diff --git a/frontend/app/tab/tabbar.tsx b/frontend/app/tab/tabbar.tsx
index 62e9052e31..476027b6af 100644
--- a/frontend/app/tab/tabbar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/tab/tabbar.tsx
@@ -75,6 +75,30 @@ const WaveAIButton = memo(({ divRef }: { divRef?: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement
 });
 WaveAIButton.displayName = "WaveAIButton";
 
+const WidgetsSidebarButton = memo(({ divRef }: { divRef?: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> }) => {
+    const widgetsSidebarVisible = useAtomValue(WorkspaceLayoutModel.getInstance().widgetsSidebarVisibleAtom);
+
+    const onClick = () => {
+        const current = WorkspaceLayoutModel.getInstance().getWidgetsSidebarVisible();
+        WorkspaceLayoutModel.getInstance().setWidgetsSidebarVisible(!current);
+    };
+
+    return (
+        <Tooltip
+            content="Toggle Widgets Sidebar"
+            placement="bottom"
+            hideOnClick
+            divClassName={`flex h-[22px] px-3.5 justify-end mb-1 items-center rounded-md mr-1 box-border cursor-pointer bg-hover hover:bg-hoverbg transition-colors text-[12px] ${widgetsSidebarVisible ? "text-accent" : "text-secondary"}`}
+            divStyle={{ WebkitAppRegion: "no-drag" } as React.CSSProperties}
+            divOnClick={onClick}
+            divRef={divRef}
+        >
+            <i className="fa fa-bars" />
+        </Tooltip>
+    );
+});
+WidgetsSidebarButton.displayName = "WidgetsSidebarButton";
+
 function strArrayIsEqual(a: string[], b: string[]) {
     // null check
     if (a == null && b == null) {
@@ -123,6 +147,7 @@ const TabBar = memo(({ workspace, noTabs }: TabBarProps) => {
     const rightContainerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
     const workspaceSwitcherRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
     const waveAIButtonRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+    const widgetsSidebarButtonRef = createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
     const appMenuButtonRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
     const tabWidthRef = useRef<number>(TabDefaultWidth);
     const scrollableRef = useRef<boolean>(false);
@@ -665,6 +690,7 @@ const TabBar = memo(({ workspace, noTabs }: TabBarProps) => {
             </button>
             <div className="flex-1" />
             <div ref={rightContainerRef} className="flex flex-row gap-1 items-end">
+                <WidgetsSidebarButton divRef={widgetsSidebarButtonRef} />
                 <UpdateStatusBanner />
                 <div
                     className="h-full shrink-0 z-window-drag"
@@ -675,4 +701,4 @@ const TabBar = memo(({ workspace, noTabs }: TabBarProps) => {
     );
 });
 
-export { TabBar, WaveAIButton };
+export { TabBar, WaveAIButton, WidgetsSidebarButton };
diff --git a/frontend/app/workspace/workspace-layout-model.ts b/frontend/app/workspace/workspace-layout-model.ts
index 1c86bb8a39..b15cd212b4 100644
--- a/frontend/app/workspace/workspace-layout-model.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/workspace/workspace-layout-model.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class WorkspaceLayoutModel {
     private focusTimeoutRef: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
     private debouncedPersistAIWidth: () => void;
     private debouncedPersistVTabWidth: () => void;
+    widgetsSidebarVisibleAtom: jotai.Atom<boolean>;
 
     private constructor() {
         this.aiPanelRef = null;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ class WorkspaceLayoutModel {
         this.vtabWidth = VTabBar_DefaultWidth;
         this.vtabVisible = false;
         this.panelVisibleAtom = jotai.atom(false);
+        this.widgetsSidebarVisibleAtom = jotai.atom((get) => get(this.getWidgetsSidebarVisibleAtom()) ?? true);
         this.initializeFromMeta();
 
         this.handleWindowResize = this.handleWindowResize.bind(this);
@@ -135,6 +137,10 @@ class WorkspaceLayoutModel {
         return getOrefMetaKeyAtom(WOS.makeORef("workspace", this.getWorkspaceId()), "layout:vtabbarwidth");
     }
 
