diff --git a/src/app/admin/layout.tsx b/src/app/admin/layout.tsx
index f8a0bb09..992cce7b 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/layout.tsx
+++ b/src/app/admin/layout.tsx
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ async function Sidebar({
 			</div>
 
 			<AdminSidebarNav
-				userId={staff.id}
 				allowedPermissions={allowedPermissions}
 				isSuperAdmin={isSuperAdmin}
 				navConfig={navConfig}
diff --git a/src/components/admin/admin-favorites.tsx b/src/components/admin/admin-favorites.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index f7ab709c..00000000
--- a/src/components/admin/admin-favorites.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-"use client";
-import { Star, X } from "lucide-react";
-import { useTranslations } from "next-intl";
-import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import type { AdminNavItem } from "@/lib/admin-nav";
-import { parseFavoritePages } from "@/lib/admin-navigation";
-import { AdminNavLink } from "./admin-nav-link";
-
-export function AdminFavorites({
-	userId,
-	items,
-}: {
-	userId: number;
-	items: AdminNavItem[];
-}) {
-	const t = useTranslations("pages.admin.nav");
-	const key = `admin-favorites:${userId}`;
-	const [saved, setSaved] = useState<{ key: string; hrefs: string[] }>({
-		key: "",
-		hrefs: [],
-	});
-	const [storageError, setStorageError] = useState(false);
-	useEffect(() => {
-		try {
-			setSaved({ key, hrefs: parseFavoritePages(localStorage.getItem(key)) });
-		} catch {
-			setSaved({ key, hrefs: [] });
-		}
-	}, [key]);
-	const favorites =
-		saved.key === key
-			? saved.hrefs.flatMap((href) => items.find((i) => i.href === href) ?? [])
-			: [];
-	function save(hrefs: string[]) {
-		setSaved({ key, hrefs });
-		try {
-			localStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(hrefs));
-			setStorageError(false);
-		} catch {
-			setStorageError(true);
-		}
-	}
-	return (
-		<section
-			className="mb-3 border-b border-[var(--admin-border)] pb-3"
-			aria-label={t("favorites")}
-		>
-			<h2
-				style={{ fontSize: ".75rem", margin: 0 }}
-				className="flex items-center gap-2 px-2 py-2 text-xs font-semibold text-[var(--admin-sidebar-muted-readable)]"
-			>
-				<Star size={14} aria-hidden />
-				{t("favorites")}
-			</h2>
-			{favorites.map((item) => (
-				<div key={item.href} className="flex items-center">
-					<div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
-						<AdminNavLink {...item} icon={<item.icon size={16} />}>
-							{t(item.labelKey)}
-						</AdminNavLink>
-					</div>
-					<button
-						type="button"
-						onClick={() =>
-							save(
-								favorites
-									.filter((i) => i.href !== item.href)
-									.map((i) => i.href),
-							)
-						}
-						aria-label={t("removeFavorite", { name: t(item.labelKey) })}
-						className="grid h-9 w-9 shrink-0 place-items-center rounded focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-[var(--admin-accent)]"
-					>
-						<X size={14} />
-					</button>
-				</div>
-			))}
-			{favorites.length < 6 && (
-				<select
-					aria-label={t("addFavorite")}
-					value=""
-					disabled={saved.key !== key}
-					onChange={(event) => {
-						if (event.target.value)
-							save([...favorites.map((i) => i.href), event.target.value]);
-					}}
-					className="mt-1 h-9 w-full min-w-0 rounded-lg border border-[var(--admin-border)] bg-[var(--admin-sidebar-background)] px-2 text-xs text-[var(--admin-sidebar-text-readable)]"
-				>
-					<option value="">{t("addFavorite")}</option>
-					{items
-						.filter((item) => !favorites.some((f) => f.href === item.href))
-						.map((item) => (
-							<option key={item.href} value={item.href}>
-								{t(item.labelKey)}
-							</option>
-						))}
-				</select>
-			)}
-			{storageError && (
-				<p role="status" className="px-2 text-xs">
-					{t("favoriteStorageError")}
-				</p>
-			)}
-		</section>
-	);
-}
diff --git a/src/components/admin/admin-sidebar-nav.tsx b/src/components/admin/admin-sidebar-nav.tsx
index b003550c..116bbe0a 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/admin-sidebar-nav.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/admin-sidebar-nav.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import type { AdminNavItem } from "@/lib/admin-nav";
 import type { AdminNavConfig } from "@/lib/admin-nav-config";
 import { visibleAdminNavigation } from "@/lib/admin-navigation";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
-import { AdminFavorites } from "./admin-favorites";
 
 const STORAGE_KEY = "admin-nav-collapsed";
 
