diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/canvas/DashboardCanvas.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/canvas/DashboardCanvas.tsx
index 5d195732..7eb4b036 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/canvas/DashboardCanvas.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/canvas/DashboardCanvas.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import TetherLayer from './TetherLayer';
 import DashboardCardLayer from './DashboardCardLayer';
 import DashboardOverlays from './DashboardOverlays';
 import DashboardEmptyState from './DashboardEmptyState';
-import SnapZonePreview from './SnapZonePreview';
 import '../desktop/desktop.css';
 import DesktopDock from '../desktop/DesktopDock';
 import MinimizedStack from '../desktop/MinimizedStack';
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ interface DashboardCanvasProps {
   focusedCardId: string | null;
   pendingFocusNoteId: string | null;
   multiDragDelta: { dx: number; dy: number } | null;
-  snapZone: string | null;
   shakeDirection: Direction | null;
   neighborDirections: NeighborDirections;
   toolbarOpen: boolean;
@@ -126,7 +124,6 @@ const DashboardCanvas: React.FC<DashboardCanvasProps> = ({
   focusedCardId,
   pendingFocusNoteId,
   multiDragDelta,
-  snapZone,
   shakeDirection,
   neighborDirections,
   toolbarOpen,
@@ -268,8 +265,6 @@ const DashboardCanvas: React.FC<DashboardCanvasProps> = ({
         />
       )}
 
-      <SnapZonePreview zone={snapZone} />
-
       {!anyFullscreen && (
         <DesktopDock
           sessions={sessions}
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/canvas/SnapZonePreview.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/canvas/SnapZonePreview.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index f0980e75..00000000
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/canvas/SnapZonePreview.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import { useClaudeTokens } from '@/shared/styles/ThemeContext';
-import { TILE_ZONES } from '@/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/tileZones';
-
-// A translucent ghost of where a dragged card will land once released against the edge. Screen-space
-// (fixed), so it lives outside the pan/zoom layer and never counter-transforms. 'fullscreen' fills
-// the whole viewport; every other zone is a fraction of it.
-const GAP = 8;
-
-interface SnapZonePreviewProps {
-  zone: string | null;
-}
-
-const SnapZonePreview: React.FC<SnapZonePreviewProps> = ({ zone }) => {
-  const c = useClaudeTokens();
-  if (!zone) return null;
-
-  const vp = document.querySelector('[data-canvas-viewport]');
-  const rect = vp ? vp.getBoundingClientRect() : { left: 0, top: 0, width: window.innerWidth, height: window.innerHeight };
-  const frac = zone === 'fullscreen' ? { x: 0, y: 0, w: 1, h: 1 } : TILE_ZONES[zone];
-  if (!frac) return null;
-
-  return (
-    <div
-      style={{
-        position: 'fixed',
-        left: rect.left + frac.x * rect.width + GAP,
-        top: rect.top + frac.y * rect.height + GAP,
-        width: frac.w * rect.width - GAP * 2,
-        height: frac.h * rect.height - GAP * 2,
-        borderRadius: 14,
-        background: `${c.accent.primary}22`,
-        border: `2px solid ${c.accent.primary}`,
-        boxShadow: `0 0 0 100vmax ${c.accent.primary}0A`,
-        pointerEvents: 'none',
-        zIndex: 999985,
-        transition: 'left 0.12s ease, top 0.12s ease, width 0.12s ease, height 0.12s ease',
-      }}
-    />
-  );
-};
-
-export default SnapZonePreview;
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/hooks/interaction/useCardDrag.ts b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/hooks/interaction/useCardDrag.ts
index 1c609173..c01850e7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/hooks/interaction/useCardDrag.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/hooks/interaction/useCardDrag.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState, type RefObject } from 'react';
 import { report } from '@/shared/serviceClient';
 import { useAppDispatch } from '@/shared/hooks';
-import { moveCards, setTiledCard } from '@/shared/state/dashboardLayoutSlice';
+import { moveCards } from '@/shared/state/dashboardLayoutSlice';
 import type { CardType, useDashboardSelection } from '../state/useDashboardSelection';
 import type { CanvasActions } from './useCanvasControls';
 
@@ -15,25 +15,6 @@ interface UseCardDragArgs {
 
 const EDGE_ZONE = 60;
 const EDGE_MAX_SPEED = 8;
-// Jam a dragged card into the very edge (inside the pan zone) to snap-tile it. Grazing the 60px
-// edge still pans the infinite canvas; only the inner 24px band arms a snap and pauses the pan, so
-// the two never fight. Top = fullscreen (macOS drag-to-top), sides = halves, corners = quarters.
-const SNAP_BAND = 24;
-
-function snapZoneFor(mx: number, my: number, rect: DOMRect): string | null {
-  const nearL = mx <= rect.left + SNAP_BAND;
-  const nearR = mx >= rect.right - SNAP_BAND;
-  const nearT = my <= rect.top + SNAP_BAND;
-  const nearB = my >= rect.bottom - SNAP_BAND;
-  if (nearT && nearL) return 'tl';
-  if (nearT && nearR) return 'tr';
-  if (nearB && nearL) return 'bl';
-  if (nearB && nearR) return 'br';
-  if (nearT) return 'fullscreen';
-  if (nearL) return 'left';
-  if (nearR) return 'right';
-  return null;  // bottom-center is left alone: the composer + dock live there.
-}
 