+    private getWidgetsSidebarVisibleAtom(): jotai.Atom<boolean | undefined> {
+        return getOrefMetaKeyAtom(WOS.makeORef("workspace", this.getWorkspaceId()), "layout:widgetsvisible");
+    }
+
     private initializeFromMeta(): void {
         try {
             const savedVisible = globalStore.get(this.getPanelOpenAtom());
@@ -352,6 +358,18 @@ class WorkspaceLayoutModel {
         return this.getResolvedAIWidth(window.innerWidth);
     }
 
+    getWidgetsSidebarVisible(): boolean {
+        return globalStore.get(this.widgetsSidebarVisibleAtom);
+    }
+
+    setWidgetsSidebarVisible(visible: boolean): void {
+        if (globalStore.get(this.widgetsSidebarVisibleAtom) === visible) return;
+        RpcApi.SetMetaCommand(TabRpcClient, {
+            oref: WOS.makeORef("workspace", this.getWorkspaceId()),
+            meta: { "layout:widgetsvisible": visible },
+        });
+    }
+
     // ---- Initial percentage helpers (used by workspace.tsx for defaultSize) ----
 
     getLeftGroupInitialPercentage(windowWidth: number, showLeftTabBar: boolean): number {
diff --git a/frontend/app/workspace/workspace.tsx b/frontend/app/workspace/workspace.tsx
index 3e29bfa9f1..08278a4eed 100644
--- a/frontend/app/workspace/workspace.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/workspace/workspace.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const WorkspaceElem = memo(() => {
     const tabBarPosition = useAtomValue(getSettingsKeyAtom("app:tabbar")) ?? "top";
     const showLeftTabBar = tabBarPosition === "left";
     const aiPanelVisible = useAtomValue(workspaceLayoutModel.panelVisibleAtom);
+    const widgetsSidebarVisible = useAtomValue(workspaceLayoutModel.widgetsSidebarVisibleAtom);
     const windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
     const leftGroupInitialPct = workspaceLayoutModel.getLeftGroupInitialPercentage(windowWidth, showLeftTabBar);
     const innerVTabInitialPct = workspaceLayoutModel.getInnerVTabInitialPercentage(windowWidth, showLeftTabBar);
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ const WorkspaceElem = memo(() => {
                             ) : (
                                 <div className="flex flex-row h-full">
                                     <TabContent key={tabId} tabId={tabId} noTopPadding={showLeftTabBar && isMacOS()} />
-                                    <Widgets />
+                                    {widgetsSidebarVisible && <Widgets />}
                                 </div>
                             )}
                         </Panel>
diff --git a/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts b/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
index 0e56b7d345..53f8812841 100644
--- a/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
@@ -1159,6 +1159,7 @@ declare global {
         "bg:bordercolor"?: string;
         "bg:activebordercolor"?: string;
         "layout:vtabbarwidth"?: number;
+        "layout:widgetsvisible"?: boolean;
         "waveai:panelopen"?: boolean;
         "waveai:panelwidth"?: number;
         "waveai:model"?: string;
diff --git a/pkg/waveobj/metaconsts.go b/pkg/waveobj/metaconsts.go
index f41435954c..0ce08099d8 100644
--- a/pkg/waveobj/metaconsts.go
+++ b/pkg/waveobj/metaconsts.go
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ const (
 	MetaKey_BgActiveBorderColor              = "bg:activebordercolor"
 
 	MetaKey_LayoutVTabBarWidth               = "layout:vtabbarwidth"
+	MetaKey_LayoutWidgetsVisible             = "layout:widgetsvisible"
 
 	MetaKey_WaveAiPanelOpen                  = "waveai:panelopen"
 	MetaKey_WaveAiPanelWidth                 = "waveai:panelwidth"
diff --git a/pkg/waveobj/wtypemeta.go b/pkg/waveobj/wtypemeta.go
index 4a36fdd46f..2280b55d2d 100644
--- a/pkg/waveobj/wtypemeta.go
+++ b/pkg/waveobj/wtypemeta.go
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ type MetaTSType struct {
 	BgActiveBorderColor string  `json:"bg:activebordercolor,omitempty"` // frame:activebordercolor
 
 	// for workspace
-	LayoutVTabBarWidth int `json:"layout:vtabbarwidth,omitempty"`
+	LayoutVTabBarWidth      int  `json:"layout:vtabbarwidth,omitempty"`
+	LayoutWidgetsVisible    *bool `json:"layout:widgetsvisible,omitempty"`
 
 	// for tabs+waveai
 	WaveAiPanelOpen     bool   `json:"waveai:panelopen,omitempty"`