diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/automations/AutomationCustomCronPanel.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/automations/AutomationCustomCronPanel.tsx
index 64c7554ff..9487f7126 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/automations/AutomationCustomCronPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/automations/AutomationCustomCronPanel.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import { CheckCircle2, CircleAlert, RotateCcw } from 'lucide-react'
-import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
+import { CheckCircle2, CircleAlert } from 'lucide-react'
 import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { formatAutomationSchedule } from '../../../../shared/automation-schedules'
@@ -9,13 +8,6 @@ import { Field } from './automation-page-parts'
 
 const FIELD_CONTROL_CLASS = 'border-input bg-input/30 shadow-xs dark:bg-input/30'
 
-export const AUTOMATION_CRON_QUICK_STARTS = [
-  { label: 'Every 15 min', expression: '*/15 * * * *' },
-  { label: 'Hourly workday', expression: '0 9-17 * * 1-5' },
-  { label: 'Weekdays 9 AM', expression: '0 9 * * 1-5' },
-  { label: 'Monthly audit', expression: '0 9 1 * *' }
-] as const
-
 export const AUTOMATION_CRON_FIELD_LABELS = ['Minute', 'Hour', 'Day', 'Month', 'Weekday'] as const
 
 export function getCronScheduleStatusLabel(
@@ -24,7 +16,7 @@ export function getCronScheduleStatusLabel(
 ): { kind: 'empty' | 'invalid' | 'valid'; label: string } {
   const trimmed = schedule.trim()
   if (!trimmed) {
-    return { kind: 'empty', label: 'Choose a quick start or enter a five-field cron.' }
+    return { kind: 'empty', label: 'Enter a five-field cron.' }
   }
   if (!validateSchedule(trimmed)) {
     return { kind: 'invalid', label: 'Enter a valid five-field cron before saving.' }
@@ -42,13 +34,11 @@ export function AutomationCustomCronPanel({
   draft,
   customScheduleInvalid,
   validateAdvancedSchedule,
-  onUseSimpleSchedule,
   onDraftChange
 }: {
   draft: AutomationDraft
   customScheduleInvalid: boolean
   validateAdvancedSchedule: (schedule: string) => boolean
-  onUseSimpleSchedule: () => void
   onDraftChange: (updater: (current: AutomationDraft) => AutomationDraft) => void
 }): React.JSX.Element {
   const customScheduleStatus = getCronScheduleStatusLabel(
@@ -59,44 +49,6 @@ export function AutomationCustomCronPanel({
 
   return (
     <div className="grid gap-3">
-      <div className="rounded-md border border-border/70 bg-muted/25 p-2.5">
-        <div className="mb-2 flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
-          <div className="text-xs font-medium">Quick starts</div>
-          <Button
-            type="button"
-            variant="ghost"
-            size="xs"
-            className="h-6 px-1.5 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
-            onClick={onUseSimpleSchedule}
-          >
-            <RotateCcw className="size-3.5" />
-            Simple
-          </Button>
-        </div>
-        <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-2">
-          {AUTOMATION_CRON_QUICK_STARTS.map((preset) => (
-            <Button
-              key={preset.expression}
-              type="button"
-              variant="outline"
-              size="sm"
-              className="h-auto min-h-11 flex-col items-start gap-0.5 px-2 py-1.5 text-left"
-              onClick={() =>
-                onDraftChange((current) => ({
-                  ...current,
-                  customSchedule: preset.expression,
-                  scheduleWarning: null
-                }))
-              }
-            >
-              <span className="text-xs font-medium">{preset.label}</span>
-              <span className="font-mono text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
-                {preset.expression}
-              </span>
-            </Button>
-          ))}
-        </div>
-      </div>
       <Field label="Cron expression">
         <Input
           value={draft.customSchedule}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/automations/AutomationSchedulePicker.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/automations/AutomationSchedulePicker.test.ts
index ffcd5a3cb..c2e8cbbfa 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/automations/AutomationSchedulePicker.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/automations/AutomationSchedulePicker.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server'
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import type { AutomationDraft } from './AutomationEditorDialog'
 import {
-  AUTOMATION_CRON_QUICK_STARTS,
   AutomationCustomCronPanel,
   getCronFieldValues,
   getCronScheduleStatusLabel
@@ -36,15 +35,6 @@ describe('AutomationSchedulePicker', () => {
     expect(AUTOMATION_SCHEDULE_PRESET_OPTIONS).toContainEqual(['custom', 'Custom cron'])
   })
 
-  it('includes quick starts that are valid cron schedules', () => {
-    expect(AUTOMATION_CRON_QUICK_STARTS.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
-    expect(
-      AUTOMATION_CRON_QUICK_STARTS.every((preset) =>
-        isValidAutomationCronSchedule(preset.expression)
-      )
-    ).toBe(true)
-  })
-
   it('seeds custom cron from the current simple schedule', () => {
     expect(getSchedulePresetDraft(BASE_DRAFT, 'custom')).toMatchObject({
       preset: 'custom',
@@ -65,7 +55,7 @@ describe('AutomationSchedulePicker', () => {
   it('summarizes custom cron validity for the inline status row', () => {
     expect(getCronScheduleStatusLabel('', isValidAutomationCronSchedule)).toEqual({
       kind: 'empty',
-      label: 'Choose a quick start or enter a five-field cron.'
+      label: 'Enter a five-field cron.'
     })
     expect(getCronScheduleStatusLabel('not cron', isValidAutomationCronSchedule)).toEqual({
       kind: 'invalid',
@@ -81,19 +71,18 @@ describe('AutomationSchedulePicker', () => {
     expect(getCronFieldValues('0 9')).toEqual(['0', '9', '...', '...', '...'])
   })
 
