diff --git a/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/settings/components/AppearanceTab.tsx b/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/settings/components/AppearanceTab.tsx
index 3c5d685530..bf173b8b4b 100644
--- a/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/settings/components/AppearanceTab.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/settings/components/AppearanceTab.tsx
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ export default function AppearanceTab() {
     { id: "cyan", color: COLOR_THEMES.cyan, label: t("themeCyan") },
   ];
 
-  const sidebarSections = SIDEBAR_SECTIONS.map((section) => ({
+  const showDebug = settings.debugMode === true;
+  const sidebarSections = SIDEBAR_SECTIONS.filter(
+    (section) => section.visibility !== "debug" || showDebug
+  ).map((section) => ({
     ...section,
     title: getSidebarLabel(section.titleKey, section.titleFallback),
     items: section.items.map((item) => ({ ...item, label: tSidebar(item.i18nKey) })),
diff --git a/src/shared/components/Sidebar.tsx b/src/shared/components/Sidebar.tsx
index fb77a3017a..2eeb5a3b65 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default function Sidebar({
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const applySettings = (data) => {
-      setShowDebug(data?.enableRequestLogs === true);
+      setShowDebug(data?.debugMode === true);
       setHiddenSidebarItems(normalizeHiddenSidebarItems(data?.[HIDDEN_SIDEBAR_ITEMS_SETTING_KEY]));
     };
 
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ export default function Sidebar({
     const handleSettingsUpdated = (event: Event) => {
       const detail = (event as CustomEvent<Record<string, unknown>>).detail || {};
 
-      if ("enableRequestLogs" in detail) {
-        setShowDebug(detail.enableRequestLogs === true);
+      if ("debugMode" in detail) {
+        setShowDebug(detail.debugMode === true);
       }
 
       if (HIDDEN_SIDEBAR_ITEMS_SETTING_KEY in detail) {