diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/backstage.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/backstage.rs
index a1605c66a4..d3fd4a4ccc 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/backstage.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/backstage.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ fn back_chevron_c(band_min_x: f32, center_y: f32, fullscreen: bool, content_left
     pos2(band_min_x + x, center_y)
 }
 
+/// The bottom of the backstage menu: About, and the community link unless the user turned the
+/// community button off — the title bar pill honors the same setting, so the menu hides the
+/// link with it.
+fn bottom_links(app: &WordApp) -> Vec<(&'static str, &'static str)> {
+    let mut links = vec![("About", "about")];
+    if app.ui.show_discord {
+        links.push(("Discord community", "discord"));
+    }
+    links
+}
+
 /// Draws the Backstage side menu and the active page. Without a document only the Home, New, Open
 /// and Options pages work, and it handles Back, Escape, Save, Save As and Close routing.
 pub fn show(app: &mut WordApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
@@ -155,7 +166,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut WordApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
                 }
             }
             ui.with_layout(egui::Layout::bottom_up(egui::Align::Min), |ui| {
-                for (label, id) in [("About", "about"), ("Discord community", "discord")] {
+                for (label, id) in bottom_links(app) {
                     let (r, resp) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(200.0, 32.0), Sense::click());
                     resp.widget_info(|| egui::WidgetInfo::labeled(egui::Role::Button, ui.is_enabled(), tl!(label)));
                     if resp.hovered() {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests.rs
index c8103b6e6b..32136193d2 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests.rs
@@ -590,6 +590,25 @@ fn title_and_account_buttons_work() {
     assert!(h.query_by_label("User name:").is_some());
 }
 
+/// The Options toggle hides the community pill in the title bar; the backstage menu's
+/// Discord link hides with it — one setting, everywhere the link shows.
+#[test]
+fn the_community_button_off_hides_the_backstage_discord_link_too() {
+    use egui_kittest::kittest::Queryable;
+    let mut a = app();
+    a.run("ui.backstage", json!({"value": true})).unwrap();
+    let mut h = harness(a);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(h.query_by_label("Discord community").is_some(), "the community link shows by default");
+
+    let mut a = app();
+    a.ui.show_discord = false;
+    a.run("ui.backstage", json!({"value": true})).unwrap();
+    let mut h = harness(a);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(h.query_by_label("Discord community").is_none(), "the backstage link honors the same setting");
+}
+
 /// File › Options › Advanced › Editing: alignment guides are a UI command, on by default and
 /// kept between runs.
 #[test]