-  it('renders quick starts beside the cron expression field', () => {
+  it('renders the cron expression field without quick starts', () => {
     const markup = renderToStaticMarkup(
       React.createElement(AutomationCustomCronPanel, {
         draft: { ...BASE_DRAFT, preset: 'custom', customSchedule: '0 9 * * 1-5' },
         customScheduleInvalid: false,
         validateAdvancedSchedule: isValidAutomationCronSchedule,
-        onUseSimpleSchedule: () => undefined,
         onDraftChange: () => undefined
       })
     )
 
-    expect(markup).toContain('Quick starts')
-    expect(markup).toContain('Every 15 min')
+    expect(markup).not.toContain('Quick starts')
+    expect(markup).not.toContain('Every 15 min')
     expect(markup).toContain('Cron expression')
     expect(markup).toContain('Minute')
     expect(markup).toContain('Weekday')
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/automations/AutomationSchedulePicker.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/automations/AutomationSchedulePicker.tsx
index b45bce35c..4d7adbacc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/automations/AutomationSchedulePicker.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/automations/AutomationSchedulePicker.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import type { AutomationSchedulePreset } from '../../../../shared/automations-ty
 import {
   buildAutomationCronSchedule,
   buildAutomationRrule,
-  classifyAutomationCronSchedule,
   formatAutomationSchedule,
   isValidAutomationSchedule
 } from '../../../../shared/automation-schedules'
@@ -102,35 +101,6 @@ function getDraftScheduleLabel(draft: AutomationDraft): string {
   )
 }
 
-function getSimpleScheduleDraft(
-  current: AutomationDraft
-): Pick<AutomationDraft, 'preset' | 'time' | 'dayOfWeek'> {
-  const classification = classifyAutomationCronSchedule(current.customSchedule)
-  if (classification.kind === 'hourly') {
-    const { hour } = parseTime(current.time)
-    return {
-      preset: 'hourly',
-      time: formatTimeInput(hour, classification.minute),
-      dayOfWeek: current.dayOfWeek
-    }
-  }
-  if (classification.kind === 'daily' || classification.kind === 'weekdays') {
-    return {
-      preset: classification.kind,
-      time: formatTimeInput(classification.hour, classification.minute),
-      dayOfWeek: current.dayOfWeek
-    }
-  }
-  if (classification.kind === 'weekly') {
-    return {
-      preset: 'weekly',
-      time: formatTimeInput(classification.hour, classification.minute),
-      dayOfWeek: String(classification.dayOfWeek)
-    }
-  }
-  return { preset: 'weekdays', time: current.time, dayOfWeek: current.dayOfWeek || '1' }
-}
-
 function buildCustomScheduleSeed(draft: AutomationDraft): string {
   const existing = draft.customSchedule.trim()
   if (existing) {
@@ -198,47 +168,40 @@ export function AutomationSchedulePicker({
       </PopoverTrigger>
       <PopoverContent
         align="start"
-        className="w-[min(var(--radix-popover-trigger-width),calc(100vw-2rem))] min-w-[min(22rem,calc(100vw-2rem))] max-w-[calc(100vw-2rem)] p-3"
+        className="popover-scroll-content scrollbar-sleek max-h-[var(--radix-popover-content-available-height)] w-[min(var(--radix-popover-trigger-width),calc(100vw-2rem))] min-w-[min(22rem,calc(100vw-2rem))] max-w-[calc(100vw-2rem)] overflow-y-auto p-3"
       >
         <div className="grid gap-3">
+          <Field label="Cadence">
+            <Select
+              value={draft.preset}
+              onValueChange={(preset) =>
+                onDraftChange((current) => ({
+                  ...current,
+                  ...getSchedulePresetDraft(current, preset as AutomationSchedulePreset)
+                }))
+              }
+            >
+              <SelectTrigger className={cn('w-full min-w-0', FIELD_CONTROL_CLASS)}>
+                <SelectValue />
+              </SelectTrigger>
+              <SelectContent>
+                {AUTOMATION_SCHEDULE_PRESET_OPTIONS.map(([value, presetLabel]) => (
+                  <SelectItem key={value} value={value}>
+                    {presetLabel}
+                  </SelectItem>
+                ))}
+              </SelectContent>
+            </Select>
+          </Field>
           {draft.preset === 'custom' ? (
             <AutomationCustomCronPanel
               draft={draft}
               customScheduleInvalid={customScheduleInvalid}
               validateAdvancedSchedule={validateAdvancedSchedule}
               onDraftChange={onDraftChange}
-              onUseSimpleSchedule={() =>
-                onDraftChange((current) => ({
-                  ...current,
-                  ...getSimpleScheduleDraft(current),
-                  scheduleWarning: null
-                }))
-              }
             />
           ) : (
             <>
-              <Field label="Cadence">
-                <Select
-                  value={draft.preset}
-                  onValueChange={(preset) =>
-                    onDraftChange((current) => ({
-                      ...current,
-                      ...getSchedulePresetDraft(current, preset as AutomationSchedulePreset)
-                    }))
-                  }
-                >
-                  <SelectTrigger className={cn('w-full min-w-0', FIELD_CONTROL_CLASS)}>
-                    <SelectValue />
-                  </SelectTrigger>
-                  <SelectContent>
-                    {AUTOMATION_SCHEDULE_PRESET_OPTIONS.map(([value, presetLabel]) => (
-                      <SelectItem key={value} value={value}>
-                        {presetLabel}
-                      </SelectItem>
-                    ))}
-                  </SelectContent>
-                </Select>
-              </Field>
               {draft.preset === 'weekly' ? (
                 <Field label="Day">
                   <Select