diff --git a/Localizable.xcstrings b/Localizable.xcstrings
index bdd09ff..3a33289 100644
--- a/Localizable.xcstrings
+++ b/Localizable.xcstrings
@@ -1412,6 +1412,22 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "Hide Explore Tab" : {
+      "localizations" : {
+        "de" : {
+          "stringUnit" : {
+            "state" : "translated",
+            "value" : "Erkunden Tab verstecken"
+          }
+        },
+        "en" : {
+          "stringUnit" : {
+            "state" : "translated",
+            "value" : "Hide Explore Tab"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "HLS Downloader" : {
       "localizations" : {
         "de" : {
diff --git a/Sora/Views/RootView/RootView.swift b/Sora/Views/RootView/RootView.swift
index 9ae486d..cf4dd95 100644
--- a/Sora/Views/RootView/RootView.swift
+++ b/Sora/Views/RootView/RootView.swift
@@ -8,12 +8,16 @@
 import SwiftUI
 
 struct RootView: View {
+    @AppStorage("hideExploreTab") private var hideExploreTab: Bool?
+
     var body: some View {
         TabView {
-            ExploreView()
-                .tabItem {
-                    Label("Explore", systemImage: "star")
-                }
+            if !(hideExploreTab ?? false) {
+                ExploreView()
+                    .tabItem {
+                        Label("Explore", systemImage: "star")
+                    }
+            }
             SearchView()
                 .tabItem {
                     Label("Search", systemImage: "magnifyingglass")
diff --git a/Sora/Views/SettingsView/SettingsSubViews/SettingsViewGeneral.swift b/Sora/Views/SettingsView/SettingsSubViews/SettingsViewGeneral.swift
index 666f1cb..d3132fa 100644
--- a/Sora/Views/SettingsView/SettingsSubViews/SettingsViewGeneral.swift
+++ b/Sora/Views/SettingsView/SettingsSubViews/SettingsViewGeneral.swift
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ struct SettingsViewGeneral: View {
     @AppStorage("mediaColumnsPortrait") private var mediaColumnsPortrait = 2
     @AppStorage("mediaColumnsLandscape") private var mediaColumnsLandscape = 4
     @AppStorage("hideEmptySections") private var hideEmptySections = false
+    @AppStorage("hideExploreTab") private var hideExploreTab = false
     @AppStorage("currentAppIcon") private var currentAppIcon = "Default"
     @AppStorage("episodeSortOrder") private var episodeSortOrder = "Ascending"
 
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ struct SettingsViewGeneral: View {
                 }
                 Toggle("Hide Empty Sections", isOn: $hideEmptySections)
                     .tint(.accentColor)
+                Toggle("Hide Explore Tab", isOn: $hideExploreTab)
+                    .tint(.accentColor)
             }
 
             Section(header: Text("Media View"), footer: Text("The episode range controls how many episodes appear on each page. Episodes are grouped into sets (like 1-25, 26-50, and so on), allowing you to navigate through them more easily.\n\nFor episode metadata it is refering to the episode thumbnail and title, since sometimes it can contain spoilers.")) {