diff --git a/Yattee/Models/Navigation/SidebarMainItem.swift b/Yattee/Models/Navigation/SidebarMainItem.swift
index 3a9850d9..09968e95 100644
--- a/Yattee/Models/Navigation/SidebarMainItem.swift
+++ b/Yattee/Models/Navigation/SidebarMainItem.swift
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ enum SidebarMainItem: String, CaseIterable, Codable, Identifiable, Sendable {
         switch self {
         case .search, .home:
             return true
+        case .settings:
+            // tvOS has no other route to Settings, so hiding it would lock the user out.
+            #if os(tvOS)
+            return true
+            #else
+            return false
+            #endif
         default:
             return false
         }
diff --git a/Yattee/Views/Settings/SidebarSettingsView.swift b/Yattee/Views/Settings/SidebarSettingsView.swift
index 59b5c76a..b10b306a 100644
--- a/Yattee/Views/Settings/SidebarSettingsView.swift
+++ b/Yattee/Views/Settings/SidebarSettingsView.swift
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ struct SidebarSettingsView: View {
 
     private func mainItemBinding(for item: SidebarMainItem) -> Binding<Bool> {
         Binding(
-            get: { mainItemVisibility[item] ?? true },
+            get: { item.isRequired || (mainItemVisibility[item] ?? true) },
             set: { newValue in
                 mainItemVisibility[item] = newValue
                 saveMainNavigationSettings()