diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs
index 733f923c8a..6d0b9b0037 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs
@@ -646,9 +646,9 @@ pub fn title_bar(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                         ("Pixel Art".to_string(), tl!("Pixel Art")),
                         ("Motion".to_string(), tl!("Motion")),
                     ];
-                    // A narrow bar drops what is also in a menu, Discord first (below), then
-                    // the theme toggle (Preferences), then search (Edit › Search), and narrows
-                    // the switcher (Window › Workspace) before anything runs over.
+                    // A narrow bar drops what is also in a menu, the theme toggle first
+                    // (Preferences), then search (Edit › Search), and narrows the switcher
+                    // (Window › Workspace) before anything runs over.
                     let room = ui.available_width();
                     let icons_shown: u8 = if room >= WORKSPACE_MIN + 2.0 * ICON_SLOT {
                         2
@@ -680,25 +680,6 @@ pub fn title_bar(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                         }
                         button.context_menu(|ui| crate::prefs_ui::appearance_context_menu(app, ui));
                     }
-                    // The community Discord, one click away while the bar has room for it
-                    // (narrow windows drop it first; it is also Help › Discord).
-                    if ui.available_width() >= DISCORD_ROOM {
-                        let discord = egui::Button::image_and_text(
-                            icons::image("message-square", 14.0, t.text_dim),
-                            egui::RichText::new(tl!("Discord")).color(t.text_dim).size(12.0),
-                        )
-                        .frame(false);
-                        if ui
-                            .add(discord)
-                            .on_hover_text({
-                                let template = "Join the ArtCraft Discord ({url})";
-                                crate::i18n::fmt(tl!(template), &[("url", crate::links::DISCORD)])
-                            })
-                            .clicked()
-                        {
-                            crate::links::open(app, ui.ctx(), crate::links::DISCORD);
-                        }
-                    }
                     if rtl { ui.min_rect().right() } else { ui.min_rect().left() }
                 };
                 free = if rtl { (controls_end, menus_end) } else { (menus_end, controls_end) };
@@ -755,8 +736,6 @@ pub fn sync_window_title(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
 
 /// Minimum space kept between the window title and the menus or controls beside it.
 const TITLE_GAP: f32 = 16.0;
-/// Free room the title bar needs after its other controls to show the Discord button.
-const DISCORD_ROOM: f32 = 120.0;
 /// The workspace switcher's narrowest width, and one 28 pt title-bar icon with its spacing.
 const WORKSPACE_MIN: f32 = 90.0;
 const ICON_SLOT: f32 = 34.0;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/titlebar.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/titlebar.rs
index c45baa2f0d..de10ca30f3 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/titlebar.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/titlebar.rs
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ mod tests {
         for width in [760.0, 1100.0, 1440.0] {
             let mut w = Win::new(width);
             w.frame(vec![]);
-            let out = w.frame(vec![]);
+            w.frame(vec![]);
             let [min, max, close] = CAPTIONS.map(|c| w.caption(c));
             assert_eq!((close.right(), close.top()), (width, 0.0), "Close sits in the window's corner at {width}");
             // The bar's bottom point is the panel's separator line, which the buttons leave visible.
@@ -657,9 +657,18 @@ mod tests {
             for a in &widgets {
                 assert!(a.right() <= min.left(), "{a:?} runs into the caption buttons at {width}");
             }
-            // Wide windows show the whole group; the narrowest drops Discord (also Help › Discord).
-            let has_discord = texts(&out).iter().any(|(t, _)| t == "Discord");
-            assert_eq!(has_discord, width > 1000.0, "Discord at {width}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn the_title_bar_promotes_no_community_chat() {
+        // Issue #1726: only the always-visible title-bar button is removed. The start-screen
+        // and About buttons and Help › Discord remain available.
+        for width in [760.0, 1100.0, 1440.0] {
+            let mut w = Win::new(width);
+            w.frame(vec![]);
+            let out = w.frame(vec![]);
+            assert!(!texts(&out).iter().any(|(t, _)| t.contains("Discord")), "no Discord in the bar at {width}");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/docs/ui-design.md b/docs/ui-design.md
index 96a389d7f7..c6135ff744 100644
--- a/docs/ui-design.md
+++ b/docs/ui-design.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ The app's top bar (`panels::title_bar`) starts with the brand mark (the app icon
 
 - **Windows and Linux:** the window has no OS decorations, so there is one bar, not two stacked. The top bar is the title bar (`titlebar.rs`): Minimize, Maximize/Restore and Close (red on hover, `caption_close` tokens) sit flush in the window's top-right corner, the free gap between the menus and the controls drags the window and a double-click there maximizes it, and invisible 5 pt edges (12 pt corners) resize it. Close runs File › Exit, so unsaved documents are asked about first.
 - **macOS:** the traffic lights sit over the integrated title strip (`integrated_titlebar`).
-- **Narrow windows** drop controls that are also in a menu before anything overlaps: Discord (Help › Discord), then the theme toggle, then search (Edit › Search), then the workspace switcher narrows (Window › Workspace).
+- **Narrow windows** drop controls that are also in a menu before anything overlaps: the theme toggle (Preferences), then search (Edit › Search), then the workspace switcher narrows (Window › Workspace).
 
 ## Compact tool controls