diff --git a/HellionChat/Configuration.cs b/HellionChat/Configuration.cs
index 6326650..b5b9c78 100755
--- a/HellionChat/Configuration.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Configuration.cs
@@ -181,9 +181,16 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
     public bool ShowHideButton = true;
     public bool NativeItemTooltips = true;
     public bool ScreenshotMode;
+
+    // No control and no reader. Kept so a stored value survives until the
+    // rendering they describe exists; see the reconnect backlog. Note the two
+    // resource sets disagree on what PrettierTimestamps even means -- the wizard
+    // called it "relative time", the settings tab "modern layout".
     public bool PrettierTimestamps = true;
     public bool MoreCompactPretty;
     public bool HideSameTimestamps = true;
+
+    // No reader; see the reconnect backlog.
     public bool ShowNoviceNetwork;
 
     // Migration-only since v23: the 1.5.6 sidebar↔top-tabs switch, superseded by
@@ -191,6 +198,8 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
     // the v23 migration in Plugin.cs and kept deserializable so a 1.5.6 user's
     // false value survives one load. Remove in a later schema bump.
     public bool SidebarTabView = true;
+
+    // No reader; see the reconnect backlog.
     public bool PrintChangelog = true;
     public bool OnlyPreviewIf;
     public int PreviewMinimum = 1;
@@ -260,6 +269,7 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
         return defaults;
     }
 
+    // No reader; see the reconnect backlog.
     public bool ColorSelectedInputChannelButton = true;
     public List<Tab> Tabs = [];
 
diff --git a/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Settings/ChatColourPicker.cs b/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Settings/ChatColourPicker.cs
index 575650b..733305f 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Settings/ChatColourPicker.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Settings/ChatColourPicker.cs
@@ -41,18 +41,6 @@ internal sealed class ChatColourPicker
         ImGui.Separator();
         ImGui.Spacing();
 
-        if (
-            ImGui.Checkbox(
-                Language.Options_ColorSelectedInputChannelButton_Name,
-                ref Plugin.Config.ColorSelectedInputChannelButton
-            )
-        )
-        {
-            _plugin.SaveConfig();
-        }
-        ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(Language.Options_ColorSelectedInputChannelButton_Description);
-        ImGui.Spacing();
-
         // Discrete clicks (reset/import) persist at once. The ColorEdit3 drag only
         // recolours live (Refresh, no disk write) and defers SaveConfig to release
         // via IsItemDeactivatedAfterEdit, so dragging the colour wheel doesn't fire
diff --git a/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Settings/Tabs/ChatTab.cs b/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Settings/Tabs/ChatTab.cs
index f46d551..b7a3a9f 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Settings/Tabs/ChatTab.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Settings/Tabs/ChatTab.cs
@@ -24,21 +24,6 @@ internal sealed class ChatTab
                 () => Plugin.Config.UseCompactDensity,
                 v => Plugin.Config.UseCompactDensity = v
             );
-            _w.Toggle(
-                "More compact pretty mode",
-                () => Plugin.Config.MoreCompactPretty,
-                v => Plugin.Config.MoreCompactPretty = v
-            );
-            _w.Toggle(
-                "Prettier timestamps",
-                () => Plugin.Config.PrettierTimestamps,
-                v => Plugin.Config.PrettierTimestamps = v
-            );
-            _w.Toggle(
-                "Hide same timestamps",
-                () => Plugin.Config.HideSameTimestamps,
-                v => Plugin.Config.HideSameTimestamps = v
-            );
             _w.Toggle(
                 "24-hour clock",
                 () => Plugin.Config.Use24HourClock,
diff --git a/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Settings/Tabs/GeneralTab.cs b/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Settings/Tabs/GeneralTab.cs
index 4387b5f..956dc61 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Settings/Tabs/GeneralTab.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Settings/Tabs/GeneralTab.cs
@@ -40,16 +40,6 @@ internal sealed class GeneralTab
                 () => Plugin.Config.ReduceMotion,
                 v => Plugin.Config.ReduceMotion = v
             );
-            _w.Toggle(
-                "Print changelog on update",
-                () => Plugin.Config.PrintChangelog,
-                v => Plugin.Config.PrintChangelog = v
-            );
-            _w.Toggle(
-                "Show novice network",
-                () => Plugin.Config.ShowNoviceNetwork,
-                v => Plugin.Config.ShowNoviceNetwork = v
-            );
             DrawLanguagePicker();
         }
 
diff --git a/HellionChat/Ui/FirstRunWizard.cs b/HellionChat/Ui/FirstRunWizard.cs
index 7506d14..91a5510 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Ui/FirstRunWizard.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Ui/FirstRunWizard.cs
@@ -414,10 +414,6 @@ public sealed class FirstRunWizard : Window
         if (ImGui.Checkbox(HellionStrings.Wizard_Step3_UseCompactDensity_Label, ref compact))
             _state.PendingUseCompactDensity = compact;
 
-        var pretty = _state.PendingPrettierTimestamps ?? Plugin.Config.PrettierTimestamps;
-        if (ImGui.Checkbox(HellionStrings.Wizard_Step3_PrettierTimestamps_Label, ref pretty))
-            _state.PendingPrettierTimestamps = pretty;
-
         // Theme dropdown — built-ins only. Custom themes are power-user
         // territory and would clutter the first-run flow.
         var currentSlug = _state.PendingTheme ?? Plugin.Config.Theme;
@@ -513,14 +509,11 @@ public sealed class FirstRunWizard : Window
                 );
 
                 var compact = _state.PendingUseCompactDensity ?? Plugin.Config.UseCompactDensity;
-                var pretty = _state.PendingPrettierTimestamps ?? Plugin.Config.PrettierTimestamps;
                 var themeSlug = _state.PendingTheme ?? Plugin.Config.Theme;
                 var themeName = Plugin.ThemeRegistry.Get(themeSlug).Name;
                 var visualParts = new List<string>();
                 if (compact)
                     visualParts.Add(HellionStrings.Wizard_Step3_UseCompactDensity_Label);
-                if (pretty)
-                    visualParts.Add(HellionStrings.Wizard_Step3_PrettierTimestamps_Label);
                 visualParts.Add(themeName);
                 ImGui.TextWrapped(
                     string.Format(
@@ -594,9 +587,6 @@ public sealed class FirstRunWizard : Window
         if (_state.PendingUseCompactDensity.HasValue)
             Plugin.Config.UseCompactDensity = _state.PendingUseCompactDensity.Value;
 
-        if (_state.PendingPrettierTimestamps.HasValue)
-            Plugin.Config.PrettierTimestamps = _state.PendingPrettierTimestamps.Value;
-
         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_state.PendingTheme))
         {
             Plugin.Config.Theme = _state.PendingTheme;
@@ -687,7 +677,6 @@ public sealed class FirstRunWizard : Window
         public bool? PendingFilterIncludePreviousSessions { get; set; }
         public int? PendingAutoTellTabsHistoryPreload { get; set; }
         public bool? PendingUseCompactDensity { get; set; }
-        public bool? PendingPrettierTimestamps { get; set; }
         public string? PendingTheme { get; set; }
     }
 }