@@ -62,12 +61,10 @@ function persistCollapsed(next: Record<string, boolean>) {
 }
 
 export function AdminSidebarNav({
-	userId = 0,
 	allowedPermissions = [],
 	isSuperAdmin = false,
 	navConfig = {},
 }: {
-	userId?: number;
 	/** ACL slugs the staff member holds (ignored when isSuperAdmin). */
 	allowedPermissions?: string[];
 	isSuperAdmin?: boolean;
@@ -263,12 +260,6 @@ export function AdminSidebarNav({
 			</div>
 
 			<div className="min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-y-auto overscroll-contain px-3 py-3">
-				{!search && (
-					<AdminFavorites
-						userId={userId}
-						items={groups.flatMap((group) => group.items)}
-					/>
-				)}
 				{visibleGroups.length === 0 && (
 					<p
 						role="status"
diff --git a/src/lib/admin-navigation.test.ts b/src/lib/admin-navigation.test.ts
index 777f8dac..578a5808 100644
--- a/src/lib/admin-navigation.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/admin-navigation.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { ADMIN_NAV_GROUPS } from "@/lib/admin-nav";
-import { parseFavoritePages, visibleAdminNavigation } from "./admin-navigation";
+import { visibleAdminNavigation } from "./admin-navigation";
 
 const access = { isSuperAdmin: true, allowedPermissions: [], navConfig: {} };
 it("retains each route and its permission definition once after regrouping", () => {
@@ -36,11 +36,3 @@ it("respects hidden groups, owner order and ACL in every consumer", () => {
 	}).flatMap((g) => g.items);
 	expect(limited.every((i) => !i.permission)).toBe(true);
 });
-it("rejects malformed favorites, external links and duplicates", () => {
-	expect(parseFavoritePages("{")).toEqual([]);
-	expect(
-		parseFavoritePages(
-			'["/admin/users","https://evil.test","/admin/users",null,"/admin?token=x"]',
-		),
-	).toEqual(["/admin/users"]);
-});
diff --git a/src/lib/admin-navigation.ts b/src/lib/admin-navigation.ts
index b8fc71c1..084a76e2 100644
--- a/src/lib/admin-navigation.ts
+++ b/src/lib/admin-navigation.ts
@@ -159,22 +159,3 @@ export function visibleAdminNavigation(
 		});
 	return organized;
 }
-
-export function parseFavoritePages(raw: string | null): string[] {
-	try {
-		const value: unknown = JSON.parse(raw ?? "[]");
-		return Array.isArray(value)
-			? [
-					...new Set(
-						value.filter(
-							(entry): entry is string =>
-								typeof entry === "string" &&
-								/^\/admin(?:\/[^?#]*)?$/.test(entry),
-						),
-					),
-				].slice(0, 6)
-			: [];
-	} catch {
-		return [];
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/messages/en.json b/src/messages/en.json
index 720db918..d773411f 100644
--- a/src/messages/en.json
+++ b/src/messages/en.json
@@ -1099,10 +1099,6 @@
 				"catalogFurniture": "Catalog and furniture",
 				"communityContent": "Community and content",
 				"staffPermissions": "Staff and access",
-				"favorites": "Favorites",
-				"addFavorite": "Add favorite",
-				"removeFavorite": "Remove {name} from favorites",
-				"favoriteStorageError": "Favorites are available for this session; browser storage is unavailable.",
 				"cmsErrors": "CMS errors",
 				"themeBuilder": "Theme builder",
 				"openSidebar": "Open menu",
diff --git a/src/messages/it.json b/src/messages/it.json
index 000d80e1..245ea6b2 100644
--- a/src/messages/it.json
+++ b/src/messages/it.json
@@ -1057,10 +1057,6 @@
 				"catalogFurniture": "Catalogo e furni",
 				"communityContent": "Community e contenuti",
 				"staffPermissions": "Staff e accessi",
-				"favorites": "Preferiti",
-				"addFavorite": "Aggiungi preferito",
-				"removeFavorite": "Rimuovi {name} dai preferiti",
-				"favoriteStorageError": "Preferiti disponibili per questa sessione: memoria del browser non disponibile.",
 				"cmsErrors": "Errori CMS",
 				"themeBuilder": "Editor del tema",
 				"catalogMaintenance": "Manutenzione catalogo",