diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/statusbar-controls.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/statusbar-controls.tsx
index 7718682c74..a245d1dcd2 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/statusbar-controls.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/statusbar-controls.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ import { ContribRender } from '@/contrib/react/boundary'
 import { useI18n } from '@/i18n'
 import { useKeybindHint } from '@/lib/keybinds/use-keybind-hint'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
-import { $statusbarHiddenIds, setStatusbarItemVisible, toggleStatusbarVisible } from '@/store/statusbar-prefs'
+import {
+  $statusbarHiddenIds,
+  isStatusbarLayoutDefault,
+  resetStatusbarLayout,
+  setStatusbarItemVisible,
+  toggleStatusbarVisible
+} from '@/store/statusbar-prefs'
 
 // Shared chrome styling for interactive statusbar items (button / link / menu
 // trigger). The 'text' variant intentionally omits hover/transition/disabled.
@@ -176,6 +182,18 @@ function StatusbarVisibilityMenu({
             </ContextMenuCheckboxItem>
           ))}
           <ContextMenuSeparator />
+          {/* Disabled rather than hidden when nothing is customized: the row is
+              also how you find out there IS a shipped layout to get back to.
+              Groups with the hide row below — both act on the bar, not an item. */}
+          <ContextMenuItem
+            disabled={isStatusbarLayoutDefault(hiddenIds)}
+            onSelect={event => {
+              event.preventDefault()
+              resetStatusbarLayout()
+            }}
+          >
+            <span className="truncate">{copy.resetStatusbar}</span>
+          </ContextMenuItem>
         </>
       )}
       <ContextMenuItem onSelect={toggleStatusbarVisible}>
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/statusbar-visibility.test.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/statusbar-visibility.test.tsx
index b4bce684bb..e65f272e05 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/statusbar-visibility.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/statusbar-visibility.test.tsx
@@ -125,6 +125,68 @@ describe('statusbar item visibility', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('reset to defaults', () => {
+  it('puts a customized bar back to the shipped show/hide set', async () => {
+    $statusbarHiddenIds.set(['gateway-health'])
+
+    const statusbar = bar([item('cron', 'Cron'), item('gateway-health', 'Gateway')])
+
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Gateway')).toBeNull()
+    expect(within(statusbar).getByText('Cron')).toBeTruthy()
+
+    openContextMenu(statusbar)
+    fireEvent.click(await screen.findByRole('menuitem', { name: /reset to defaults/i }))
+
+    expect($statusbarHiddenIds.get()).toEqual([...STATUSBAR_HIDDEN_BY_DEFAULT])
+    expect(within(statusbar).getByText('Gateway')).toBeTruthy()
+    // Scoped to the bar: the menu stays open after a reset, so an unscoped query
+    // matches its still-listed 'Cron' checkbox row rather than a bar item.
+    expect(within(statusbar).queryByText('Cron')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('disables the row when the layout is already default', async () => {
+    const statusbar = bar([item('cron', 'Cron'), item('gateway-health', 'Gateway')])
+
+    openContextMenu(statusbar)
+
+    const row = await screen.findByRole('menuitem', { name: /reset to defaults/i })
+    expect(row.getAttribute('data-disabled')).not.toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('enables the row as soon as one item differs, in either direction', async () => {
+    const statusbar = bar([item('cron', 'Cron'), item('gateway-health', 'Gateway')])
+
+    // Showing a default-hidden item counts…
+    $statusbarHiddenIds.set(STATUSBAR_HIDDEN_BY_DEFAULT.filter(id => id !== 'cron'))
+    openContextMenu(statusbar)
+    expect(
+      (await screen.findByRole('menuitem', { name: /reset to defaults/i })).getAttribute('data-disabled')
+    ).toBeNull()
+
+    // …and so does hiding a default-shown one.
+    $statusbarHiddenIds.set([...STATUSBAR_HIDDEN_BY_DEFAULT, 'gateway-health'])
+    expect(
+      (await screen.findByRole('menuitem', { name: /reset to defaults/i })).getAttribute('data-disabled')
+    ).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('leaves whole-bar visibility alone — reset is about items, not the bar', async () => {
+    // Set to the NON-default so a reset that wrongly restored bar visibility too
+    // would flip this back to true and fail. StatusbarControls doesn't read the
+    // atom (the controller gates the mount), so the menu is still reachable here.
+    $statusbarVisible.set(false)
+    $statusbarHiddenIds.set([])
+
+    const statusbar = bar([item('gateway-health', 'Gateway')])
+
+    openContextMenu(statusbar)
+    fireEvent.click(await screen.findByRole('menuitem', { name: /reset to defaults/i }))
+
+    expect($statusbarHiddenIds.get()).toEqual([...STATUSBAR_HIDDEN_BY_DEFAULT])
+    expect($statusbarVisible.get()).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
+
 describe('whole-bar visibility', () => {
   it('hides the bar from the context menu, leaving the keybind as the way back', async () => {
     const statusbar = bar([item('gateway-health', 'Gateway')])
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts
index 35916ae65c..b0b3d46fbe 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts
@@ -2561,6 +2561,7 @@ export const en: Translations = {
       gatewayTitle: 'Gateway',
       customizeTitle: 'Show in status bar',
       hideStatusbar: 'Hide status bar',
+      resetStatusbar: 'Reset to defaults',
       toggleApprovalMode: 'Approvals',
       toggleBackendVersion: 'Backend version',
       toggleCommandCenter: 'Command Center',
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts
index 4b34a851b0..4772ef6561 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts
@@ -2153,6 +2153,7 @@ export interface Translations {
       gatewayTitle: string
       customizeTitle: string
       hideStatusbar: string
+      resetStatusbar: string
       toggleApprovalMode: string
       toggleBackendVersion: string
       toggleCommandCenter: string
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts
index 471fa8767a..d33f5e1b59 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts
@@ -2739,6 +2739,7 @@ export const zh: Translations = {
       gatewayTitle: '网关',
       customizeTitle: '在状态栏中显示',
       hideStatusbar: '隐藏状态栏',
+      resetStatusbar: '恢复默认设置',
       toggleApprovalMode: '审批',
       toggleBackendVersion: '后端版本',
       toggleCommandCenter: '命令中心',
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/store/statusbar-prefs.ts b/apps/desktop/src/store/statusbar-prefs.ts
index 612c9be18e..7318e18d7e 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/store/statusbar-prefs.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/store/statusbar-prefs.ts
@@ -51,3 +51,20 @@ export function setStatusbarItemVisible(id: string, visible: boolean) {
 
   $statusbarHiddenIds.set(visible ? hidden.filter(entry => entry !== id) : [...hidden, id])
 }
+
+/** Pure so the menu can derive its reset row's disabled state from the hidden
+ *  list it already subscribes to, rather than reading the atom out of band.
+ *  Set-compared: order is incidental (items are appended as they're hidden) and
+ *  a duplicated id shouldn't read as a customization. */
+export function isStatusbarLayoutDefault(hidden: readonly string[]) {
+  const ids = new Set(hidden)
+
+  return ids.size === STATUSBAR_HIDDEN_BY_DEFAULT.length && STATUSBAR_HIDDEN_BY_DEFAULT.every(id => ids.has(id))
+}
+
+/** Put the show/hide set back to what ships. Only touches item layout — whole-bar
+ *  visibility is a separate preference, and resetting from the bar's own menu
+ *  shouldn't make the bar the user is right-clicking disappear. */
+export function resetStatusbarLayout() {
+  $statusbarHiddenIds.set([...STATUSBAR_HIDDEN_BY_DEFAULT])
+}