diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/EditorSettingsDialog.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/EditorSettingsDialog.vue
index 06a8d4319..703039829 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/EditorSettingsDialog.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/EditorSettingsDialog.vue
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ function hasChanges(): boolean {
   );
 }
 
-async function applySettings() {
+async function persistSettings() {
   if (hasBlockingShortcutConflicts.value) return;
   settingsStore.updateEditorSettings({
     fontFamily: editFontFamily.value,
@@ -299,6 +299,14 @@ async function applySettings() {
   await settingsStore.updateDesktopSettings({
     show_tray_icon: editShowTrayIcon.value,
   });
+}
+
+async function applySettings() {
+  await persistSettings();
+}
+
+async function applySettingsAndClose() {
+  await persistSettings();
   emit("update:open", false);
 }
 
@@ -1796,6 +1804,9 @@ watch(
             <Button :disabled="!hasChanges() || hasBlockingShortcutConflicts" @click="applySettings">
               {{ t("settings.apply") }}
             </Button>
+            <Button :disabled="!hasChanges() || hasBlockingShortcutConflicts" @click="applySettingsAndClose">
+              {{ t("settings.applyAndClose") }}
+            </Button>
           </DialogFooter>
 
           <DialogFooter
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/en.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
index 7217c8df6..5b972a032 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -1464,6 +1464,7 @@ export default {
     syncSecretsSkipped: "Encrypted secrets were present but were not restored.",
     syncDownloadConfirm: "Download and apply the remote DBX snapshot? Local metadata and saved SQL will be replaced.",
     apply: "Apply",
+    applyAndClose: "Apply and Close",
     reset: "Reset",
     resetDefaults: "Reset Defaults",
     save: "Save",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/es.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/es.ts
index baf5f27e5..d4f191be7 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/es.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/es.ts
@@ -1359,6 +1359,7 @@ export default {
     syncDownloadConfirm:
       "¿Descargar y aplicar la instantánea remota de DBX? Se reemplazarán metadatos locales y SQL guardado.",
     apply: "Aplicar",
+    applyAndClose: "Aplicar y cerrar",
     reset: "Restablecer",
     resetDefaults: "Restablecer valores por defecto",
     executeMode: "Modo de ejecución (Cmd+Enter)",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts
index 96f360f28..5b1aa9200 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts
@@ -1430,6 +1430,7 @@ export default {
     syncSecretsSkipped: "远端包含加密敏感信息，但本次未恢复。",
     syncDownloadConfirm: "要下载并应用远端 DBX 快照吗？本地元信息和保存的 SQL 会被替换。",
     apply: "应用",
+    applyAndClose: "应用并关闭",
     reset: "重置",
     resetDefaults: "恢复默认",
     save: "保存",
diff --git a/packages/app-tests/settingsDialogLayout.test.ts b/packages/app-tests/settingsDialogLayout.test.ts
index 5e28432bf..c5b7c36c9 100644
--- a/packages/app-tests/settingsDialogLayout.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app-tests/settingsDialogLayout.test.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ test("shortcut conflicts only block applying changed shortcut settings", () => {
   assert.match(source, /:disabled="!hasChanges\(\) \|\| hasBlockingShortcutConflicts"/);
 });
 
+test("settings dialog exposes separate apply and apply-and-close actions", () => {
+  assert.match(source, /async function persistSettings\(\)/);
+  assert.match(source, /async function applySettings\(\)/);
+  assert.match(source, /async function applySettingsAndClose\(\)/);
+  assert.match(source, /await persistSettings\(\);[\s\S]*emit\("update:open", false\)/);
+  assert.match(source, /t\("settings\.applyAndClose"\)/);
+});
+
 test("settings dialog exposes sidebar activation in navigation settings", () => {
   assert.match(source, /value: "navigation"/);
   assert.match(source, /activeSettingsTab === ['"]navigation['"]/);