diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/components/Settings/SettingsHotkeys.tsx b/apps/yaak-client/components/Settings/SettingsHotkeys.tsx
index 1d8c82f3..14709ec2 100644
--- a/apps/yaak-client/components/Settings/SettingsHotkeys.tsx
+++ b/apps/yaak-client/components/Settings/SettingsHotkeys.tsx
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export function SettingsHotkeys() {
             <HotkeyRow
               key={action}
               action={action}
-              currentKeys={hotkeys[action]}
+              currentKeys={hotkeys[action] ?? []}
               defaultKeys={defaultHotkeys[action]}
               onSave={async (keys) => {
                 const newHotkeys = { ...settings.hotkeys };
diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/hooks/useHotKey.ts b/apps/yaak-client/hooks/useHotKey.ts
index f0efe8d6..237786b5 100644
--- a/apps/yaak-client/hooks/useHotKey.ts
+++ b/apps/yaak-client/hooks/useHotKey.ts
@@ -112,9 +112,12 @@ export const hotkeysAtom = atom((get) => {
   // Merge default hotkeys with custom hotkeys from settings
   // Custom hotkeys override defaults for the same action
   // An empty array means the hotkey is intentionally disabled
-  const merged: Record<HotkeyAction, string[]> = { ...defaultHotkeys };
+  const merged: Partial<Record<HotkeyAction, string[]>> = {};
+  for (const action of hotkeyActions) {
+    merged[action] = defaultHotkeys[action];
+  }
   for (const [action, keys] of Object.entries(customHotkeys)) {
-    if (action in defaultHotkeys && Array.isArray(keys)) {
+    if (action in merged && Array.isArray(keys)) {
       merged[action as HotkeyAction] = keys;
     }
   }
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ export const hotkeysAtom = atom((get) => {
 });
 
 /** Helper function to get current hotkeys from the store */
-function getHotkeys(): Record<HotkeyAction, string[]> {
+function getHotkeys(): Partial<Record<HotkeyAction, string[]>> {
   return jotaiStore.get(hotkeysAtom);
 }
 
@@ -165,16 +168,25 @@ const layoutInsensitiveKeys = [
   "Space",
 ];
 
+/** Zoom is the browser's own on these keys, so the app has no such action there. */
+const ZOOM_ACTIONS: HotkeyAction[] = ["app.zoom_in", "app.zoom_out", "app.zoom_reset"];
+
+/**
+ * The actions this host actually has. An action left out of here has no keys in
+ * `hotkeysAtom`, so it never matches and never claims the keystroke.
+ */
 export const hotkeyActions: HotkeyAction[] = (
   Object.keys(defaultHotkeys) as (keyof typeof defaultHotkeys)[]
-).sort((a, b) => {
-  const scopeA = a.split(".")[0] || "";
-  const scopeB = b.split(".")[0] || "";
-  if (scopeA !== scopeB) {
-    return scopeA.localeCompare(scopeB);
-  }
-  return hotkeyLabels[a].localeCompare(hotkeyLabels[b]);
-});
+)
+  .filter((a) => platform.capabilities.interfaceZoom || !ZOOM_ACTIONS.includes(a))
+  .sort((a, b) => {
+    const scopeA = a.split(".")[0] || "";
+    const scopeB = b.split(".")[0] || "";
+    if (scopeA !== scopeB) {
+      return scopeA.localeCompare(scopeB);
+    }
+    return hotkeyLabels[a].localeCompare(hotkeyLabels[b]);
+  });
 
 export type HotKeyOptions = {
   enable?: boolean | (() => boolean);
diff --git a/packages/platform/src/tauri/index.ts b/packages/platform/src/tauri/index.ts
index 271ed37f..3db70afa 100644
--- a/packages/platform/src/tauri/index.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/src/tauri/index.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ const ALL_CAPABILITIES: PlatformCapabilities = {
   timeline: true,
   multiWindow: true,
   windowChrome: true,
+  interfaceZoom: true,
   plugins: true,
   encryption: true,
   updater: true,
diff --git a/packages/platform/src/types.ts b/packages/platform/src/types.ts
index de077348..2969d301 100644
--- a/packages/platform/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/src/types.ts
@@ -262,6 +262,11 @@ export interface PlatformCapabilities {
    * chrome should be reserved or drawn.
    */
   windowChrome: boolean;
+  /**
+   * The app zooms its own interface, and so owns Cmd/Ctrl `+`, `-` and `0`.
+   * False in a browser, where those keys are already the browser's.
+   */
+  interfaceZoom: boolean;
   /** The plugin runtime. */
   plugins: boolean;
   /** Workspace encryption backed by a key the host keeps. */
diff --git a/packages/platform/src/web/README.md b/packages/platform/src/web/README.md
index c80cd97d..5bdae5aa 100644
--- a/packages/platform/src/web/README.md
+++ b/packages/platform/src/web/README.md
@@ -129,7 +129,10 @@ Reported honestly, so callers gate on the question rather than on the host:
 
 | True | False |
 | --- | --- |
-| `cookieJar` (the jar stores and edits here; only filling it needs the sender) | `grpc`, `websocket`, `git`, `sync`, `tlsOptions`, `localFiles`, `timeline`, `multiWindow`, `windowChrome`, `plugins`, `encryption`, `updater`, `clipboardRead`, `systemFonts`, `license` |
+| `cookieJar` (the jar stores and edits here; only filling it needs the sender) | `grpc`, `websocket`, `git`, `sync`, `tlsOptions`, `localFiles`, `timeline`, `multiWindow`, `windowChrome`, `interfaceZoom`, `plugins`, `encryption`, `updater`, `clipboardRead`, `systemFonts`, `license` |
+
+`interfaceZoom: false` leaves Cmd/Ctrl `+`, `-` and `0` to the browser instead
+of swallowing them, and drops those three rows from the hotkeys screen.
 
 `multiWindow: false` means the host cannot open a *second window* on demand —
 what `cmd_new_child_window` does for Settings and workspace switching. It is not
diff --git a/packages/platform/src/web/index.ts b/packages/platform/src/web/index.ts
index 530ae4e4..77cac0e1 100644
--- a/packages/platform/src/web/index.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/src/web/index.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ function capabilitiesFor(): PlatformCapabilities {
     // The browser draws the frame around the page. There are no traffic lights
     // to leave room for and no window controls to draw.
     windowChrome: false,
+    // The browser already zooms the page, on the same keys, and remembers it
+    // per site. The app stays out of the way.
+    interfaceZoom: false,
     plugins: false,
     encryption: false,
     updater: false,