from '@/app/right-sidebar/store'
 import { codiconIcon } from '@/components/ui/codicon'
 import { Command, CommandGroup, CommandInput, CommandItem, CommandList } from '@/components/ui/command'
 import { HighlightMatches } from '@/components/ui/highlight-matches'
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ import {
   SlidersHorizontal,
   Starmap,
   Sun,
-  Terminal,
   Users,
   Wrench,
   Zap
@@ -771,14 +769,6 @@ function CommandPaletteBody({ onExited }: { onExited: () => void }) {
                 }
               ]
             : []),
-          {
-            action: 'view.showTerminal',
-            icon: Terminal,
-            id: 'nav-terminal',
-            keywords: ['terminal', 'shell', 'console'],
-            label: t.keybinds.actions['view.showTerminal'],
-            run: () => setTerminalTakeover(true)
-          },
           {
             action: 'nav.settings',
             icon: Settings,
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/controller.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/controller.tsx
index 5ab0af5a78..3c4d1d3e98 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/controller.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/controller.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import { useContributions } from '@/contrib/react/use-contributions'
 import { registry } from '@/contrib/registry'
 import { discoverRuntimePlugins } from '@/contrib/runtime-loader'
 import { sessionTitle as storedSessionTitle } from '@/lib/chat-runtime'
-import { FileText, LayoutDashboard, PanelBottom, Zap } from '@/lib/icons'
+import { FileText, LayoutDashboard, PanelBottom, Terminal, Zap } from '@/lib/icons'
 import { type KeybindContribution, KEYBINDS_AREA } from '@/lib/keybinds/actions'
 import { setYoloEnabled } from '@/lib/yolo-session'
 import { pruneComposerPopoutZones } from '@/store/composer-popout'
@@ -568,6 +568,19 @@ bindPaneCollapse(
   () => setTerminalTakeover(false),
   () => setTerminalTakeover(true)
 )
+// ⌘K door onto the same store the keybind and statusbar pill flip — was a
+// one-way "open" row under Go to, so it never showed on/off and couldn't hide.
+registry.register(
+  paletteToggle({
+    id: 'view.showTerminal',
+    label: 'Toggle terminal',
+    action: 'view.showTerminal',
+    icon: Terminal,
+    keywords: ['terminal', 'shell', 'console', 'pty'],
+    get: () => $terminalTakeover.get(),
+    set: setTerminalTakeover
+  })
+)
 
 // Preview EXISTS only while something is previewed (old-shell semantics:
 // closing the last preview tab closes the pane; a new target opens + fronts