diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/OnboardingDockedTab.tsx b/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/OnboardingDockedTab.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c39e8ec..00000000
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/OnboardingDockedTab.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-// Docked onboarding home: a small, quiet handle on the right edge that reopens the tour.
-
-import React, { useState } from 'react';
-import { motion, AnimatePresence } from './_motionWin';
-import { Box, IconButton, Typography, CircularProgress } from '@mui/material';
-import CloseIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Close';
-import { useClaudeTokens } from '@/shared/styles/ThemeContext';
-import { useOnboardingProgress } from './hooks/useOnboardingProgress';
-import { STEPS } from './steps';
-import { report } from './telemetry';
-
-const OnboardingDockedTab: React.FC = () => {
-  const c = useClaudeTokens();
-  const progress = useOnboardingProgress();
-  const [hovered, setHovered] = useState(false);
-
-  const total = STEPS.length;
-  const done = progress.completedSteps.length;
-  // Hide while the cursor is driving a step, same as the panel does.
-  const show =
-    progress.initialized &&
-    progress.panelMode === 'docked' &&
-    !progress.running &&
-    done < total;
-  const pct = total > 0 ? (done / total) * 100 : 0;
-
-  const reopen = () => {
-    report('panel_reopened', { from: 'docked_tab' });
-    progress.setPanelMode('expanded');
-  };
-
-  return (
-    <Box
-      sx={{
-        position: 'fixed',
-        top: '50%',
-        right: 0,
-        transform: 'translateY(-50%)',
-        zIndex: 1200,
-        pointerEvents: 'none',
-      }}
-    >
-      <AnimatePresence>
-        {show && (
-          <motion.div
-            key="onboarding-docked-tab"
-            initial={{ opacity: 0, x: 16 }}
-            animate={{ opacity: 1, x: 0 }}
-            exit={{ opacity: 0, x: 16 }}
-            transition={{ type: 'spring', stiffness: 320, damping: 32 }}
-            style={{ pointerEvents: 'auto' }}
-          >
-            <Box
-              role="button"
-              tabIndex={0}
-              aria-label="Resume setup"
-              onMouseEnter={() => setHovered(true)}
-              onMouseLeave={() => setHovered(false)}
-              onClick={reopen}
-              onKeyDown={(e) => {
-                if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ') {
-                  e.preventDefault();
-                  reopen();
-                }
-              }}
-              sx={{
-                display: 'flex',
-                alignItems: 'center',
-                gap: hovered ? 0.7 : 0,
-                cursor: 'pointer',
-                bgcolor: c.bg.surface,
-                border: `1px solid ${c.border.subtle}`,
-                borderRight: 'none',
-                borderTopLeftRadius: 9,
-                borderBottomLeftRadius: 9,
-                pl: hovered ? 1 : 0.5,
-                pr: 0.5,
-                py: 0.5,
-                boxShadow: hovered ? c.shadow.md : '-1px 0 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.07)',
-                transition:
-                  'gap 0.18s ease, padding 0.18s ease, box-shadow 0.18s ease, background 0.15s',
-                '&:hover': { bgcolor: c.bg.elevated ?? c.bg.surface },
-              }}
-            >
-              <Box
-                sx={{
-                  width: hovered ? 20 : 0,
-                  overflow: 'hidden',
-                  display: 'flex',
-                  transition: 'width 0.18s ease',
-                }}
-              >
-                <IconButton
-                  size="small"
-                  aria-label="Dismiss setup"
-                  onClick={(e) => {
-                    e.stopPropagation();
-                    report('panel_dismissed', { from: 'docked_tab' });
-                    progress.setPanelMode('hidden');
-                  }}
-                  sx={{
-                    p: 0.1,
-                    color: c.text.tertiary,
-                    '&:hover': { color: c.text.primary },
-                  }}
-                >
-                  <CloseIcon sx={{ fontSize: 13 }} />
-                </IconButton>
-              </Box>
-              <Box
-                sx={{
-                  width: hovered ? 72 : 0,
-                  opacity: hovered ? 1 : 0,
-                  overflow: 'hidden',
-                  whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
-                  transition: 'width 0.18s ease, opacity 0.18s ease',
-                }}
-              >
-                <Typography
-                  sx={{ fontSize: 12.5, fontWeight: 600, color: c.text.secondary }}
-                >
-                  Finish setup
-                </Typography>
-              </Box>
-              <Box sx={{ position: 'relative', display: 'inline-flex' }}>
-                <CircularProgress
-                  variant="determinate"
-                  value={100}
-                  size={18}
-                  thickness={3.5}
-                  sx={{ color: `${c.text.tertiary}26` }}
-                />
-                <CircularProgress
-                  variant="determinate"
-                  value={pct}
-                  size={18}
-                  thickness={3.5}
-                  sx={{ color: c.accent.primary, position: 'absolute', left: 0 }}
-                />
-              </Box>
-            </Box>
-          </motion.div>
-        )}
-      </AnimatePresence>
-    </Box>
-  );
-};
-
-export default OnboardingDockedTab;
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/OnboardingRoot.tsx b/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/OnboardingRoot.tsx
index ac309590..a6d25091 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/OnboardingRoot.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/OnboardingRoot.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import AgenticCursor, { type AgenticCursorHandle } from './ac/AgenticCursor';
 import { onboardingDirector } from './OnboardingDirector';
 import { STEPS } from './steps';
 import OnboardingPanel from './OnboardingPanel';
-import OnboardingDockedTab from './OnboardingDockedTab';
 import { onboardingBus } from './eventBus';
 import { report } from './telemetry';
 
@@ -216,7 +215,6 @@ const OnboardingRoot: React.FC = () => {
     <>
       <AgenticCursor ref={acRef} />
       <OnboardingPanel />
-      <OnboardingDockedTab />
     </>
   );
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/shared/state/onboardingProgressSlice.ts b/frontend/src/shared/state/onboardingProgressSlice.ts
index 7631f42f..6530b496 100644
--- a/frontend/src/shared/state/onboardingProgressSlice.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/shared/state/onboardingProgressSlice.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { createSlice, PayloadAction } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 const STORAGE_KEY = 'openswarm.onboarding.v2';
 const SCHEMA_VERSION = 2 as const;
 
-export type PanelMode = 'pill' | 'expanded' | 'roadmap' | 'docked' | 'hidden';
+export type PanelMode = 'pill' | 'expanded' | 'roadmap' | 'hidden';
 
 export interface PerStepState {
   lastViewedAt: number;
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ export function loadFromStorage(): OnboardingProgressState | null {
       startedAt: typeof parsed.startedAt === 'number' ? parsed.startedAt : Date.now(),
       completedSteps: Array.isArray(parsed.completedSteps) ? parsed.completedSteps : [],
       currentStepId: typeof parsed.currentStepId === 'string' ? parsed.currentStepId : null,
-      panelMode: parsed.panelMode ?? 'expanded',
+      // Old skips parked the tour in the now-removed 'docked' tab; resolve them to hidden.
+      panelMode: (parsed.panelMode as string) === 'docked' ? 'hidden' : (parsed.panelMode ?? 'expanded'),
       dismissedAt: typeof parsed.dismissedAt === 'number' ? parsed.dismissedAt : null,
       perStepState: (parsed.perStepState as Record<string, PerStepState>) ?? {},
       running: false,