diff --git a/frontend/editor/public/locales/en-US/translation.toml b/frontend/editor/public/locales/en-US/translation.toml
index 882fde45b8..a8585debd3 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/public/locales/en-US/translation.toml
+++ b/frontend/editor/public/locales/en-US/translation.toml
@@ -4419,10 +4419,6 @@ offlineHint = "Reconnect to load your cloud library."
 offlineTitle = "No cached cloud files"
 title = "No cloud files yet"
 
-[filesPage.empty.local]
-hint = "Files saved without uploading stay here. Drop a file to add one."
-title = "No local-only files"
-
 [filesPage.empty.noResults]
 hint = "No files in this folder match your filter. Try a different term or clear the filter."
 title = "No matching files"
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/core/components/filesPage/FileGrid.tsx b/frontend/editor/src/core/components/filesPage/FileGrid.tsx
index 28eb6bbc0d..eb1bb5df3e 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/core/components/filesPage/FileGrid.tsx
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/core/components/filesPage/FileGrid.tsx
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ interface FileGridProps {
   sortMode?: FilesPageSortMode;
   onChangeSortMode?: (mode: FilesPageSortMode) => void;
   /** Drives the empty-state copy. */
-  currentTab?: "all" | "local" | "cloud" | "recent" | "shared" | "sharedByMe";
+  currentTab?: "all" | "cloud" | "recent" | "shared" | "sharedByMe";
   /** A filter is applied; an empty result then means "no matches", not "no files". */
   searchActive?: boolean;
   /** Cloud reachability; switches the cloud empty-state copy. */
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ function SkeletonGrid({ viewMode }: { viewMode: FilesPageViewMode }) {
 
 interface EmptyStateProps {
   /** Drives copy + iconography. */
-  tab?: "all" | "local" | "cloud" | "recent" | "shared" | "sharedByMe";
+  tab?: "all" | "cloud" | "recent" | "shared" | "sharedByMe";
   /** When true the empty list is the result of a filter, not a bare folder. */
   searchActive?: boolean;
   /** Switches the cloud empty-state copy. */
@@ -429,14 +429,6 @@ function EmptyState({
 
