diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 48896ea..8c75cbb 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -2997,6 +2997,22 @@
                                     </div>
                                 </div>
                             </div>
+
+                            <div class="settings-group">
+                                <div class="setting-item">
+                                    <div class="info">
+                                        <span class="label">Close Queue on Navigation</span>
+                                        <span class="description"
+                                            >Close the queue panel when navigating back or to a new page (useful for
+                                            mobile)</span
+                                        >
+                                    </div>
+                                    <label class="toggle-switch">
+                                        <input type="checkbox" id="queue-close-on-navigation-toggle" />
+                                        <span class="slider"></span>
+                                    </label>
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
                         </div>
                     </div>
                     <div class="settings-tab-content" id="settings-tab-scrobbling">
diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index df2b525..dc74dab 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
     downloadQualitySettings,
     sidebarSettings,
     pwaUpdateSettings,
+    queueBehaviorSettings,
 } from './storage.js';
 import { UIRenderer } from './ui.js';
 import { Player } from './player.js';
@@ -1810,6 +1811,11 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', async () => {
             return;
         }
 
+        // Close side panel (queue/lyrics) on navigation if setting is enabled
+        if (queueBehaviorSettings.shouldCloseOnNavigation()) {
+            sidePanelManager.close();
+        }
+
         await router();
         updateTabTitle(player);
     };
diff --git a/js/settings.js b/js/settings.js
index a2bd5f7..b4832b3 100644
--- a/js/settings.js
+++ b/js/settings.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
     contentBlockingSettings,
     musicProviderSettings,
     analyticsSettings,
+    queueBehaviorSettings,
 } from './storage.js';
 import { audioContextManager, EQ_PRESETS } from './audio-context.js';
 import { getButterchurnPresets } from './visualizers/butterchurn.js';
@@ -1532,6 +1533,15 @@ export function initializeSettings(scrobbler, player, api, ui) {
         });
     }
 
+    // Queue Close on Navigation Toggle
+    const queueCloseOnNavigationToggle = document.getElementById('queue-close-on-navigation-toggle');
+    if (queueCloseOnNavigationToggle) {
+        queueCloseOnNavigationToggle.checked = queueBehaviorSettings.shouldCloseOnNavigation();
+        queueCloseOnNavigationToggle.addEventListener('change', (e) => {
+            queueBehaviorSettings.setCloseOnNavigation(e.target.checked);
+        });
+    }
+
     // Compact Artist Toggle
     const compactArtistToggle = document.getElementById('compact-artist-toggle');
     if (compactArtistToggle) {
diff --git a/js/storage.js b/js/storage.js
index 5e71076..60548fe 100644
--- a/js/storage.js
+++ b/js/storage.js
@@ -2101,6 +2101,28 @@ export const musicProviderSettings = {
     },
 };
 
+export const queueBehaviorSettings = {
+    STORAGE_KEY: 'queue-close-on-navigation',
+
+    shouldCloseOnNavigation() {
+        try {
+            // Default to true on mobile, false on desktop
+            const saved = localStorage.getItem(this.STORAGE_KEY);
+            if (saved === null) {
+                // Auto-detect: default to true for mobile/touch devices
+                return window.matchMedia('(pointer: coarse)').matches;
+            }
+            return saved === 'true';
+        } catch {
+            return false;
+        }
+    },
+
+    setCloseOnNavigation(enabled) {
+        localStorage.setItem(this.STORAGE_KEY, enabled ? 'true' : 'false');
+    },
+};
+
 export const contentBlockingSettings = {
     BLOCKED_ARTISTS_KEY: 'blocked-artists',
     BLOCKED_TRACKS_KEY: 'blocked-tracks',