 // Clamped: an infinite canvas lets the cursor sit arbitrarily far outside the viewport, where an unclamped ramp would scale pan speed with distance instead of saturating.
 function axisIntensity(pos: number, lo: number, hi: number): number {
@@ -51,10 +32,6 @@ export function useCardDrag({
 
   const [multiDragDelta, setMultiDragDelta] = useState<{ dx: number; dy: number } | null>(null);
   const [liveDragInfo, setLiveDragInfo] = useState<{ cardId: string; dx: number; dy: number } | null>(null);
-  const [snapZone, setSnapZone] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const snapZoneRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
-  // Snap only a lone card: dragging one of several selected cards to the edge shouldn't tile just it.
-  const snapEligibleRef = useRef(true);
   const activeDragCardRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
   const isMultiDragRef = useRef(false);
 
@@ -80,8 +57,7 @@ export function useCardDrag({
     const dx = EDGE_MAX_SPEED * axisIntensity(mx, rect.left, rect.right);
     const dy = EDGE_MAX_SPEED * axisIntensity(my, rect.top, rect.bottom);
 
-    // Snap armed = the card is about to tile at this edge, so freeze the canvas instead of panning.
-    if ((dx !== 0 || dy !== 0) && !snapZoneRef.current) {
+    if (dx !== 0 || dy !== 0) {
       // Live-only write (no React commit per frame); clearDrag commits once when the drag ends.
       canvasActions.panBy(dx, dy);
     }
@@ -91,7 +67,6 @@ export function useCardDrag({
 
   const handleCardDragStart = useCallback((id: string, type: CardType) => {
     activeDragCardRef.current = id;
-    snapEligibleRef.current = selection.selectedArray().filter((s) => s.id !== id).length === 0;
     if (selection.isSelected(id)) {
       isMultiDragRef.current = true;
     } else {
@@ -105,16 +80,6 @@ export function useCardDrag({
     if (mouseX !== undefined && mouseY !== undefined) {
       lastMousePosRef.current = { x: mouseX, y: mouseY };
     }
-    // Arm/clear the snap target from the live cursor. Single-card drags only: snapping one card of a
-    // multi-selection while the rest move is incoherent.
-    const vp = viewportRef.current;
-    const nextSnap = (vp && snapEligibleRef.current && mouseX !== undefined && mouseY !== undefined)
-      ? snapZoneFor(mouseX, mouseY, vp.getBoundingClientRect())
-      : null;
-    if (nextSnap !== snapZoneRef.current) {
-      snapZoneRef.current = nextSnap;
-      setSnapZone(nextSnap);
-    }
     // Arm the webview shield on the first real MOVE, not on pointerdown: a plain click also arms the drag machinery, and shielding then made the click-to-focus camera fit skip (it saw a "drag in progress"), so focusing a card took two clicks. On a real drag the shield still goes up before the pointer travels, so the webview neutralization + no-nudge + release-over-webview fixes all hold. Idempotent add.
     document.body.classList.add('dashboard-marquee-active');
     // Start edge panning only once actual dragging begins; a live frame handle means the loop is already running.
@@ -134,8 +99,6 @@ export function useCardDrag({
     // Reconcile React with whatever edge-pan wrote live during the drag.
     canvasActions.commit();
     activeDragCardRef.current = null;
-    snapZoneRef.current = null;
-    setSnapZone(null);
     document.body.classList.remove('dashboard-marquee-active');
     isMultiDragRef.current = false;
     setMultiDragDelta(null);
@@ -144,12 +107,7 @@ export function useCardDrag({
 
   const handleCardDragEnd = useCallback((dx: number, dy: number, didDrag: boolean) => {
     if (didDrag) report('dashboard', 'card_dragged');
-    const snap = snapZoneRef.current;
-    const activeId = activeDragCardRef.current;
-    if (snap && didDrag && activeId) {
-      // Released against the edge: tile the card there instead of leaving it at the drop position.
-      dispatch(setTiledCard({ cardId: activeId, zone: snap }));
-    } else if (isMultiDragRef.current && didDrag) {
+    if (isMultiDragRef.current && didDrag) {
       const items = selection.selectedArray()
         .filter((s) => s.id !== activeDragCardRef.current);
       if (items.length > 0) {
@@ -176,7 +134,6 @@ export function useCardDrag({
   return {
     multiDragDelta,
     liveDragInfo,
-    snapZone,
     handleCardDragStart,
     handleCardDragMove,
     handleCardDragEnd,
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/hooks/state/useDashboardController.ts b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/hooks/state/useDashboardController.ts
index 7a1db232..7a06e8ba 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/hooks/state/useDashboardController.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/hooks/state/useDashboardController.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ export function useDashboardController(dashboardId: string, isActive: boolean) {
   const {
     multiDragDelta,
     liveDragInfo,
-    snapZone,
     handleCardDragStart,
     handleCardDragMove,
     handleCardDragEnd,
@@ -333,7 +332,7 @@ export function useDashboardController(dashboardId: string, isActive: boolean) {
     cards, viewCards, browserCards, keepAliveBrowserCards, notes, outputs, glowingAgentCards,
     workflowCards, workflowsHub,
     expandedSessionIds, tethers, highlightedCardId, autoFocusSessionId,
-    focusedCardId, pendingFocusNoteId, multiDragDelta, snapZone, shakeDirection,
+    focusedCardId, pendingFocusNoteId, multiDragDelta, shakeDirection,
     neighborDirections, toolbarOpen, searchPaletteOpen, newAgentBounce,
     toolbarRef, spawnOriginsRef, revealSpawnedRef, measuredHeightsRef, getCanvasState,
     toolbarPrefill,