diff --git a/packages/client/src/pages/settings/general.vue b/packages/client/src/pages/settings/general.vue
index 6a9af2412..0add2b9df 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/pages/settings/general.vue
+++ b/packages/client/src/pages/settings/general.vue
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@
 				class="_formBlock"
 				>{{ i18n.ts.useReactionPickerForContextMenu }}</FormSwitch
 			>
-			<FormSwitch v-model="swipeOnMobile" class="_formBlock">{{
+			<FormSwitch v-if="deviceKind !== 'desktop'" v-model="swipeOnMobile" class="_formBlock">{{
 				i18n.ts.swipeOnMobile
 			}}</FormSwitch>
-			<FormSwitch v-model="swipeOnDesktop" class="_formBlock">{{
+			<FormSwitch v-if="deviceKind === 'desktop'" v-model="swipeOnDesktop" class="_formBlock">{{
 				i18n.ts.swipeOnDesktop
 			}}</FormSwitch>
 			<FormSwitch v-model="enterSendsMessage" class="_formBlock">{{
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ import * as os from "@/os";
 import { unisonReload } from "@/scripts/unison-reload";
 import { i18n } from "@/i18n";
 import { definePageMetadata } from "@/scripts/page-metadata";
+import { deviceKind } from "@/scripts/device-kind";
 
 const lang = ref(localStorage.getItem("lang"));
 const fontSize = ref(localStorage.getItem("fontSize"));
@@ -350,6 +351,10 @@ const showTimelineReplies = computed(
 	defaultStore.makeGetterSetter("showTimelineReplies")
 );
 
+watch(swipeOnDesktop, () => {
+	defaultStore.set("swipeOnMobile", true);
+});
+
 watch(lang, () => {
 	localStorage.setItem("lang", lang.value as string);
 	localStorage.removeItem("locale");
diff --git a/packages/client/src/pages/settings/preferences-backups.vue b/packages/client/src/pages/settings/preferences-backups.vue
index 313024d86..15fd804bf 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/pages/settings/preferences-backups.vue
+++ b/packages/client/src/pages/settings/preferences-backups.vue
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ const defaultStoreSaveKeys: (keyof (typeof defaultStore)["state"])[] = [
 	"squareAvatars",
 	"numberOfPageCache",
 	"showUpdates",
+	"swipeOnMobile",
 	"swipeOnDesktop",
 	"showAdminUpdates",
 	"enableCustomKaTeXMacro",