   const { titleKey, titleFallback, hintKey, hintFallback } = (() => {
     switch (tab) {
-      case "local":
-        return {
-          titleKey: "filesPage.empty.local.title",
-          titleFallback: "No local-only files",
-          hintKey: "filesPage.empty.local.hint",
-          hintFallback:
-            "Files saved without uploading stay here. Drop a file to add one.",
-        };
       case "cloud":
         return serverReachable
           ? {
@@ -489,8 +481,7 @@ function EmptyState({
   const readOnlyTab =
     tab === "recent" || tab === "shared" || tab === "sharedByMe";
   const showUpload = Boolean(onUpload) && !readOnlyTab;
-  const showCreateFolder =
-    Boolean(onCreateFolder) && !readOnlyTab && tab !== "local";
+  const showCreateFolder = Boolean(onCreateFolder) && !readOnlyTab;
   const showCtas = showUpload || showCreateFolder;
   return (
     <div className="files-page-empty">
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/core/components/filesPage/FileManagerView.tsx b/frontend/editor/src/core/components/filesPage/FileManagerView.tsx
index a8dce9a804..f7afd07dfb 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/core/components/filesPage/FileManagerView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/core/components/filesPage/FileManagerView.tsx
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ export default function FileManagerView() {
   const visibleFolders = useMemo(() => {
     // Folders only appear in cloud-rooted tabs.
     if (
-      currentTab === "local" ||
       currentTab === "recent" ||
       currentTab === "shared" ||
       currentTab === "sharedByMe"
@@ -321,12 +320,6 @@ export default function FileManagerView() {
   const filesInCurrentFolder = useMemo(() => {
     // Tab overrides folder navigation for Local/Recent/Shared.
     switch (currentTab) {
-      case "local":
-        // Both halves: a local file inside a browser folder belongs to that folder,
-        // not here as well.
-        return allFiles.filter(
-          (f) => f.remoteStorageId == null && (f.folderId ?? null) === null,
-        );
       case "cloud":
         // Cloud bucket; search widens to subtree, else direct-folder match.
         return allFiles.filter((f) => {
@@ -1101,7 +1094,6 @@ export default function FileManagerView() {
   const newFolderDisabledReason: string | null = useMemo(() => {
     // Only All/Cloud render folders, so creating one elsewhere would look inert.
     if (
-      currentTab === "local" ||
       currentTab === "recent" ||
       currentTab === "shared" ||
       currentTab === "sharedByMe"
@@ -1143,8 +1135,7 @@ export default function FileManagerView() {
       <header className="files-page-header">
         {/* Breadcrumb only for folder-rooted tabs. */}
         {(currentTab === "all" || currentTab === "cloud") && <Breadcrumbs />}
-        {(currentTab === "local" ||
-          currentTab === "recent" ||
+        {(currentTab === "recent" ||
           currentTab === "shared" ||
           currentTab === "sharedByMe") && (
           <div
@@ -1155,13 +1146,11 @@ export default function FileManagerView() {
               color: "var(--c-text)",
             }}
           >
-            {currentTab === "local"
-              ? t("filesPage.tabName.local", "Local")
-              : currentTab === "recent"
-                ? t("filesPage.tabName.recent", "Recent")
-                : currentTab === "shared"
-                  ? t("filesPage.tabName.shared", "Shared with me")
-                  : t("filesPage.tabName.sharedByMe", "Shared by me")}
+            {currentTab === "recent"
+              ? t("filesPage.tabName.recent", "Recent")
+              : currentTab === "shared"
+                ? t("filesPage.tabName.shared", "Shared with me")
+                : t("filesPage.tabName.sharedByMe", "Shared by me")}
           </div>
         )}
         {(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/core/components/filesPage/FolderTreeSidebar.tsx b/frontend/editor/src/core/components/filesPage/FolderTreeSidebar.tsx
index 918dbe9880..95e6d86d06 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/core/components/filesPage/FolderTreeSidebar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/core/components/filesPage/FolderTreeSidebar.tsx
@@ -72,7 +72,13 @@ export function FolderTreeSidebar({
 }: FolderTreeSidebarProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const { tree, currentFolderId, setCurrentFolderId } = useFolders();
-  const { currentTab, setCurrentTab, moveFolderTo } = useFilesPage();
+  const {
+    currentTab,
+    setCurrentTab,
+    moveFolderTo,
+    originFilter,
+    setOriginFilter,
+  } = useFilesPage();
 
   return (
     <div
@@ -99,8 +105,8 @@ export function FolderTreeSidebar({
         }
       />
       <LocalRow
-        isActive={currentTab === "local"}
-        onSelect={() => setCurrentTab("local")}
+        isActive={originFilter === "local"}
+        onSelect={() => setOriginFilter("local")}
       />
       {tree.map((node) => (
         <TreeNodeRow
@@ -198,10 +204,9 @@ interface LocalRowProps {
 }
 
 /**
- * Pinned pseudo-folder row that selects the Local tab. Local files don't
- * belong to a folder (folders are a cloud concept) so this row is not a
- * drop target and has no count badge - the Local view scopes by predicate
- * (`remoteStorageId == null`), not by folderId.
+ * Sets the source filter to local, and nothing else: it narrows whatever view you
+ * are in rather than being a place of its own. Not a drop target and no count
+ * badge - a local file has no folder to be counted under.
  */
 function LocalRow({ isActive, onSelect }: LocalRowProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/core/contexts/FilesPageContext.tsx b/frontend/editor/src/core/contexts/FilesPageContext.tsx
index 3a93653811..c64a9f1a54 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/core/contexts/FilesPageContext.tsx
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/core/contexts/FilesPageContext.tsx
@@ -55,13 +55,7 @@ export type FilesPageOriginFilter =
   | "shared-with-me";
 
 /** all|local|cloud|recent|shared filter presets. */
-export type FilesPageTab =
-  | "all"
-  | "local"
-  | "cloud"
-  | "recent"
-  | "shared"
-  | "sharedByMe";
+export type FilesPageTab = "all" | "cloud" | "recent" | "shared" | "sharedByMe";
 
 export interface FolderNameDialogState {
   mode: "new" | "rename" | null;